Republished from GenevaLunch.com, 16 January 2014 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Everyone cried when two hail storms swept through many of western Switzerland’s vineyards in June 2013, and there were tears for some of the other bad weather patches last year, but a growing sense that vintage 2013 would be a good one […]
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Let the harvest roll! Swiss vintage 2013
Republished from GenevaLunch.com, 13 October 2014 (more images) GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – I’ll be spending hours and hours among the vines in several cantons during the coming weeks, now that the grape harvest is well underway. Here are images from my first day out (at the end of the article), harvesting with […]
Swiss wines, vintage 2013: a great one!
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Everyone cried when two hail storms swept through many of western Switzerland’s vineyards in June 2013, and there were tears for some of the other bad weather patches last year, but a growing sense that vintage 2013 would be a good one has now been confirmed. In fact, […]
Crowne Plaza now 3rd Swiss hotel
20 months of renovations end for airport 4-star GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Crowne Plaza Hotel this week officially unveiled the results of a 20-month and CHF40 million investment programme that saw two floors added. The original 306 rooms and suites have been expanded to include 60 new “Club” rooms and suites on the new floors […]
Catching up on Swiss news
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Welcome back to all of you who have managed to stretch your holidays until today, to match school vacations. I’m one of those who is now back in the saddle (I’ve been in the western US and Canada – does it show). Here’s a quick roundup of news from the past couple […]