Lausanne and Neuchatel, Switzerland (20 Minutes, Fre) – Alcohol-related road accidents are on the rise in Vaud, climbing at a faster rate than in other cantons which have recently seen an increase. Traffic accidents where excessive consumption of alcohol is involved fell in the months following Switzerland’s adoption of stricter drink-driving rules. In January 2005 […]
Lake Geneva region
FEATURE / Geneva’s wines move into the future (author: Julie Schindall)
Geneva grape harvest, 2007 (photo, J Schindall) Satigny, Switzerland (GenevaLunch, by Julie Schindall) – “Winemakers must now be not only artisans and farmers, but also salesmen and experts in marketing,” says Roger Burgdorfer, owner of the Domaine du Paradis winery in Satigny. Burgdorfer speaks animatedly about the need for innovation and development in the Swiss […]
Old cars, wines, new art building: a busy Lake Geneva weekend
Lake Geneva region (24 Heures, Fre) – It was a busy weekend of outings in the region: some 5,000 people attended the opening of the new home for Vaud’s cantonal art school in Lausanne while 15,000 headed for Lutry for the wine harvest festival. The colourful descent of the cows in St Cergue drew crowds […]
Max the stork bids Swiss summer farewell, heads south
Lake Geneva region, Switzerland (Tribune de Geneve/ats, Fre) – If you feel like summer is ending you are not alone: Max, a stork born in Avenches, Vaud in 1999, has just headed south from his summer home in Lake Constance. He is the longest-living satellite-tracked bird in the world and his previous nine migratory trips […]
FEATURE / Cellar too warm? Bank your wine!
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The pleasure of owning good wines that you want to set aside to age into fine wines can diminish sharply if the only place you have to keep them is an overheated storage room next to the soap-smelling laundry area in the bottom of your apartment building. Filip Opdebeeck is a […]