Gourmet products local specialties and wines Switzerland

Darjeeling, Assam, South Africa, China, Japan, Ceylon (Sri Lanka, that is), Nepal, it's a trip around the world in tea form in this store created by a traveler. Cosy, adorable and warm. A wide variety of teas (fragrant black, green, blue and white) are on offer. A warm welcome. You can enjoy a hot drink or artisanal syrups, accompanied by delicious cakes or tarts in the adjoining tearoom. We also offer afternoon teas, discovery evenings and literature evenings.

The local products of the fine grocery of the Molard butcher's shop are really envious: foie gras, truffles, giant crabs, oils, mustards, spices, Italian cakes, doves, panetone and chocolates. Everything is provided to accompany the delicatessen dishes of the butcher's shop. Luxury products are also present: caviar, Balik smoked salmon, in partnership with Caviar House and Prunier. And to accompany them: Swiss and foreign wines selected with the usual care at home. Enough to prepare a good picnic basket.

The palate of delicacies! Moustaches are always in fashion and as soon as they're made of chocolate, it's even crunchier! Paganel keeps making fans thanks to this original creation! The moustache even has a name, "La Paganella". A great reference in chocolate for all Genevans who love good pralines and pure cocoa, Paganel offers a vast choice in bitter flavours, in bars or by weight, and even offers a special jar preparation for hot chocolate, not to mention breads, pastries and cakes.

Greediness is never reasoned with, and we fall for "Cupcakes", those adorable sweet little cakes that come straight from the United States. They are put in the spotlight thanks to the meeting of fine gourmets. Sweet recipes are made here, using natural products. Homemade pastries are served in the shop every day, but it is of course possible to order themed cakes such as the Merci, Love, Bébé assortments..

Sophie's Thousand and One Envies are an incentive to balance with fruit drinks that are squeezed by the minute. A tutti frutti that you can choose according to your desire: antioxidant, thirst-quenching, fat-burning, vitamin-rich... We also advise you on the benefits of aloe vera drinks, which has many virtues such as boosting the immune system and slowing down inflammation... The small room is very pleasant and we enjoy sipping our drink while enjoying a homemade salad.

A hop in this district of Champel is essential to discover a small jewel of a shop! The Chocolaterie Micheli takes you back to the time of the period candy boxes. The setting is deliciously retro and here it is above all tradition that we serve you. It's almost like being in the movie Amélie Poulain. Amateurs are not mistaken. They are numerous to compose their assortment among about fifty pralines and truffles, some of them in limited edition. Chocolates flavoured with a wide variety of alcohols are particularly popular.

Thé en folie, it's here! Discover more than 130 teas... Here, it's more than a tea store, it's a pure passion. The passion of bewitching us with this beverage, sometimes dark, sometimes amber... The temple of tea par excellence, without any doubt! The shop windows change their decoration as time goes by and enhance the assortment of one hundred and thirty different teas that can be tamed during the two annual tastings of about twenty teas in the Art of Tea. A store that gives inspiration!

Looking to trace the source of Swiss chocolate? You will inevitably pass through a Favarger shop. A shop that smells like chocolate! Since the creation of the House of Favarger in 1826, several specialities have made the reputation of the great Geneva brand: the Avelines, the original of which is a hazelnut milk chocolate with almond chips, the Nougaline, a nougatine filled with hazelnut or walnut cream and coated with milk chocolate and the chocolate fondue, a ready-to-taste mixture. All the chocolates are 100% natural. The shop is installed inside the factory itself, from where all the production comes out. This place transcribes something magical, something ancestral. Whether you go there as a neighbour, an insider or at the end of a visit to the Manufacture, this warm boutique has long had its followers. The entire collection is presented here, tablets, Avelines, fondues, as well as all the fresh chocolates of the season. A gourmet walk is a must to taste these world-famous chocolates.

