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There are weekly fresh produce markets all over Switzerland (for a list, go to www.5amtag.ch, in the German version click on Taten & Worte, then Marktinfo; in the French version, click on Actions & Projets, Infomarché), but May through November is when the big annual markets and fests take place. Some options […]

January 6. On Epiphany, known as Dreikönigstag in German, there’s sweet bread in bakery shops and supermarkets that comes with a little plastic baby Jesus figure inside and a gold paper crown. Whoever’s piece of bread contains the figure gets to put on the crown and boss the rest of the family around […]

January 29-February 1, Lugano, Ticino, Ristora: Salone della Ristorazione dell’Ospitalità e dell’Enogastronomia. The Lugano Wine Festival takes place within the framework of this salon, more at www.ristora.ch
February 1-5, St. Moritz, Graubünden, 17th Gourmet Festival, an exclusive event, this year’s theme: ‘’Culinary Stars & Icons”, www.stmoritz-gourmetfestival.ch
March 11-14, Weinfelden, Thurgau, Wine and Gourmet Fair, www.schlaraffia.ch
March 20, Versoix, […]

January 29-February 1, Lugano, Ticino, Lugano Wine Festival, www.ristora.ch
March 11-14, Weinfelden, Thurgau, Wine and Gourmet Fair, www.schlaraffia.ch
March 15-17, Estavayer-le-Lac, Fribourg, Coop wine fair on a boat moored here, international and Swiss wines, www.coop.ch/les-rois-du-vin
March 18-21, city of Neuchâtel, Coop wine fair on a boat moored here, international and Swiss wines, www.coop.ch/les-rois-du-vin
March 18-25, Messezentrum Zurich-Oerlikon, Expovina-Primavera, international […]

December 3-6, 2009. Over 700 tasting-worthy whiskies on three lake boats moored at Buerkliplatz in Zurich City (there’s even ”whisky wurst” on the restaurant menu),  and Scottish singer-songwriter Dougie MacLean there to perform on three days of the four-day event - which you will be admitted to for free if you’re wearing a kilt!
Open 4 […]

December 10-13, 2009. Wines from Tuscany, various olive oils, balsamic vinegar, goat’s cheese,  grilled peppers, semi-dried tomatoes, pesto - all manner of tempting fare here, not least for holiday gifts. And while you are wine tasting, you’ll be offered a delicious plate of house-made risotto.
Open 5 to 9 p.m. on the 10th and 11th, 10:30 […]

December 6, 2009. All over the country, in bakery shops and supermarkets alike, look for the traditional sweet bread baked in the shape of a man with raisin eyes who carries a few twigs: this is the Grittibaenz, called a bonhomme or petit homme de St Nicolas in the French-speaking part of the country.
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From November 25, 2009. Geneva  kicks things off on the 25th, followed the next day by Montreux which many consider to be the very best Swiss Christmas market. While crafts and plenty of other potential gifts are on sale, food as always remains a big ticket item at these events, which are plentiful: there are […]

November 26 and 27, 2009.  For the fifth time, this once-a-year wine and spirits tasting on a lake boat moored at Jardin Anglais takes place from 5 to 10:30 p.m.  Some 17 Geneva winemakers and distillers will be present. Besides tasting, your CHF 20 entrance ticket gets you some terroir snacks as well. More at […]

November 23, 2009.  Traditionally held on the fourth Monday in November every year, the Zibelemaerit draws locals and tourists alike who make their way through the crowded market where tons of onions are sold in artistic braids and wreathes sometimes enhanced by dried onion flowers. Garlic and other produce is sold as well, along with […]