Vaud has 4 new cities LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – One-third of the people who live in Canton Vaud are foreigners, the latest statistics show. And the canton has four new cities, according to cantonal population statistics released 7 April. The latest figures, for 2014, also show that for the first time in some years, the percentage […]
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Payot changes Geneva’s bookscape
City-centre store with 4 floors, café, large English section GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / EDITOR’S NOTEPAD – Geneva has just been endowed with its own version of a mega bookstore, with the grand opening this weekend of the new Payot in the city centre. The bookstore closed two shops, at Chantepoulet and rue du Marché, combining them […]
Ski slopes and Petite Arvine
Note: At the end here you’ll find an interview done with me by Tony Johnston at WRS radio in Geneva, about Petite Arvine, one of Switzerland’s most interesting “native” specialty grapes. Tony and I have agreed to talk about a Swiss wine pick of mine every three weeks. This is not a commercial agreement and […]
News roundup, Lake Geneva region
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Back from holidays! Weekend weather forecast Strong winds from the west have pushed away the damp fog that sat over Lake Geneva earlier in the week. They have also brought precipitation to the mountains and warmer temperature to the plains. A wide swath from the Vaud Alps in the west to Lake […]
Chasselas: a great 2013 vintage, but a disastrous year
Republished from ellenwine.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The weather catastrophes in 2013 left a strong mark on canton Vaud’s vineyards, and now we have the statistics from the canton to prove it. Only 21 million litres of wine were made, a 28 percent drop compared to the average for the previous 10 years, and the lowest […]