Top Swiss sweet wines, including film subject Chappaz’s, tasted at Vinea It’s easy to see why Fred Florey chose Marie-Thérèse Chappaz in Fully for the subject of his wine film, the 52-minute documentary Les saisons de Marie-Thérèse Chappaz, which has just won the Grand Prix Spécial du Grand Jury at Oenovideo in France. The film […]
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White star marks the spot where Sherlock left us
By Bob Evans Meiringen, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – High on a bleak crag above this small crossroads town in central Switzerland, a large white X marks a world-famous spot which draws tourists and their cameras from around the globe. Travellers leap from the cable car as it slides to a halt after an 8-minute climb from […]
Eat-me-now apricots brighten Valais roadsides
By Ellen Wallace Saillon, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – There are dozens of good reasons to go to canton Valais right now, starting with temperatures that fall one degree for every 200 metres or so of altitude in the Alps. But the best reason for the next week to 10 days is apricots, fully ripe now, with […]
Great dining while on Lake Geneva
Lausanne and Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The CGN boat company’s summer schedule goes into effect Sunday 13 June, which means the tourist cruise boats will be operating fully. Among the special offers are fine dining cruises, with wonderful meals from the Geneva port prepared by the kitchen staff working under one of the region’s best […]
Open Days for Valais wines, where to go
Here are my personal recommendations for places to visit during the Valais wineries Open Days Thursday-Saturday, 13-15 May. This is far from exhaustive, given the 179 wineries participating. And not all wineries are part of this, including some excellent ones, for a variety of reasons. To keep the list reasonable, I’ve had to leave out […]