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Satigny

Uncork now: 2 Vaud red blends

08/02/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Several wineries now make Garanoir-Gamaret blends which tend to give a wine that is easy to drink, more robust than a Pinot Noir yet lighter than the more tannic wines such as Syrah and Cornalin, which are popular as hearty reds in Switzerland.

Filed Under: Uncork now Tagged With: Changins, disease resistant, Domaine des Remans, Domaine Mermetus, Gamaret, Garanoir, Givrins, Lavaux, Lavigny, Les Perriéres, Mara, new grape varieties, Philippe Bovet, Rossier family, Satigny, Swiss red blends

Aerial views, Geneva vineyards

18/09/2015 by Ellen Wallace 2 Comments

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Flying from Geneva to London on Tuesday the pilot kindly took us over the canton’s beautiful vineyards, first Satigny, a bit of Peney, then Russin and Dardagny, as we followed the snaking river below. The harvest wasn’t yet underway on a large scale, or we would have seen more tractors on the […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: aerial views, Allondon River, Dardagny, French-Swiss border, Geneva, Peney, Rhone river, Russin, Satigny

Heavenly! Jura heights with devilish Satigny (date change)

25/03/2015 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

Saturday, 23 May, CHF150 for dinner, special Wine & Dine overnight rates Some recipes can’t go wrong and here is one you can test in May, when spring is painting its colours in the Jura: the combination of Satigny, Geneva winery Domaine du Paradis with the hotel’s chef Rudy Pacheco in the dreamy setting of […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Cave Domaine du Paradis, Didier Cornut, Hotel des Horlogers, Jura, Le Brassus, Rudy Pacheco, Satigny

Wineries open house day in Geneva 12 May

10/05/2012 by Ellen Wallace

Geneva wineries open house day celebrates its 25th year GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Geneva’s Caves Ouvertes, or winery open house day, has good reason to celebrate this year. It is the 25th year of the event and in that short time it has gone from a handful of visitors in 1987 to an estimated 20,000 last […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Anières, Arve, Bernex, cantonal agriculture office, Caves Ouvertes, Dardagny, free, Geneva, Gy, Jussy, Lully, Mandemant, Meyrin, open house day, Rhone, Russin, Satigny, shuttle buses, Soral, Terrific Terroir guide, visits, wineries in Geneva area

Geneva, Zurich restaurants get 2 Michelin stars

15/11/2011 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – “Floris” in Anières, canton Geneva, and “Mesa” in Zurich, are the newcomers to Michelin’s list of Swiss two-star restaurants. Floria is headed by Claude Legras and Mesa by Marcus Lindner. They bring the number of eateries with two stars to 18. Switzerland now has a total of 96 restaurants with stars from […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: "Floris", "Le Domaine de Châteauvieux", Anières, Anne-Sophie Pic, Brent/Montreux, Carlo Crisci, Cossonay, Denis Martin, Didier de Courten, Geneva "Georges Wenger", Georges Wenger, Jura "Le Cerf", Lausanne, Mesa, Michelin Guide 2012, Noirmont, one-star, Philippe Chevrier, Satigny, Sierre, Stéphane Décotterd, Swiss restaurants, three stars, two stars, Valais, Vaud "Denis Martin", Vaud "Hotel Terminus", Vaud "Le Pont de Brent", Vaud Beau-Rivage Palace, Vevey, Zurich

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