Yesterday, a lovely summer day, I decided to go up the mountains to visit a cheese-making farm. Already on the way, I profit from the fantastic view upon the mountains. The cheese they doing from the cow-milk is used for the raclette. It takes a minimum of 3 months to be able to sell the cheese. They also are producing Sérac and Tomme de…
Today, on the way home from Martigny, I stopped at the Waterfall “Pisse-Vache”. It’s an amazing waterfall, the biggest in the Valais. While I enjoyed absorbing the water drops from the fall, a lady, with a really big back pack arrived and we started talking. She explained to me that she came from Belgium all the way on foot and is going to Rome by…
I recently helped a friend with wine tasting in Epesses. This is a small village in the region of Lavaux. The region’s having been named a UNESCO world heritage since 2007. The principal grape of Lavaux is Chasselas, one of the great grapes of the world. But Chasselas from one cru to the next can be very different. I improved my knowledge but wine and tasting is definitely…