Click on photos to view larger My son just graduated from college, from UBC in Vancouver. What better way to celebrate his homecoming than with yet another pie, our standard way for the past four years of welcoming him home to Switzerland from abroad. The rhubarb in the garden turned out to be exactly right, […]
Food & dining
Ten lovely Swiss Syrahs among winners in France
Ten Swiss Syrah wines have brought home awards from the Mondial du Syrah in Ampuis, France 2-4 June. They were among the 130 prize-winning wines, with 37 golds and 93 silvers. The one gold award went to Vins des Chevaliers SA for its barrel-aged Valais AOC Syrah 2008 (Patrick Z’Brun). Silver medal winners: barrel-aged Valais […]
Putting your wine in the vault in Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Filip Opdebeeck was struggling three years ago to convince people that his idea of renting out space to store wine in a former bank vault on the Rue du Rhone in Geneva would work. He was certain the city holds enough people living in apartments without decent wine storage space, who […]
“Emotion” evening Beaurivage Palace Lausanne
Anne-Sophie Pic, Michelin-star chef, to hold special Emotion dinner Anne-Sophie Pic, the Michelin-starred chef at the Beaurivage Palace in Lausanne, is putting on the spread to welcome in summer on Tuesday, 29 June. This fairytale dinner will be held on the terrace, if the weather permits. It starts with a cocktail party at 18H30 in […]
Open Day in Geneva: how to visit wineries, where to go (update)
Update 29 May Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Geneva is the grandaddy of Swiss wine open days: it was the first to offer this, in 1987, and the event has become hugely popular. Several things contribute to this: almost all the cellars participate, some 80 out of 95, they are geographically fairly close so it is […]