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Swiss news in English

Census data shows 739,000 speak English at work in Switzerland

19/06/2012 by Ellen Wallace

But the most startling language statistic is that English at work was measured clearly for the first time and 16.5 percent of people say they use English regularly at work: 739,000 people out of a working population of 6.52 million.

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: English at work, English spoken at home, number of people who speak English in Switzerland, population, statistics, Swiss news in English, Switzerland, working

Oenovideo wine film festival in Aigle pulling in crowds

02/06/2012 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – France’s itinerant wine film and photo festival, Oenovideo, is a hit at this year’s venue, Aigle, in canton Vaud. I spent Thursday evening at the festival and was enchanted by the “L’Esprit du vin, le réveil des terroirs”, a 1h32 minute film on biodynamic winemakers, mainly in France. I was startled by […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: biodynamic wines, California, exhibit, film festival, Oenovideo, Stephen Ashton, Swiss news in English, weekend events, what's on, Wine Country Film Festival, wine films, wine photos

Swiss wineries open house days: tips for visiting

16/05/2012 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Swiss cantons are becoming increasingly organized and coordinating their work for the cantonal wineries’ open house days. The same basic tips apply for visiting all of them: Your starting point should be the GenevaLunch news story on the event (search name of canton + wineries open house). The open houses are designed […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: alcohol limit on Swiss roads, cantons, Geneva, how to visit Swiss wineries, Neuchatel, open house days, Swiss news in English, Switzerland, tips, Valais, Vaud, wineries

Weekend weather and plan ahead to learn about Swiss wines!

13/04/2012 by Ellen Wallace

Editor’s special invitation to the best Swiss wine deal in town! GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Cloudiness Friday moving into rain by Saturday, with chilly temperatures: damp will dominate in all parts of Switzerland this weekend. Only the south side of the Alps is promised a glimmer of sunshine Saturday. Highs of 9C in the Lake Geneva […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Arvinis wine fair, Ellen Wallace's wine course, guest of honour, Introduction to wine tasting, Lake Geneva region, Morges, Swiss news in English, Swiss Wine Promotion, weather forecast

Today’s wine: Les Curzilles, Domaine La Colombe, Féchy

04/04/2012 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – I’m now posting my tasting notes mainly on a new Facebook page, Ellen’s Wine World. Blind tastings as well as my notes on wines that I’ve tasted at wineries or drinking at home will appear there. Today’s wine, for example, is a beauty, a new wine that Raymond Paccot from La Colombe […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: blend, canton Vaud, Chasselas, Doral, dry, Féchy, Pinot Gris, Raymond Paccot, Riesling, Swiss news in English, white

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