Hans Erni, artist from Lucerne, has died, age 106 – a painter and sculptor who was still at work daily, to the end. In 2014 he created and donated a “Colombe de la jeunesse”, or youth dove metallic fountain, which was erected near the Farinet vines, the smallest officially registered vine parcel in the world, […]
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Straight to the source: vineyard car crash
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – An 18-year-old driver of a stolen car, whose alcohol level was just within the legal limits, crashed through a Dardagny vineyard in canton Geneva early Saturday 8 March after a high-speed chase. Geneva police say the youth, who is French and lives in Pessinge, was spotted driving over the limit at 05:00 […]
Swiss wines 2009: one for the records!
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The first analyses of the 2009 Swiss wine vintage, in November, showed them to be very promising, but the federal agriculture department’s end of the year gift to the wine business 31 December was its confirmation that 2009 was not just very good, but excellent: one for the records in terms […]
‘Tis the pruning season
From a distance there is something different about the stretches of vine across the hillsides. It’s hard at first to work out what has changed – the light? the color? You need to be closer, zooming in from the magnificent landscapes, to see that it is density: the vineyards are having their annual pruning session. […]