Raclette, A Cheesy Cure for Winter Doldrums

Plus an Austrian schnapps tour, extreme sledding in Switzerland, the acrobats who repair ski lifts, and the shrinking size of wine glass

Today, we’re talking molten cheese, Swiss-style. Before then, a few things that caught our attention in the news:

• 🥃 A schnapps tour of Austria — NYTimes

• 🏔️ “Cable cars have transformed life in the Alps and around the world. But when operating at high altitudes, often in extreme conditions, what does it take to keep them safe?” — BBC

• 🎿 “Has skiing becom…