I forgot how much I love to drive, and what I love about driving, or is it just the road itself… Driving through Southern France on our way to Madrid, through the Basque Country, and two days later returning through North eastern Spain, I see glimpses of the Road in a European setting; rugged hills […]
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Out of town guests for New Year’s weekend? Serve Swiss!
‘Tis the season for overseas guests and non-Swiss friends to drop in for a sociable drink or two. Here are some suggestions for showing off the fine wines of Switzerland. Aperitif food, uncomplicated Keep it simple – Swiss wines work well with Swiss air-dried meats and cheese platters for late afternoon or early evening. Dried […]
Wine of the week: perfect Swiss holiday aperitif
What a pleasant surprise to discover that one of the special offers at the Coop is a wine that enchanted me last July – and that it’s just as good in winter as in summer. The Bonvins are a large clan in Valais and not surprisingly, many of them do indeed make good wine. In […]
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 […]
Hallowed Eve, Geneva style
Geneva, Switzerland – What is it that Americans love about Halloween beyond the childish thrill of having license to consume endless plastic pumpkin containers of sweets? In fact, as a child growing up in rural Vermont, the best treats were always the homemade caramel apples and candied popcorn our neighbors 4 miles down the road […]