Join GL editor and Swiss wine specialist Ellen Wallace for official guided visit and introduction to Swiss wines, limited to 15 persons! In cooperation with Vinea Details GENEVA / ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Vinea, Switzerland’s largest outdoor wine fair, runs on Friday and Saturday this year, 31 August and 1 September. The full programme is now […]
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Wine tasting notes from Arvinis 2012, white wines
MORGES, SWITZERLAND – These are all posted on Ellen’s Wine World on Facebook, with photos, as individual wine tasting notes, but I’m adding them here as a reference, so people can search for them later. Noted in order of tasting: I started at the Swiss Wine Promotion guest of honour wines and selected 10 of […]
Geneva, Zurich restaurants get 2 Michelin stars
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 […]
Vinea offers a great chance to learn about Swiss wines
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Vinea opens its doors Friday night 2 September, giving the public a great opportunity to sample 1,500 wines from 150 Swiss wine producers as well as those of the guest of honour, Sicily. This is not only a fun event, with white tents lining the main street of Sierre for the entire […]
Weekend weather, wine festival, Chillon observatory
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Temperatures are inching back up this weekend, with highs of 28C expected, but the warmer weather will bring some thundershowers with it in French-speaking Switzerland. Central Switzerland is more likely to be dry and sunny, so if you’re up or hiking, head for Interlaken or Lucerne. GenevaLunch will be publishing some suggestions […]