19 November: Valais vineyards lie below snow-covered Alps. Six of the world’s top-rated Syrah wines are grown in this area (view: Sion/Saviese, click to view larger) Lovers of fine wine have been watching a number of Swiss wines move onto centre stage on a world level, starting with Pinot noirs and now Syrahs, those velvety […]
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French-speaking cantons populate new Swiss Tourism board
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Jean-Francois Roth, a politician and former head of canton Jura’s finance department, has been named the new president of the board of Swiss Tourism, the country’s tourism office. He replaces Dick Marty of Ticino, who has held the post for 11 years. Marty must step down under new rules. Three new […]
Chocolate beer, used to impress
Photo, sea of chocolate, Blondel’s in Lausanne – E Wallace 2007 A startling discovery when I moved to Switzerland was that Swiss people buy good chocolate for themselves. They buy it just to eat it. I came from a culture where you ate candy bars, a far cry from good chocolate, and you offered the […]
Pumpkin pie to die for
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TCS to sponsor Nez Rouge’s holiday over-the-limit drives
Switzerland (RSR, Fre) – The Nez Rouge programme to give party-goers who have one or more too many drinks or drugs during the holidays has found new funding for three years. TCS, the Swiss automobile club, has agreed to provide money to keep the programme running. The federal government pulled out in 2005 and Nez […]