The Domaine de Chateauvieux in Satigny, Geneva is a name well-known to lovers of fine dining in the Lake Geneva region. in October its sommelier, Xavier Debloch, won GaultMillau’s title of Swiss Sommelier of the Year 2009, which he shares with a sommelier in Ascona. Patricia Briel, one of Switzerland’s best wine journalists, has written […]
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Passport controls at road borders disappear 1 December
Switzerland (24 Heures, Fre) – The next step in Switzerland’s gradual move into the Schengen region comes 1 December, when passport controls at road borders will end, although customs officials point out that checks for merchandise will continue.
Switzerland’s 66 winning wines, part 1
l’Hebdo and GenevaLunch present Switzerland’s top wines with tasting notes, adapted in English from articles that appeared in the 13 November print version of l’Hebdo, Switzerland’s leading news magazine in French. The magazine ran a major story on the winners of the Grand Prix du Vin Suisse, which is Switzerland’s main wine competition, open to […]
My Château Pétrus, vintage 1982
My cellar does not hold a Chateau Pétrus but for one minute 18 November, before a 1982 magnum of the stuff was auctioned off at Christie’s in Geneva for CHF10,350, I tried to imagine it in my cellar. It added a bit of slightly jaded but elegant touch of age to the place, with the […]
Wine stain: one that got away from the tax collector
Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – An old brownish-red stain that has been an enigma for archeologists working on an excavation site near Basel has turned out to be red wine made from black grapes, thus offering proof that the cellar uncovered at Pratteln, southeast of the city, is part of the oldest Swiss medieval winery, or […]