LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – Féchy is home to the best 2012 Chasselas wine in canton Vaud, generally considered the birthplace of the grape variety so closely tied to the image of Swiss wines. Pierre-Louis Molliez & Fils won the top award at the wine competition Sélection des Lauriers de Platine” held 21 […]
Archives for November 2013
Lunch at Switzerland’s no. 1 restaurant
Dear readers, this is the day when Vaud’s best wines are selected by Terravin wine tasters, and I’m one of them. We will be tasting wines all morning, followed by lunch at the Hotel de Ville restaurant in Crissier, selected this week by the red Michelin guides as one of Switzerland’s two top restaurants, with […]
Swiss starred Michelin restaurants up by 10%
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / AMONG THE VINES – The 2014 Michelin red guide for Suisse/Schweiz is published Wednesday 21 November. This year’s guide shows a remarkable 110 stars given to Swiss restaurants, a 10 percent increase in the number compared to a year earlier. Two restaurants have three stars, out of just over 100 three-star restaurants […]
Wine pick: Dom. Piron, beaujolais AOC Morgon 2011
ELLEN’S WINE WORLD / FRENCH WINES – Red wine, French, Beaujolais region. Domaine Piron AOC Morgon 2011 Beaujolais is having a comback thanks to some fine producers, and Domaine Piron is one of them. Beaujolais is two hours from Geneva; if you feel like celebrating the Beaujolais Nouveau on its home territory this weekend, you’ll […]
Geneva airport pioneers automatic bag checking
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Airline Swiss and Geneva airport 13 November opened three new fully automated luggage check-in counters, the first operating anywhere in the world, they say. The new service is part of a seamless travel programme the airport is working to develop with airlines operating in Geneva. Initial results, after six days in service, […]