Some people drink wine while they watch football and if you happen to live in Switzerland, are tuning in to the game at home and looking for the right bottle, here is GenevaLunch’s recommendation: La Violette 2006, from the winery of the Association Viticole de Villeneuve at the top end of Lake Geneva. It’s a […]
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Arvinis wine festival puts out welcome mat to first-timers
Morges, Vaud, Switzerland – Arvinis, the wine festival that opened Wednesday evening in Morges, is a great place to start learning about Swiss wine in particular, or about wine in general, suggests Yves Paquier, who offers a beginner’s course in wine tasting at Arvinis. English-speakers in particular can use the festival as a springboard to […]
TRAVEL / Perfect Swiss Alps winter walk with visiting grandparents, small children
Raron, Valais, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss Alps in winter means snowy peaks and rosy-cheeked skiers to many of us, but the image doesn’t match everyone’s needs. Photo: (click image to view larger) Raron is mostly flat but narrow old streets leading up to the church have a charming mix of buildings from several periods. […]
Swiss wine harvest 2007: high quality, modest harvest
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss grape harvest in 2007 was very good in terms of quality, with a quantity that was lower than the 10-year average used by Swiss federal agriculture authorities (FOAG (search in French: l’année viticole 2007)), they confirmed Thursday. Experts predicted as early as August 2007 that it would be a […]
INTERVIEW / Raymond Paccot on why we love old wines
Féchy, Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Ring out the new, bring in the old*! Winemakers have been singing this verse for centuries, almost as long as they have been making wine. The world in a glass of wine: nature, your friends, the food on your table, history, your surroundings. Vinea 2007, Sierre, Valais. The love of […]