Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The first award for Swiss Winemaker of the year was given Friday evening to Diego Mathier, director of the Adrian Mathier Nouveau Salquenen cellar in Salquenen/Salgesch, Valais, near Sierre. This is the first year the award has been given by the Grand Prix du Vin Suisse, organized by Vinum, Switzerland’s wine […]
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Gotthard tunnel project advances
Gotthard tunnel, Switzerland, (RSR, Fre) – Miners broke through to the western tunnel of the the Gotthard base tunnel rail project Wednesday, according to AlpTransit Gothard AG, the CFF rail company subsidiary in charge of the project. The opening comes nine months ahead of schedule, good news for a project that has had mining setbacks. […]
Vaud alcohol road accidents on rise
Lausanne and Neuchatel, Switzerland (20 Minutes, Fre) – Alcohol-related road accidents are on the rise in Vaud, climbing at a faster rate than in other cantons which have recently seen an increase. Traffic accidents where excessive consumption of alcohol is involved fell in the months following Switzerland’s adoption of stricter drink-driving rules. In January 2005 […]
Patchwork of American voices
Notes from conversations in the US last week: Insurance agent, Kansas City, on tatoos: They are the work of the devil, and people who get them are in league with him. They’re evil. Colorado forest fire fighter, on SUVs: Don’t they ever ask themselves how many soldiers in Iraq die for each time they fill […]
FEATURE / Geneva’s wines move into the future (author: Julie Schindall)
Geneva grape harvest, 2007 (photo, J Schindall) Satigny, Switzerland (GenevaLunch, by Julie Schindall) – “Winemakers must now be not only artisans and farmers, but also salesmen and experts in marketing,” says Roger Burgdorfer, owner of the Domaine du Paradis winery in Satigny. Burgdorfer speaks animatedly about the need for innovation and development in the Swiss […]