November 21-22, 2009. From up-market fine food and wine store Domaines et Terroirs in Satigny, which is also the sales point for the owners’ Domaine de laRoselle wines, this word from Kathy Meinen:
”We’ll be officially launching our Cabernet Franc 2007. You may well remember that 2007 was an excellent year for Geneva’s vineyards. This Cabernet is still […]
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Fall Festival, Domaines et Terroirs, Satigny (Geneva)
Les Automnales, Palexpo, Geneva
November 13-22, 2009. To general amazement, the Foire de Genève was cancelled this year, and in its stead comes Les Automnales, where the Genève Region Terre-Avenir stand will be presenting Geneva wines and local foods, and serving local specialties at its popular restaurant.
Les Automnales is open Monday through Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., […]
Truffles and game at Hermance auberge (Geneva)
Autumn is the season for truffles (Trueffeln, truffes, tartufi) and game (Wild, chasse, cacciagione) - and Auberge d’Hermance is just one of myriad restaurants around the country offering both. Open 7/7, they’ve got truffles in salads, risotto, pasta and a pigeon dish. Their game specials are:
Terrine of roe deer served with onion jam […]
Fondue cruises on Swiss lakes and the Rhine
Festival des Fondues on Lake Geneva. www.cgn.ch runs fondue cruises on Lac Leman twice weekly until June 11, 2010. Chinese fondue is served on Thursday nights, and cheese fondue on Friday. Departures are from Geneva, and Morges and Lausanne in Canton Vaud, between 7 and 8 p.m., returning between 10 and 11 p.m.
Fondue […]
Indian cooking classes at Rasoi, Geneva
October 30 and 31 and November 27 and 28, 2009. Chef Anupam Banerjee of the gastronomic Indian restaurant Rasoi by Vineet (in Geneva’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel) is giving cooking lessons. Rasoi means kitchen in Hindi, and the establishment is a signature restaurant of Vineet Bhatia, the Michelin-starred Indian chef at the exclusive Rasoi Restaurant in […]
Worlds largest turnip festival, Richterswil (ZH)
November 14, 2009. Since 1905, the Raebechilbi has been a major autumn event in the lakeside town of Richterswil. In 2000, the Guinness Book of Records immortalized its 1998 parade featuring 24 tons of white turnips and 40,000 candles.
Not only do paraders carry hollowed-out white turnips with lit candles inside: all the […]
Expovina, Zurich
October 29-November 12, 2009. The 56th Zurich wine expo, on 12 ships moored at Buerkliplatz. A must event! Log on to www.expovina.ch for more information about who’s showing what, opening hours and ticket prices.
Wine boats in Geneva and Lausanne
Geneva: October 28-November 1, Lausanne: November 3-8, 2009. Coop is presenting its new Fall and Winter 2009-2010 Fine Food and Wine Collection on lake boats moored at Embarcadère des Vieux Pâquis Quai du Mont-Blanc, and Embarcadère de Lausanne-Ouchy Quai Delamuraz 1, respectively.
Aside from wine tasting - there are over 300 wines […]
Carrot market in Aarau (AG)
November 4, 2009. Not for nothing is Aargau called ”the carrot canton”, and at the annual Rueblimart or Carrot Market in the capital city of Aarau you can see why. In the Old Town (Graben, Schlossplatz, Zwischen den Toren and Färberplatz) from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. there are some 140 highly picturesque […]
Spice Fiesta at Geneva Squash Club, Chambesy
November 4, 2009. From 7:30 p.m. onwards, an evening of dinner and music at the Geneva Squash Club, Chemin du Joli-Bois 3-5, 1292 Chambesy. The cuisine is described by organizers Fiza Khan and Sunita Sehmi as ‘’indopakistani”. Here’s what’s on the dinner menu:
Appetizers
Assorted Vegetable Pakoras
Mixed vegetables coated in gram flour batter and deep […]