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Archives for March 2013

Easter Saturday: Irish stewed kid with Guinness and prunes

30/03/2013 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Tomorrow is the classic roast, gigot d’agneau, for Easter dinner at our house. I’ve been longing, however, for the Easter meal I had when I lived on the west coast of Ireland, young goat (kid) stewed gently in Guinness, with prunes, onion and garlic. A packet of kid, labelled “1/2 cabri”, nearly […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Amarone della Valpolicella, cabri, county Clare, fleur de sel Camargue, Guinness, Ireland, Irish stew, kid, Pepe Valle Maggia punto verde Bignasco, potatoes, prunes, recipe

Sleuthing a Flaesch Pinot’s 91 points from Parker

28/03/2013 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Here’s the news: Pinot Noir ’09 from Gantenbein winery in canton Graubuenden was given a note of 91 by Robert Parker wine reviewer Neal Martin. This comes on the heels of four Swiss wines mentioned recently by another Parker reviewer, David Schildknecht. The information was bundled into a press release from Swiss […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Basel, Blaise Duboux, Cantina Van der Crone Visini, Chasselas, David Schildknecht, Flaesch, Gantenbein winery, Graubuenden, Hanspeeter Ziereisen, Lavaux, Merlot, Neal Martin, Pierre-Luc Leyvraz, Pinot Noir, points, Robert Parker, Swiss wines, The White Club, Ticino, Tinello, Vaud

How to learn French in a hurry: drink Swiss wine

28/03/2013 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – I’ve been following Ta-Nehisi Coates’s rollercoaster ride to speaking perfect French – he writes for The Atlantic, and I’m an old fan of the magazine. I suddenly realized he was going to be spending four days in Montreux, a serious crash course to maitriser la langue even though my sense of Montreux […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: learning French, Montreux, Swiss wine, Ta-Nehisi Coates

Biodynamic wines, slipping into the mainstream

22/03/2013 by Ellen Wallace

New guide provides useful tool GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Organic wines, known as “bio” in French, and more particularly biodynamic wines, were long regarded suspiciously by many consumers, conjuring up vague (and not quite right) images of hippy wines made with animal horns and consumed with unpalatable brown rice. Those were the bad old days and […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Alexandre Truffer, Anne Mueller, Beudon, biodynamic wines, Chasselas, Demeter, Evelyne Malnic, Fully, Guide des Vins en Biodynamie, Jacque Granges, La Capitaine, ladybug, Maision Féret, Marie-Therese Chappaz, organic, Ramond Paccot, Reynald Parmelin, Riesling-Sylvaner, Villeneuve, Vinatura label, wine books

CGN Lake Geneva boat company creates 4 brands for birthday

21/03/2013 by Ellen Wallace

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The heavy anchor is gone and one that is closer to a smiley face is being sported as part of the new CGN logo that accompanies four clearly delineated new brands and a smartphone app. The new look, business lineup, app and customer service are part of the 140th anniversary celebrations organized […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: app, boat company, CGN, crossings, Lake Geneva, reservations, restaurants, steamboats, tickets, timetables

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