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Exhilarating vineyards: La Combe d’Enfer

18/04/2018 by Ellen Wallace 1 Comment

Impossible vineyards. Impossible to stand in the middle of Fully’s dramatic Combe d’Enfer in Fully, across the Rhone river from Martigny, and not be awestruck. There are higher vineyards in Switzerland and in the world, there are possibly steeper ones, there are wilder ones. My own home is higher than this. But the name gives […]

Filed Under: Garden & nature Tagged With: altit, Combe d'Enfer, Domaine la Rodeline, Fully, mountains, red wines Marie-Thérèse Chappaz, steep vineyards, Troillet

For the love of goats and sheep

19/11/2017 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Wine and cheese are classic buddies, and pairings from the mountains anywhere are among my favourites. I live in the Swiss Alps, at 1,100 metres, with a small herd of beautiful Val d’Hérens cows next door; in spring and fall they eat down the pastures that surround my garden, and in early winter I listen […]

Filed Under: Food & dining, Garden & nature Tagged With: Alps, cheese, goat, mountains, sheep, wine

Swiss wine and sport marriages continue

27/08/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The latest in a string of Swiss wine groups or wineries to create partnerships with sports club is the OVV, Vaud wine office, joining forces with the Lausanne Hockey Club. The club said in a statement 27 August that it is happy to help spread the word about the canton’s wines, as […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: hockey, mountains, Patrouille des Glaciers, sports, Switzerland, wine

Compost for my tomatoes?

02/06/2012 by Ellen Wallace

I just bought four Mt Favet tomatoes to try, as I do every year, to get decent tomatoes to grow at 1,100 metres, in the veggie patch, just like all the others. My success has not been impressive to date, whether I start with tiny plants or bigger ones, or change varieties. Mt Favet is […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Altitude, compost, mountains, tomatoes

Chinese get Switzerland travel 101 on TV, Internet (final/correction)

07/09/2011 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland in Chinese: even without Mandarin you can follow these unusual TV travel documentaries on the Switzerland you thought you knew! Occasional travel feature contributor to GenevaLunch, Liam Bates, who spends much of his time as the host of a popular Chinese TV travel show that usually tours hidden corners of China, […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: 1 August, August First, cheesemaking, Chinese travelers, Chinese TV, cows, Crans-Montana, garden, Gemmi festival, Leukebad, Loeche-les-bains, mountains, national holiday, Swiss Alps, Switzerland

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