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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – I’ve been on a sharp learning curve with Merlot wines. Let me share the experience with you. Judging a competition versus wine-tasting as a writer Judging a wine competition is completely different from the blind tastings to which journalists are invited. For the Mondial du Merlot I did [...]
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – The 2013 Merlot wine world champion is from Switzerland – Chamoson in canton Valais – and the best Merlot at the international Mondial du Merlot competition is from canton Ticino. The Swiss made an impressive showing, with canton Ticino alone winning but Merlots from Italy and France also [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Vaud winery open days this weekend, with 300 wineries taking part and several villages offering food and drink, sadly won’t be seeing too many sunburned clients, with the weather forecast a relatively dismal mostly cloudy with rain throughout the country. Happily, wineries cater to customers who prefer to stay dry while [...]
GENEVA / ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Parliament’s project is taking shape, to provide a clear legal framework for the 700,000 Swiss who are registered as living abroad – nearly 10 percent of the country’s citizens. A parliamentary committee presided by Robert Cramer of Geneva this week put out for public consultation the document that lays out [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Robert Spencer’s retirement party at Webster University in Bellevue, Geneva Thursday evening 16 May brought together several hundred people: politicians, diplomats, former and current students and professors who marked 18 years that have transformed the school into a major part of international Geneva. Spencer has worked at the Geneva campus since 1995, [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Pierre-Yves Dietrich has been awarded the “First annual cancer researcher of the year award by the Gateway for Cancer Research Foundation in the US, with prize money of $30,000 and additional financing worth $500,000 for clinical studies of his immune therapy for brain cancer, currently under review by Swissmedic. Swissmedic, the Swiss [...]
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GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Consumer alert: Migros is recalling its Cantabrique M-Classic anchovies, which have an unacceptably high level of histamines. The seafood product can be digestive problems, headaches and redness. Clients are being asked not to consume the product, for which they will be refunded by any Migros store: Anchois de la mer Cantabrique M-Classic, [...]
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Swiss football has a ways to go before making the top 10 in Fifa world rankings, but it is inching its way up and is now in 14th place. Bad news for Brazilian fans, whose country will be hosting the next World Cup, is that their own football is slipping in the [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The quick arrest and questioning of the suspect in the murder of 19-year-old Marie is just the start of what promises to be heavy media coverage of the case in French-speaking Switzerland and possibly the rest of the country. The parallels between the young woman’s death and that of Lucie, a 16-year-old [...]
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