Click on photos to view larger My son just graduated from college, from UBC in Vancouver. What better way to celebrate his homecoming than with yet another pie, our standard way for the past four years of welcoming him home to Switzerland from abroad. The rhubarb in the garden turned out to be exactly right, […]
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Ten lovely Swiss Syrahs among winners in France
Ten Swiss Syrah wines have brought home awards from the Mondial du Syrah in Ampuis, France 2-4 June. They were among the 130 prize-winning wines, with 37 golds and 93 silvers. The one gold award went to Vins des Chevaliers SA for its barrel-aged Valais AOC Syrah 2008 (Patrick Z’Brun). Silver medal winners: barrel-aged Valais […]
TGV Geneva-Paris down to three hours in December
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The 2011 train schedule will cut the travel time between Paris and Geneva to three hours, a reduction of 25 minutes starting in December, the CFF rail company announced Friday 4 June. The new schedule will significantly improve service between Geneva and La Plaine. Lake Geneva region residents will also find […]
EasyJet’s ash detector gets CAA support
London, England (GenevaLunch) – EasyJet, one of the airlines hardest hit by ash cloud bans, has come up with a detector that could allow pilots to spot too much ash and change course. Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority says it is “happy an airline appeared to have found a technical solution, and, although it was not […]
Putting your wine in the vault in Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Filip Opdebeeck was struggling three years ago to convince people that his idea of renting out space to store wine in a former bank vault on the Rue du Rhone in Geneva would work. He was certain the city holds enough people living in apartments without decent wine storage space, who […]