The quality of Swiss cheese on the stalls of the covered market at Les Halles des Rive. The choice is vast, with more than 300 varieties of cheese varying according to the seasons and arrivals and coming from all over the world thanks to the collaboration of Dominique and Carole Ryser with Hervé Mons, best worker of France in Roanne. You can thus taste farmhouse cheddar or Portuguese or Spanish cheeses... It is even possible to have your cheese truffled! Of course, Swiss cheeses are in the spotlight: Gruyère cheese from the mountain pastures (24 months old), mountain pastures from Valais and Ticino, a large choice of blue cheese, home-ripened Vacherin Mont-d'Or. And more cheeses: Fribourg vacherin, fondue mixes or a creamy raclette cheese to be vacuum-packed for travellers. Crème de gruyère and the famous Bruand raclette cheese are popular all year round. The house delivers to your home in Geneva. A second address delights the taste buds of the inhabitants of Vesenaz, located 7 km from Geneva in the direction of Thonon. The only thing missing is a French baguette and a good Swiss wine to enjoy a delicious moment!

Located in the Pâquis district, at the back of a courtyard, this is a place for initiates and connoisseurs. The sign "Attention vins vivants, veuillez garder la porte fermée" (Please keep the door closed!) is rather flattering and evocative of the state of mind of this team of "wine masters", who pass on their respect for "natural" winemaking to connoisseurs, of course, but also to Geneva's terroir-sensitive restaurateurs. Here you'll find some great finds from French, Swiss, Italian and Spanish winemakers, not always very well known, and that's a good thing!

He has been the meat specialist since 1921, and you can see and taste it. The meat is very well presented, the high quality is due to a rigorous selection of breeds and small producers. Beef from Simmental, lamb from Sisteron, Limousin, Pauillac, rare Iberico Pata Negra Joselito ham: everything makes you want it. It consists of several areas that complement each other: butcher's shop, delicatessen and catering area on the right. Quality local produce!

For some time now, the alleyway of the Tour de Boël, located in the heart of the old town, has been getting a bit lively thanks to the arrival of new shops, including La Tsarine, a fine tea, accessories and garnishing establishment. In this small arcade, you will find all sorts of teas from the Damman Frères house, a reference in the field and names evocative of subtle blends. On the spot, gift ideas with gift boxes, glass, cast iron or porcelain teapots or egoists: the teapot and the cup are one and the same.

How about a good dark chocolate chou to start your day, for example? Lovers of sweet and even dirty choux, this pastry is your domain! great classics like choux are revisited thanks to the great know-how and artistic inspiration of Mathias and Nathanael. Try our savory éclairs filled with salmon, goat's cheese, tuna, avocado or Serrano ham, and finish with a sweet cabbage version! A highly original concept, with a wide range of choux available in versions that vary over time, a must-try!

Learning the names of the peaks of the Valais thanks to 7Peaks beer is a great temptation! Corinne and Robby's craft beer has conquered the region. The seven beers are called Dent Jaune, Forteresse, Cathédrale, Éperon, les Doigts, Cime de l'Est, Haute-Cime. They are all made according to traditional recipes, in the seven tanks of the Morgins brewery. Each beer corresponds to the characteristics of a summit, from the mildest to the most robust. A beautiful ascent that requires purely gustatory efforts.

The former pharmacy on Zürichbergstrasse in the University and Platte district has been converted into a bar, café and tea room. The tradition of "curing ailments" is being continued by offering passers-by a place to enjoy excellent products that contribute to a good mood. From sweets to small homemade dishes without additives to take away or enjoy on the spot, the preparations are all tasty. In an industrial-urban chic setting, you can enjoy a delicious cappuccino, an Italian coffee or try the house cocktails.

It's hard not to fall in love with so many delicacies from all over Switzerland The Urban Food Store is the former Chäs Chäller grocery store, known in Zurich for thirty-five years. Regulars know the place because it's famous for its cheeses, and the welcome is friendly. Here, and nowhere else in the city, you'll find two-year-old Gruyère. A careful selection of regional products such as dried meats, veal sausages, vegan products, local beers and spirits and all kinds of souvenirs.

A gourmet adventure for Emanuele Zanchi, the owner of the arcade and the Manu Il Gelato Italiano brand, and above all the^first Swiss artisanal ice cream maker. This ice cream maker has imported the know-how of Italian ice cream and has created his own shop-workshop in Geneva, where he prepares hundreds of liters of ice cream and sorbets of all flavors every morning! If you're looking for the address, in the middle of summer, just look for the queues stretching out in front of the stores. The creativity of the ice creams and the multiplicity of the proposed flavors are impressive.

