James Cullinan previewed Movenpick’s “Viva España” tasting which ends on 30 January 2016. The tasting is free. Location Geneva: Cellier Movenpick, Chemin du Grand-Puits 40, 1217 Meyrin. Time: 10:00 to 18:00 Location Lausanne: Cellier Crissier, Mövenpick, Division Wein, Rue de Morges 22, 1023 Crissier. Time: 9:00 to 17:30 Location Basel: Weinkeller Basel, Haltingerstrasse 101, 4057 Basel. Time: 9:00 to 16:00 Location Zurich: Weinkeller Zürich-Enge, Seestrasse 160, 8002 Zürich. Time: 9:00 to […]
The pricey Swiss wine that could end up on the Queen’s table
This week’s wine is a high altitude luxury Swiss wine fit for a Queen. ELECTUS 2011, 14.5% Valais Mundi Cornalin, Humagne Rouge, Diolinoir, Syrah, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Caberenet Franc Electus, the swiss icon luxury wine, made from seven different grape varieties is rapidly gaining international recognition and is currently exported to London and Hong Kong. In […]
The latest Star Wars film set to break records
18 December 2015. The latest Star Wars movie is set to break records. The seventh film in the series has already made more than US$ 100 million in advance sales. It’s a great film that deserves to do well. STAR WARS – THE FORCE AWAKENS **** Director JJ. Abrams has done an excellent job in revitalising […]
The world’s best restaurant is in Switzerland
Switzerland has two of the world’s top five restaurants according to recently published rankings by “La Liste”. The Schauenstein restaurant in the small town of Fürstenau, a village of around 300 people sitting at 650m in the mountains of Graubunden in Switzerland, came in at number five, and the Restaurant de l’Hôtel de Ville, in Crissier near […]
Films this week: RAMS (Icelandic), UN + UNE (French), IN THE HEART OF THE SEA (American), SUBURRA (Italian)
11 December 2015. Neptune Ravar Ingwersen reviews film extensively for publications in Switzerland. She views 4 to 8 films a week and her aim is to sort the wheat from the chaff for readers. BELIERS/ HRUTAR/ RAMS ***1/2 (vo Icelandic) There is something very touching about Icelandic films. They’re usually grey, cold and rough, like the […]
Fancy a market brunch with live music a short hop from Switzerland?
With Christmas just around the corner, why not take a quick trip outside of Switzerland and visit a less obvious but enchanting winter destination? Where? Hamburg, Germany. St. Michael’s: Considered by many to be one of the finest Hanseatic baroque churches, its spire is covered in copper and rises 132 meters serving as a key […]
Easyjet adds new destinations from Geneva, Zurich and Basel
Easyjet announced this morning that it will add three new destinations, one from each of Switzerland’s three main airports. The airline’s model, now used by many airlines, flies passengers directly to destinations rather than flying them into a hub airport first before flying them to their final stop, a model known as hub and spoke. Geneva’s new […]
Radicalised bag handler worked at Geneva airport
Tribune de Genève. According to the newspaper, a resident of the French region of Haute-Savoie sought by the French authorities after the attacks in Paris, worked as a baggage handler at Geneva airport for six months. The self proclaimed preacher placed under house arrest in November, before being placed in detention for not regularly clocking in with the […]
Amazing footage of high altitude Swiss lake in summer and winter
The video below by Achim Meylan shows shows the incredible beauty of Lac de Joux from the air in summer. Lac de Joux is situated in the canton of Vaud at just above 1,000 metres in the Jura mountain range in Switzerland. Because of the lake’s altitude and microclimate, in winter it is transformed into […]
Petite Arvine – a grape native to France, Italy…..and one other country
Bio Petite Arvine unfiltered, Domaine de Beudon, 2014 Petite Arvine, Valais’ signature grape variety, has somewhat of an enigmatic background. Not only does Valais claim it as its own, the Aosta Valley in Italy and the Savoie region in France do too. There is no absolute proof as to its exact origins, but what we […]
