Weekend Edition
Beaune in the Spotlight
The Summer holiday is upon us.
That sacrosanct time that the French know how to honour so well.
Every year starting in May, a number of long weekends can be had with holidays smack in the middle of the week, and in 2025 that is no exception.
Vacation time been curtailed by the recent developments in funding?
We have a solution for you.
Spend a long weekend in Bourgogne, just three hours away from Geneva. Dijon to Beaune, is a gourmet food and wine lovers paradise.
Check our past coverage of new, upcoming, and traditional time-tested wine makers in the region, and my interview with the CEO of Chateau du Clos de Vougeot, recorded in 2023, who are all adapting fast to the energy transition.
Sustainability is at the top of the agenda and organic wine production is at an all time high, with several producers completing the full conversion in the last decade or so.
Good for you and good for the environment.
Enjoy.
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America Loses a Great Thinker
The (Soft) Power of Nations
I interviewed Harvard University Kennedy School of Government professor and international relations scholar, Joseph Nye, in July 2021, to discuss the US-Russia Summit that took place in Geneva that Summer.
We also discussed his book, published a year before, required reading for International Relations students, as it addresses the question of moral views of US Presidents, from FDR to Trump, and its impact in foreign policy, and on the importance of having an ethical compass when defending one’s country national interests while articulating cooperation at the international level.
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