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Golden chance to hike Follatères

11/05/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

If you have a chance to join the Valais wine and vine museum’s Ascension Day hike this year, you should: Thursday 14 May from 9:30 to noon, rendezvous at the Fol’terres pavilion at the west end of Fully, two minutes from the Martigny-Fully autoroute exit. The guided walk is in French but Anne-Do Zufferey, the […]

Filed Under: Travels, Wineries Tagged With: Follatères vineyards, Fully, hiking, Musée du vin et de la vigne

An asparagus tip: preserving tender stalks

04/05/2010 by Ellen Wallace

By Ellen Wallace Most of us don’t have the luxury of going out into the garden, picking the asparagus, then cooking it within minutes, which gives a heavenly vegetable. The best alternative, and this is the season for it, is to go to the farmer’s door early in the morning to buy freshly picked stalks, […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: asparagus, cooking, damp towel, Farinet, Geneva, hiking, Petite Arvine, recipe, Saillon, stained glass windows, terraced vineyards, tourism, vegetable, walking, wine

Breathtaking view of Miroir d’Argentine

29/07/2009 by Ellen Wallace

New terrace for outdoor lovers at Cookie in Vaud Cookie café and restaurant in Gryon in Vaud has just opened a beautiful new terrace that seats 60 people, with an exquisite view of the Miroir d’Argentine mountain. Hiking, mountain climbing, rock climbing, mountain biking: no loss of things to do around the Miroir d’Argentine The […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Add new tag, climbing, fusion, Geneva, geneve, Gryon, hiking, Lake Geneva, Miroir d'Argentine, mountain, outdoor dining, restaurant, Restaurants with terraces, Restaurants, dining, suisse, Swiss, Switzerland, terrace, Thai, Vaud, view

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