GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Flying from Geneva to London on Tuesday the pilot kindly took us over the canton’s beautiful vineyards, first Satigny, a bit of Peney, then Russin and Dardagny, as we followed the snaking river below. The harvest wasn’t yet underway on a large scale, or we would have seen more tractors on the […]
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2015 harvest: simply beautiful
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The weather gods have been good. The 2015 grape harvest is officially underway in many areas and we can now say it: very good to great wine grape quality in most parts of Switzerland, with a slight dip in quantity. The sun has been shining, the evenings have been cool, the rain […]
Ellen’s bicycle diaries: fear of falling
Right turns, spills, speed and sun GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A bonus I get from sports, when I get around to doing them, is that they force me to face some of my fears. If you’re an athlete, a confident and regular cyclist, you can stop reading now. I injured my knees skiing nearly 20 years […]
Golden chance to hike Follatères
If you have a chance to join the Valais wine and vine museum’s Ascension Day hike this year, you should: Thursday 14 May from 9:30 to noon, rendezvous at the Fol’terres pavilion at the west end of Fully, two minutes from the Martigny-Fully autoroute exit. The guided walk is in French but Anne-Do Zufferey, the […]
Geneva, other areas face continuing floods
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – If you’re planning to drive in Geneva, check out traffic conditions before getting in the car, with a some bridges closed, opened, then closed again, and traffic snarled due to detours. The city’s Infomobilite site gives live updates; red line streets are best avoided. Weather forecast: heavy rains expected in Geneva, Vaud, […]