The Chocolaterie shop offers you, in an authentic and friendly setting, the whole range of chocolate products as well as the different coffees of the house. This is an opportunity to take a look at the history of this great name in Swiss chocolate, which dates back to 1901. An exclusive feature of the Chocolaterie store are the fresh chocolates made entirely by hand in Fribourg. Ganaches and pralines to be tested absolutely! Villars chocolates are very well known in Switzerland.

As for the name, the pun is a tad grating... That said, you'll be delighted with the variety of beers on offer. There are over three hundred on offer, with all the classic color gradations, local beers and beers from the rest of the world - from Germany, of course, and from much of Europe, the USA and Canada, not forgetting the light Japanese beer. This wide choice is constantly renewed in the draught beers. The team is very involved in the search for new "crus". A whole world, an address well worth a visit.

La Bonbonnière! The name alone of this boutique is promising. It would be utter heresy not to try chocolate in Geneva, as it is so well represented by Geneva's chocolatiers! Here, you won't be disappointed! Chocolate in candies of almost a thousand flavors, pastries and the famous chocolate bar where, in cool weather, you can go to enjoy a hot chocolate, which also comes in an infinite range of flavors. For aficionados, we organize chocolate workshops. An excellent concept!

The excellent confectioner from Chexbres has also been based in Montreux since 2005. The members of the Moutarlier family claim to be artisans of taste, and it is easy to understand why when you enter this establishment with its gourmet décor. Its long-length boutique allows you to taste on the spot the very top-of-the-range chocolate specialities among the large choice of truffles: with whisky, rum or even Grand Marnier. In summer, nothing better than buying a home-made pastry or ice cream and tasting it on the quay opposite.

Attraction of the canton of Fribourg. Swiss Le Gruyère PDO is a traditional cheese whose ancestral recipe is maintained and passed on from generation to generation, whether in the mountain pastures or in the cheese dairies of the plains. A modern tour awaits you. The exhibition takes you to the heart of the senses. You will discover all the secrets of Swiss Gruyère PDO production, with a small tasting session. In addition, a film shot at the Maison du Gruyère shows all the phases of its production. You can taste the famous cheese on site.

You'll quickly spot the store: a life-size cow, under the arches, keeps watch in front of the entrance. Like sheep feasting on grass in a meadow, as shown on the online site, the tone is set: everything is natural. Local produce, bread, charcuterie, cheeses (vacuum-packed if required), wine, liqueurs, delicatessen, jams, oil, herbal teas, pasta, baskets - in short, all the specialties of the Vaud region, direct from local producers. An excellent address.

It is the reference store for those who like to travel around a real tea. Once in the store, 120 tea blends and therefore 120 escapes guaranteed! Named after its Chinese founder (1875), the house has been run by the Hurter family for 50 years. This longevity is a symbol of quality and knowledge of teas. Classic teas to buy in bulk, green teas picked in the gardens of the mountains of China and Japan, semi-fermented teas, black or green teas. Should we mention rare teas such as white tea in first harvest...

In Geneva, the wine shop par excellence. In a large arcade with a contemporary decor, Lavinia offers from floor to ceiling more than 2,500 references of wines from the most beautiful wine regions. A world tour awaits you: Swiss, French and European wines and wines from all over the world at all prices (even a selection of wines at less than 10 CHF). The culture of the establishment is to give priority to customer advice and to offer good products, some of which are very rare. The sommeliers are there to listen to you, follow your tastes and do not hesitate to suggest wines to be tasted in the restaurant area. Small wine producers are considered on the same level as the world-famous grands crus. What is important is to satisfy the palate and the discovery of the customer. Courses and tasting evenings, sometimes accompanied by a meal, are regularly organised. With moderation, of course...but to be tested without exception.

It is the perfect place to discover the Geneva region and to fill your suitcase with local delicacies. They will be highly appreciated at the time of the aperitif with a wine of the region. A tempting butcher shop in the heart of Carouge. You can't help but be impressed, because everything is tempting: the succulent meat pies, the merguez sausages, a delight, the glowing meats, whether it's minced beef, cordon bleu or stuffing, all the products are of high quality. Also roast sausages, Basle ball, saveloy, schübling or Vienna sausage.

