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Tips for visiting Vaud’s winery Open Days, 11-12 June

11/06/2011 by Ellen Wallace

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Your starting point should be the GenevaLunch news story on the event, with some real changes this year that promise to make it easier, more fun and a great way to learn about Switzerland’s often excellent local wines. You’ll get the most out of the visits if a) you spit out the […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Caves Ouvertes, cellars, Chasselas, How-to, new programme, Railaway offer, shuttle buses, tips, transport, Vaud, visiting, wineries

Head for Valais for some glorious wine time! (update)

02/06/2011 by Ellen Wallace

Update 21:00  SION, SWITZERLAND –  It doesn’t get much more perfect for wine-tasting weather, as Switzerland’s largest wine-producing canton opens its winery doors for three days, to present the newly bottled 2010 vintage. It was a very good year, the wines are a delight, the sun is shining and temperatures are expected to be 23-25C […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Chamoson, Fully, Guide, How-to, open days, Sierre, St Pierre-de-Clage, travel, Valais, visits, wineries

The many colors of summer tomatoes

31/07/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Red, yellow, green, and orange tomatoes now available in Lake Geneva region Tomato season is well under way, and here are a few suggestions for using them. How to choose a tomato Remember you can’t judge a tomato by its cover. By that I mean, the best tomatoes may well be the ugliest. They have […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: farmers market, France, Geneva, geneve, Green, greenhouse, grilled, How to choose it, How to eat it, How-to, hydroponic, Lake Geneva, local, MarketDay, MarketDay - Seasonal products, Orange, recipe, red, suisse, summer, Swiss, Switzerland, tomato, vegetables, yellow

FEATURE / Cellar too warm? Bank your wine!

29/08/2007 by Ellen Wallace

Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The pleasure of owning good wines that you want to set aside to age into fine wines can diminish sharply if the only place you have to keep them is an overheated storage room next to the soap-smelling laundry area in the bottom of your apartment building. Filip Opdebeeck is a […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Community, Food and Drink, How-to, Lake Geneva region, Swiss news

FEATURE / A year in the life of a vigneron: visiting the cellar

26/08/2007 by Ellen Wallace

Editor’s note: This is the ninth in a year-long series on the life of a Vaudois winemaker, or vigneron, in the Lake Geneva region. GL follows Raymond Paccot and Domaine La Colombe in Féchy from the 2006 harvest to the next one in 2007. At the end of the article you will find tips for […]

Filed Under: Wineries Tagged With: Feature, Food and Drink, How-to, Lake Geneva region, Swiss news, travel

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