GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Autumn is here, four days after the official arrival, the 22 September equinox that occurred shortly before 16:00 last Saturday. Migratory birds are pausing to rest on Lake Geneva by the thousands en route from the northern Europe to southern homes where they winter, reports the Swiss Ornithological Institute, which has several […]
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Harvest is ending; let’s think reds
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The 2011 grape harvest promises to bring us some beautiful wines, but we’ll have to wait a while for them to mature in their barrels and tanks and then in their bottles next spring. Yesterday in canton Valais I spotted several vineyards where the harvest is still going on. Meanwhile, as the […]