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...Zurich and Geneva, hotspots for jewellery, posted year-on-year gains of 121 and 100 per cent respectively....
...Significantly, Christie’s has decided he should stay in Hong Kong, where he has been since 2010, initially with Berry Bros & Rudd....
...“Many of the top-tier domaines [wineries] are unbelievably sought after,” says Dan Jago, chief executive of London-based wine merchant Berry Bros & Rudd, who warns of an “overheated market”....
...All are made with malt spirits and juniper berries, and curiously the “Royal” and “Best” versions stipulate less juniper than the ordinary one....
...“A lot of collectors from places like Indonesia and Singapore who might store in Geneva or London would prefer to have their wines closer to them,” she said....
...By the entrance is a line-up of some of Italy’s top wines, while just inside is an immediate expression of their hospitality – a dessert trolley laden with punnets of fresh berries; tarts stuffed with apples...
...“The health sector cannot produce health on its own,” says Ilona Kickbusch, director of the global health programme at the Geneva-based Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies....
...Russia’s most lauded chef, Anatoly Komm, won his Michelin star for a restaurant in Geneva rather than his homeland....
...Instead of rows of plump, light golden fruit, the couple found shrunken berries, burnt brown by the sun....
...The US agriculture research station in Geneva, New York, contains more than 2,500 varieties of apple, “including an orchard of primeval apples from Tian Shan”....
...The oldest tree is about 300 years old and the most unusual is a Belgian cypress, which yields a small red, sweet berry....
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