The new GaultMillau guide can be purchased in bookstores and online for CHF34.90 in French, CHF52 in German. The two language versions differ: the German one contains all 830 restaurants and lists of hotels, wineries, popular dining spots and the guide’s stars of the year. The French version has all of this but “only” 395 […]
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New treasure in old Sion vineyard
I would never have discovered one particularly beautiful perch on an Alpine slope if it weren’t for Dr Henry Wuilloud. The exhibit “Les 1001 vies [the 1001 lives] du Docteur Wuilloud” at the Valais Wine Museum in Sierre/Salgesch runs for another month, until 30 November. It opened in March with a remarkable conference and tasting […]
October and March shake hands
Tonight we will eat the last of our 2018 pumpkins, stored in the cellar since October. Yesterday the frogs arrived and began courting like mad in the pond while high in the trees the Alpine woodland larks began their melodious courting calls.
Between Earth and Sky
Valentina Andrei and Nicolas Wüst with one of the first in a budding and beautiful collection of wines, Ivresse: think of the elegant sense of the word in French, a state of euphoria.
Meat and fish cuts and names
Names for fish and meat cuts in Europe – here’s a bit of help for fish and meat lovers who, like me, suffer this odd form of illiteracy, inconvenient when you talk about food and wine pairings