The motto of Butchery "we manufacture what we sell". Apart from a few exceptions, everything is home and with local products. All preparations are pure delicacies such as poulets roasting poulets, icing (black or chestnut), longeoles, pistaché sausage, terrine, rabbit cuts, rabbit fillets, Quenelle chicken, Perly lamb, Etc lamb, etc. sauerkraut, stew (deer, marcassin, deer) and cabbage sausages.

Läderach, a half-century-old family business, has three stores in Geneva. Craving something sweet, even late at night? Here, the chocolate factory is open until 9pm. You'll never run out of cocoa. You'll find over twenty categories of fresh chocolate (crunchy minimousses, pralines...), petits-fours, pralines and top-of-the-range retail truffles, as well as surfins from other traditional Swiss brands.

A tiny shop decorated with bamboo trellis, lined with a tiny restaurant (9 tables) for a wide choice of teas. Shelves accumulate a myriad of small Chinese teapots and cups and varieties of teas. You will be tempted to taste it on the spot by accompanying it with a coconut milk or red bean pastry. Intimate and unconventional, this small poetic haven offers a fine selection of green, white, black, pressed, long, flavoured or rare teas such as the Jardin tea at 2,000 m, picked in the high mountains. Original address.

The Basler läckerli, whose origin dates back to 1720, is a small gourmandise composed of flour, honey, almond and candied fruits. It is Basel's greedy specialty: spice of incomparable finesse and finesse. The brand Läckerli Huus is now a real channel in the main cities of Switzerland. Don't miss to taste them during your visit. Presented in beautiful metal boxes or nice metal boxes, these cookies are an excellent souvenir to report or offer.

Bars, hot chocolate, caramel and spreads, a real paradise to lick your lips and salivate in front of the tempting window. It is much more than a moment that one must devote to this gourmet shop of top-of-the-range chocolate. As is the Swiss tradition, it is pure excellence in the mouth. You can enjoy 35 varieties of grand cru chocolate selected from the best cocoa beans in the world, ganache sweets, nougat chocolate... Creations that will make your palate tingle and your senses tingle!

To come to Switzerland without tasting the cheese or the good Gruyère cream would be to miss out on the country's DNA! This is the obligatory passage before taking the train again to fill your suitcases with special Swiss production. A vast choice of fondue or raclette cheeses and Gruyère cream. You will leave with all the utensils and accessories to export the Swiss atmosphere at home: fondue pots with the Swiss cross, raclette sets and of course the famous girole to make monk's head shavings

A true chocolate institution! It's also a good HQ for chocolate lovers, where the confectioners make the finest chocolates. Haute chocolaterie" and passion, as they say here. A few decades ago, the company was already offering over fifty types of praline: milk, dark, rum-flavoured. Here, the tradition of making good Swiss chocolate reigns. You can taste the famous almond princesses, truffles and assortments... When climbing, the pots are superbly filled.

Fine chocolates with weight, gift ideas around cocoa, sweets… but also frozen chestnuts, bottles of hot wine… and lots of kindness in service. What about happiness!

A stone's throw from the tea room by Gilles Desplanches, in the same building but on rue de Corraterie, chocolate factory of the same name is. You will discover abundance of truffles and crafts pralines here, with the weight or in set, and a twenty plates, some of the standard to the most original and chocolate maroons pink or chocolate blanc - pistachio. The colourful stools of the chocolate bar allow you also to taste one of the hot or cold chocolate house with the names full of promises, Honeymoon, Kâma-Sûtra or Philtre of love. You can also opt for an ingredient with the choice to complete your chocolate drink: caramel, white nougat, mint, coconut or amaretto. From 4:00pm, cocktails at the chocolate are offered, a mixture of cold chocolate and vodka in orange, absinth, liqueur poppy, porto… An original after work that will delight both the aperitif and chocolate lovers.

Departure to the four corners of the world in the field of gastronomy: colors, aromas, it's an Ali Baba's cave version of an international showcase. Colors from South America, spices from the East and North Africa, Europe, Asia, North America. We're addressing the nutritional world of tomorrow, when proteins will be represented, among other things, by insects. Why not try a burger made with plant proteins or a dried grasshopper?

