GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – One of the world’s most creative car inventors – for he is far more than a designer – is about to bring the driverless car to the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. Granted, it’s not ready to roll out, but Frank Rinderknecht, head of the Rinspeed Swiss “Think Tank” and “Mobility Lab” says […]
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‘Tis the season, bring on the bubbly stuff!
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – A hard week at the office started with tasting 80 sparkling wines Monday, including a handful of French champagnes. Oddly, friends and family showed very little sympathy for a solid eight hours in front of my three tasting glasses, sitting in a large 15th century chateau in Neuchatel. […]
Geneva airport pioneers automatic bag checking
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Airline Swiss and Geneva airport 13 November opened three new fully automated luggage check-in counters, the first operating anywhere in the world, they say. The new service is part of a seamless travel programme the airport is working to develop with airlines operating in Geneva. Initial results, after six days in service, […]
Swiss artisanal wines: great wine needs patience
Fourth in a 7-part series on the Swiss wine harvest 2013 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Wine artisan Meinrad Gaillard is quick to say making wine isn’t about money but about loving to make great wine, and the secret to that is time. Slow wine, wine that spends years in the cellar before […]
Winterthur: small arty town reshapes its image
By Bob Evans GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Winterthur? Isn’t that where the insurance people come from? They have a nice art gallery, don’t they? I heard it was just a suburb of Zurich. You go through it on the train to St Gallen. It’s where Swiss heavy industry got started. It must be pretty grim. Don’t […]