The Summer University program coincides with the 60th anniversary of the campus at Changins. This was quite a big event, with several officials from the Canton of Vaud (the “state”) welcoming us to the program. All guests at the school were given the red carpet treatment, and many VIPS were present at the ceremony. After the welcoming speeches, there was a reception hour followed by a very nice dinner, featuring local wines and cheese. 
The campus at Changins is beautiful. The buildings are clean, open, airy and spacious. The campus is surrounded by the experimental farmland and vineyards. We took a walk through their small teaching vineyard, which is located under hail netting. Very interesting to see much different clones of common varieties, as they don’t look like the usual plants.
The experimental winery is shared with the federal research station at the campus. It is a huge building, with lots of room to work. They have many types of smaller scale fermenters, presses and filters.
The landscape in this part of Switzerland is breath taking. The valley floor leads to rolling hills, then abrupt mountains. Snow covered peaks can be seen to the south, across Lake Geneva. Interesting fact of the day: the Rhone River flows out of Lake Geneva.
The campus at Changins is beautiful. The buildings are clean, open, airy and spacious. The campus is surrounded by the experimental farmland and vineyards. We took a walk through their small teaching vineyard, which is located under hail netting. Very interesting to see much different clones of common varieties, as they don’t look like the usual plants.
The experimental winery is shared with the federal research station at the campus. It is a huge building, with lots of room to work. They have many types of smaller scale fermenters, presses and filters.
The school also has a wonderful sensory evaluation room. The lighting in the room can be changed to red or green, to eliminate color bias in the panelist evaluations. The picture shows all three lights on for demonstration.
The landscape in this part of Switzerland is breath taking. The valley floor leads to rolling hills, then abrupt mountains. Snow covered peaks can be seen to the south, across Lake Geneva. Interesting fact of the day: the Rhone River flows out of Lake Geneva.
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