I’m taking a couple weeks off work to travel and let my hand recover more fully; it was injured in a cycling accident in August and typing isn’t the best cure. Here’s to a lovely holiday period, followed by a year of bounty and blessings to all of you. I personally feel very blessed, surrounded […]
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Vaud honoured for stellar wines
BERN, SWITZERLAND – In a remarkable show, winning a number of top awards for Swiss wines, canton Vaud’s producers put their wines in the limelight Thursday evening. The honour of being named Swiss Winery of the Year went to the Domaine de la Ville de Morges, which has been harvesting a string of prizes in […]
Martigny opens a very special hotel
Swiss quality hotel, with a mentally handicapped team MARTIGNY, SWITZERLAND / OPINION – It’s not every day I’m this charmed by a hotel, but here is one I would love to see filled year-round, and not just because the remarkable staff is mostly a group of mentally handicapped people. It’s called the Martigny Boutique Hotel […]
News media, autistic child and Swiss flight
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / EDITOR’S NOTEPAD – Swiss media yesterday picked up an article from an Israeli newspaper, about a family that was taken off a Swiss plane in Zurich after their 8-year-old autistic boy had a “crise“. I didn’t post a news article about it because I wanted to see the public reaction: the newsworthiness […]
Zurich’s Memoire & Friends, the joy of aging
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – When youth and age mix well it’s a beautiful thing to behold. The Mémoire and Friends wine tasting event today allows wineries to show off their newest vintages to people in the Zurich area, but there are also some exceptional older wines on show. The Mémoire is a group of some of […]