Geneva, Switzerland and Annecy, France (GenevaLunch) – Annecy and Geneva will be 10 minutes closer 18 December, thanks to the new Aliane strip of the A41 North autoroute in France, which is being inaugurated today. More significant to the cross-border workers and weekend trippers who travel this route regularly, the new road should reduce frequent […]
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Geneva award-winning sommelier part of a new generation
The Domaine de Chateauvieux in Satigny, Geneva is a name well-known to lovers of fine dining in the Lake Geneva region. in October its sommelier, Xavier Debloch, won GaultMillau’s title of Swiss Sommelier of the Year 2009, which he shares with a sommelier in Ascona. Patricia Briel, one of Switzerland’s best wine journalists, has written […]
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 […]
Snow tires: great idea, that everyone else has today
Geneva, Switzerland (Tribune de Geneve, Fre) – If your first reaction to late October snow is to rush out and get snow tires on your car, prepare to wait in line, with some garages in Geneva getting 300-400 calls a day.
Geneva wine course coming up
The wine season is starting soon, with summer tasting sessions in villages giving way to fairs like Vinea in Sierre, several competitions, culminating in the Swiss Wine Grand Prix in Bern in October. The Swiss wine harvest, with the smell of ripe grapes hanging over villages, starts in September and runs to November in some […]