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Archives for June 2011

O! Time to head for Nyon’s new eateries

29/06/2011 by Ellen Wallace

NYON, SWITZERLAND – Nyon has just become endowed with a three-in-one lakeside food spot that promises to be an excellent addition to the growing town’s quality food options. One of my favourite restaurants from the outside (I never ate there, oddly enough) has long been the bright orange and blue Cafe Latino at the east […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: begood, Benoit Rol, Cafe Latino, Le Deck, Nyon, O'Les Terrasses du Lac, O'Restaurant, Pizza Mario, renovation, reopening, restaurant, Santiago Wegmann

Geneva, Vaud announce award-winning wines

20/06/2011 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA / LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The news was already out of the bag that 2010 will be a great vintage for wines in Switzerland but now the best producers of a great vintage are also known. The new crop of recently bottled 2010 wines as well as 2009 wines that have been maturing (and some […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: awards, competitions, Geneva, Hotel de Ville, improvement, Les Hutins, Pinot Gris, quality, Sanglier, Selections, Vaud, Vinalies, wine, young wiemakers

Vaud and Geneva announce cantonal wine awards

20/06/2011 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA / LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The Selections winners for Geneva and Vaud are out, and what a fine collection of wines they are! 2010 was a good year, we keep hearing, and sampling some of the winning wines last week confirmed this for me. I’ll add my notes on some of the wines in the […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: awards, cantonal competitions, Cave Les Bossons, Dardagny, Les Hutins, Marcassin, Peissy, prizes, reds, roses, Sanglier, selection, Selection Geneva, Selection Vaud, Sweet wines, white, winners

Tips for visiting Vaud’s winery Open Days, 11-12 June

11/06/2011 by Ellen Wallace

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Your starting point should be the GenevaLunch news story on the event, with some real changes this year that promise to make it easier, more fun and a great way to learn about Switzerland’s often excellent local wines. You’ll get the most out of the visits if a) you spit out the […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Caves Ouvertes, cellars, Chasselas, How-to, new programme, Railaway offer, shuttle buses, tips, transport, Vaud, visiting, wineries

Vaud wineries planning bigger, better Open Days for the weekend (update)

10/06/2011 by Ellen Wallace

Update 10:00 (link to blog with tips for visiting) LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Wine-lovers will be spoiled three times over after this weekend, with canton Vaud holding what promises to be a major new annual event on the wine calendar. Saturday and Sunday 11-12 June are open days for wineries in Vaud, with 70 percent of […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: canton Vaud, cellars, CFF Railaway, Domaine de la Baudelaire, Domaine des Abbesses, hotel reductions, open days, producers, regional products, shuttle buses, wineries, wines

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