Regional, certified organic growers meet twice a year in Ferney-Voltaire for an outdoor bio market.
Archives for October 2013
Geneva Chocolate Salon
Did you know the Swiss buy more chocolate per person on average than any other group? 12kg annually. Remember that when visiting the Salon des Chocolatiers et du Chocolate in Geneva.
The two-day festival brings chocolatiers from Switzerland to the heart of Geneva
Wine pick: La Chàtagneréaz 2012
ELLEN’S WINE WORLD – Red wine, La Chàtagneréaz Mont-sur-Rolle 2012 Grand Cru. Winery: Château de Châtagneréaz. Notes: Despite its youth, a wine big enough for a meal, good with red meat, grilled foods. Red with purple highlights. Nose of red fruits, black cherries, should be more intense with age. Round in mouth, tannins are smooth. […]
October starts out damp, winemakers wait for grapes
Weather forecast, gray mornings, sunny afternoons GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – The strange weather year of 2013 continues to hand us surprises, with October, generally a sunny month in Switzerland, handing us rain just about everywhere on the first day of the month. MeteoSwiss, in its reports on September 2013 weather, says that […]