BASEL, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland’s cheapest hotel club sandwich is in Lugano, CHF12, with Montreux and Zermatt right behind at CHF13 and CHF15.50 respectively. You can get a relatively cheap one in Geneva, at CHF13.50, but this is also the city with Switzerland’s most expensive one, at CHF50. The prices are the latest addition to the […]
Archives for June 2013
Geneva to Neuchatel, recovering from storm (update 2, new video)
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Friday morning dawned calm and quiet, if not exactly peaceful in the greater Lake Geneva region, following Thursday’s hail storm and wildly windy, rainy weather. The Geneva to Lausanne stretch of lakeshore and hillsides running up to the Jura, as well as the ridge and slopes running the length of the Jura […]
Marriage of sky and Earth begets fine tea, wine
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – There is nothing quite like a sip of 100-year-old Pu’er tea unless it’s a 2009 Chateau Fleur de Petrus wine from Bordeaux. They make odd siblings, but the genes are there: Mother Earth, Father Sky, with terroir products par excellence as the offspring. Bordeaux is a quick one-hour […]
Fete du Chasselas
Day-long festivities at the Chateau d’Aigle, home of the Vaud wine and vine museum, as part of the awards for the Mondial du Chasseslas wine competition – CHF20 for 200 wines, music, museum entrance (regional foods for sale)
Mushrooms & wine, tasting and mini-course
Learn about mushrooms and how to pair them with wines, presentations by 2 food specialists – Le VerreMaye / Les fils Maye winery