GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - Le Chef officially opens to the public this week, on the third floor of Genève Aéroport, completing a series of moves in recent years to make the airport's eateries match […]
Swiss fine dining galore in coming months (update)
I'm suddenly awash in invitations and news about new, newly improved and improving hotels and restaurants in Switzerland - and this at a time when everyone has been worrying about tourism and the high […]
Ontario winery’s Vidal marketing challenge
Ontario's Vidal wine has a poor reputation after years as a mainly cheap, sweet dessert wine. Two brothers who have improved the wine, starting by reducing the yield in the vineyard, now have what […]
Geneva airport’s Altitude: new chef, look, food
Republished from genevalunch.com, my news site. Note: no word as yet on what is happening to the fine wine collection carried by Altitude, including many Swiss wines.GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - The […]
Happy 2016 – and Kings’ Day from Spain
Celebrating 6 January in southern Spain, a big holiday here - in Spanish style with a very blue meringue and an apple eau-de-vie, before heading off towards Rioja en route home to […]
Terravin’s Chasselas top wines unveiled
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND - The Platine Terravin results are keenly awaited every year, just weeks after the harvest is in; the relatively new Mondial du Chasselas wine competition held in the summer […]
Vaud Chasselas, 8 Valais stars – coming soon
I'll be taking part in, and reporting back to you soon, on two annual events that are not open to the public but which will point you to some of the best Swiss wines.The first is the annual […]
Restaurants gear up for Swiss Wine Week
BERN, SWITZERLAND - Restaurants throughout Switzerland are preparing to focus on Swiss wines during the third annual Swiss Wine Week scheduled for 12-22 November. It's your best opportunity to sample […]
Eat your potatoes!
I'm astonished: it seems that we are throwing away more than half of our potatoes in Switzerland. A new report from ETH in Zurich shows that producers are wasting them, but consumers are the worst […]
Lavaux for a lamb-friendly red
The weather is chilly, the leaves are turning, and I'm ready for roast lamb again.I was leaving the Vinorama wine centre in Lavaux after a ribbon-cutting event for a new hiking trail, in late […]