A couple months ago I mentioned here that I had visited Vetropack in St Prex, as part of a magazine assignment. Since the article had not yet appeared I couldn’t say too much, but seeing it in print last week reminded me of how wonderful the tour of the glass factory was. The giant furnaces, […]
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Pure Chasselas, pure pleasure
Trying to explain Chasselas to people who dismiss it as uninteresting because it is low in acidity is a nearly hopeless exercise, although wine writers in Switzerland who love this wine – and there are many of us! – keep trying. How many average drinkers consider the acidity in their wine? The other day I […]
Five wines for Chinese visitors
Last week I gave a presentation on Swiss wines and led a tasting session of five wines from western Switzerland for a group of 30 Chinese managers from Harbin. They are following a three-week intensive course at the Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz’s International Programme in Solothurn. Strong interest, lively discussions and wonderful questions all around. Here are […]
More than half of travel time goes for leisure
Geneva and Vaud: cars used less, travel time up LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Policies to encourage greater use of public transport are paying off, a new study by EPFL researchers shows. People in cantons Vaud and Geneva haven’t changed the number of kilometres they travel but they are spending more time moving and less time in […]
Swiss rail ramps up energy supply
BERN, SWITZERLAND – The electric supply for Swiss trains has been given a CHF37 million boost: as of the start of 2014 two new systems that guarantee a steady and reliable electric system for the country’s trains are fully operational, the SBB/CFF rail company said 21 January. The first, EMS, is an energy system that […]