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Swiss cheese industry boosted by free trade

30/10/2012 by Ellen Wallace

We’re eating more than 400 grams of cheese a week per person BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss cheese industry benefited in the first five years of free trade with the European Union, a study released 30 October shows. Exports slowed down in 2011 due to the strong Swiss franc, but in the first half of […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: consumption, Emmenthal, EU, exports, France, free trade market, Germany, Gruyere, imports, Italy, Swiss cheese

Wine investors: drinkers and investors won during the financial crisis

04/04/2010 by Ellen Wallace

There are two types of wine investors: those who buy wines they want to explore, and who set them aside for later when the sensory value will have increased, and those who buy, gambling that the price will rise neatly. The investors will either sell it or open the bottle when it is time to […]

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Cisalpino carries first passengers from Geneva airport to Venice

01/10/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A Cisalpino II train made its maiden Geneva-Venice voyage Thursday October 1, leaving Geneva’s Cointrin Airport at 07:33 and bringing back its first passengers from Venice at 16:20. The trains have been running on the Geneva-Milan stretch since July, on a test basis, and with the positive track record of the […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: CFF, Cisalpino II, Geneva, Italy, Milan, rail, SBB, Switzerland, train, Trenitalia, Venice

Cave Berthaudin wine tasting at Beau Rivage

29/05/2009 by Ellen Wallace

The Rambling Epicure covered this Cave Berthaudin’s spring wine tasting and gala dinner at the Beau Rivage in Ellen Wallace’s blog Among the vines.

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: beau rivage, berthaudin, Carouge, cave, Foodie news and events, France, French, Geneva, geneve, Italian, Italy, Lake Geneva, Lebanese, restaurant, suisse, Swiss, Switzerland, Vaud, vin, Where to buy it, wine, wine-tasting

Italy’s top chef Fulvio Pierangelini comes to Geneva’s Richemond

24/04/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Sapori restaurant offer: tasting menu, CHF89, not including wine, April 22-May 6, 2009 The Richemond hotel’s young but highly talented chef Pietro Amato will be hosting chefs from different regions of Italy over the next few months in the Sapori Ristorante. He kicked off  the first series yesterday with none other than Italy’s top chef, […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Alessandro Mori, Brunello di Montalcino Madonna delle Grazie, cuisine italienne, Dining, Fulvio Pierangelini, Gambero Rosso, Geneva, geneve, Italian food, Italian restaurant, Italian wine, Italy, Le Richemond, Petro Amato, restaurants, Richemond Hotel, Ruffino, San Vincenzo, Sangiovese wines, Tuscany

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