GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Here’s my version of our family recipe for the classic American 1950’s dish that we, as Catholics who didn’t eat meat on Friday, often had that night of the week. When you watch Mad Men, remember that in Iowa we were sitting around the table eating this. We bought our first TV […]
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Downton Abbey, the real thing, calls for fine Port, ahhhh
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The BBC has just answered the questions we who watch Downton Abbey have been asking – where and what exactly is the real thing? It turns out to be a Highclere Castle, which has a real butler and real residents But the “rose-tinted” Victorian world and drama we love to watch unfolding […]
Where old food goes
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Forbes carries a wonderful article about food and expiry dates, where it goes, who buys it and whether or not they should all expect to die within hours (if you read no further, the answer is “no”). The problem of old but still good food isn’t limited to the US, of course. […]
Judgement of Beijing: Ningxia wines top Bordeaux
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Four Chinese wines did better than Bordeaux wines in a small blind tasting competition of 10 wines, in Beijing 14 December: shades of the Judgement of Paris competition in 1976 that shook French growers to their roots and put US wines on the world’s sommelier maps. The Chinese wine market is widely […]
Amigne du Vétroz, Valais d’Or, Maurice Gay, Chamoson
Wine tasting notes, Swiss white wines wine video, white White wine, medium-dry Grape variety: Amigne, 2010 Winery: Maurice Gay SA Location: Chamoson, canton Valais Price at the winery: CHF18 View this wine reviewed in French by Laurent Probst and in German by Gabriel Tinguely Complete list of GenevaLunch Swiss wine videos, produced by RomanDuVin Click […]