GENEVA / LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The news was already out of the bag that 2010 will be a great vintage for wines in Switzerland but now the best producers of a great vintage are also known. The new crop of recently bottled 2010 wines as well as 2009 wines that have been maturing (and some […]
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Souvenirs of pleasure during Geneva winery Open day
Photos by Sean Ecker GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Sean Ecker visited a winery that is new to the Geneva wineries’ Open day, Clos de la Zone, Valentin Vidonne winemaker, in Gy. Swiss wine labeling laws changed this year to allow wineries to include grapes from their vine parcels over the border in France, and the Vidonne […]
Lake Geneva area weekend: sunshine and wine on the menu
GENEVA / LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The weather forecast for the weekend in the Lake Geneva area is better than you might think if you’re currently sitting in a downpour (your editor is watching a snow shower at 2,400 metres, above me). Showers will clear by morning, with just a few clouds left along mountain ridges. […]
Geneva sets out a menu of watches, jewels and fine wine
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – This is a week where spending your spare millions will be very easy in Geneva, the week when auctions are offering rare watches, an extraordinary emerald tiara and a bottle of Château Lafite-Rothschild, vintage 1887, Pauillac, 1er cru classé that would make grandfather sit up in his grave and ask for […]
Fribourg, Geneva, Vaud chocolate week tastings
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – You still have a couple days left to sample artisanal chocolates and buy them at a discount at several chocolate boutiques in the region. Chocolate Week, the brainchild of Neuchatel’s chocolate-makers several years ago, was adopted by Vaud five years ago and more recently by Fribourg and Geneva. The idea is […]