You like truffles? This is the right address! Dare to try the Maracaïbo truffles... Nicolas Noz is a passionate person for whom creativity is a driving force. He also prepares Prunoz, tender prunes stuffed with ganache made from Vaudois plum brandy, rolled in bitter cocoa or Cigarinoz, a dark chocolate in the shape of a cigar, filled with a ganache flavoured with green tea and pure malt whisky. But the list goes on: truffles and pralines, ganaches, fruity, spicy, brandy-flavoured and original grand cru chocolates.

Do you know what a giscard is? Not a former French president, but a chocolate. The story goes that Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was originally very fond of these little caramel-coated chocolates known as rigolettos. Mme Wüthrich would send him a box every Christmas. These sweets eventually took the name of their great lover. The tea room, still with its Belle Époque allure and very British atmosphere, is the meeting place for the respectable ladies of the neighborhood. Truffles, pralines and cakes are the order of the day.

Here's the address of a winemaker who is developing some interesting wines. There's a lot of innovation here, such as the Xtrème gamay, which is made from a cuvage that lasts over 100 days, whereas it normally takes 10! Maurice Neyroud is delighted to welcome you to his estate, and what better way to start than with a visit to get to know him and his wines in a friendly atmosphere. Group tastings are also available. There's no better way to understand the subtleties of the wines.

Beautiful and authentic vaulted cellar where you can taste the estate's wines, including the appellations épesses, calamin and dézaley. It is said that the wines of Epesses are robust and endowed with a strong personality that asserts itself with fruity and spicy aromas reminiscent of pineapple, pepper or black truffle. The Grands Crus of Calamin are racy and virile, with a powerful terroir that impregnates the wines with a slight bitterness and serene flavours. A refreshing stopover!

Are you a fervent reader of the comics recounting the round-the-world adventures of Hugo Pratt's handsome hero Corto Maltese? The adventurer's creator lived in Grandvaux until his death in 1995. A statue of Corto, staring out over the lake, immortalizes the cartoonist. The cellar is tastefully decorated, with a sublime terrace overlooking the whole of Lavaux. The ten winegrowers represented all cultivate their vines in the village of Grandvaux, and take it in turns to provide tastings in a convivial atmosphere.

A place where winegrowers can talk about their work, their vines and their know-how. The Saint-Saphorin winegrowers welcome you in turn and take the time to introduce you to the particularities of their terroir. On the website, you can find out which winery will be exhibiting during your visit. In the cellar, you can meet the growers and, above all, get a broader view of the grape varieties grown in Lavaux. We look forward to meeting you and tasting your wines.

Another nice tasting to do in the area, with a magnificent view of the vineyard! Situated on the edge of the lake, in the shade of the Place d'Armes, the view is breathtaking over the vineyard. Entirely dedicated to wine tasting, the Caveau des Vignerons is a warm place to discover the wines of Lavaux. In the summer, the Apéro Lac is a popular event with a chair and a basket filled with good products: a bottle of wine and tomme vaudoise.

Among the chocolates from this renowned confectioner, Charlie Chaplin's Shoes, with 61% cocoa and a good dose of soft caramel, are a real treat! There are also original chocolate bonbon creations for special occasions. The craftsmanship and tradition of the two family-run companies Poyet and Läderach have come together. Even under the name "Läderach", at 8 rue du Théâtre, Vevey, you'll still find tasty chocolate specialities made by hand every day.

Tearoom on site.

Here, you can sponsor a beehive through the managers of this store specializing in local produce, an Ali Baba's cave. The shop organizes wild fruit outings (at the end of summer) to spot toxic fruits, with a homemade aperitif. The boutique offers Mellioret liqueurs, made from 100% natural wild fruits and plants, eaux-de-vie, home-made jams, Swiss honey, propolis tincture... a tribute to nature!

Pâtissier, confiseur and caterer, Moutarlier has been based in Chexbres for over twenty years. The place is also a restaurant and tea room. In addition to the thirty or so seats inside, there's also a terrace. It's a gourmet stop-off after a stroll through the vineyards. You're sure to fall for the finesse of the chocolates or the creativity of the pastries, such as the Mont-Blanc mille-feuille with chestnut cream.