I’ve been holed up for hours lately organizing my massive collection of digital photos, about 12,000 a year for the past three years alone. Many of them are of Swiss vines and wines and wine producers, winemaking villages, competitions, landscapes: in short, the world of Swiss wine, which I love. There are others from Bordeaux […]
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Swiss wines to get marketing boost from oenologists’ head
Daniel Dufaux has just been named president of the Geneva-based Swiss Oenologists Union. His election is the latest sign that the Swiss are getting more serious about marketing their wines. Swiss wines traditionally sold locally and didn’t worry too much about selling further afield, with limited supplies and a loyal home market. The new implementation […]
Silver linings: Taramarcaz’s Domaine des Muses
Silver linings, a series of profiles of award-winning producers: Switzerland has some of the world’s finest wines and its top winemakers are terroir artists. Domaine des Muses sweeps awards in Valais The first I heard of Robert Taramarcaz was when this young newcomer to Valais winemaking received warm applause and an evening of plaudits from […]
Countdown to Valentine’s Day: chocolate notes
The Rambling Epicure’s chocolate notes: countdown to Valentine’s Day Comprehensive list of chocolate shops and visits to chocolate makers in Geneva area. Each chocolate maker makes its own special chocolate creations for Valentine’s Day, so check out the chocolate works of art at your favorite local chocolate maker. Organic, fair-trade chocolate at Chocolatier Durig in […]
The philosophy of fine dining in Crissier
Fine dining, Rudolf Steiner style The Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner was the inventor of the spiritual movement anthroposophy, a kind of intuitive ethics which has thrived in Switzerland, chiefly through the Waldorf schools and through foundations and communities inspired by his teachings. This seventeenth-century castle, Le Castel, was bought by the Lausanne branch of the […]