Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Autumn holidays and festivals beckon, the grape harvesting is getting underway and towns in the region are making pre-winter road repairs, so plan on traffic jams if you’re heading out in your car in the next two weeks. The weather is expected to turn colder and mostly rainy throughout Switzerland 24-26 […]
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Geneva airport strike moves into fourth day
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A small group of Swissport employees, backed by the public sector employees’ union SSP, will continue to strike at Geneva’s Cointrin airport Tuesday, after negotiations broke down Monday afternoon, 4 January. The group is estimated to be 50 by the union, about a dozen by the airport and Swissport, which handles […]
Rouvinez becomes largest private wine company in Valais
Sierre, Valais, Switzerland (Le Nouvelliste, Fre) – Rouvinez, Sierre-based winery, will buy Charles Bonvin & Fils, including 20 hectares of vineyard, to become the largest private wine company in Valais. Valais is Switzerland’s largest wine-producing canton, with 40 percent of the country’s wine: 45 million litres in 2008. The sale, reportedly for some CHF10 million, […]
Identity theft! Goron the grape reclaims its name
Goron was one of the first wines I encountered in Switzerland, in a little village café in Vaud 30 years ago: a little “3 deci” glass pitcher of a very basic wine from “abroad”, meaning from Valais, the neighbouring canton. I wasn’t particularly impressed by the wine, but the quaintness of the place and this […]
Swiss news roundup: murders, tunnels, puppies
Weather forecast: colder, with rain on the plain, snow in the mountains Details, MeteoSwiss GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The greater Lausanne area has seen its second murder-suicide in one week, with the death of a couple north of the city. A thermal door is being tested at the north end of the St Gotthard tunnel, to […]