Gourmet products local specialties and wines Switzerland

After a stroll through the medieval village, it is time for a tasting session. We advise you to make a wine stop at the Caveau des Vignerons. Here, the owners have chosen to create a meeting place to bring together small producers from the surrounding area with tourists passing through the area. So don't hesitate to go and taste it! Behind the heavy door, the atmosphere is generally lively and you won't regret your visit. It is said that Lutry wine has a little note reminiscent of grapefruit. Original!

Rediscover the authentic, true juice of the old-fashioned practices that allow grapes to become a pure elixir with a sacred taste! La Cantine Riva Mörcote produces white, red and rosé wines respecting the very essence of fermentation. Once the grapes have been harvested, fermentation takes place naturally, without the addition of enzymes or yeast. The product reveals itself as if by magic, resulting in a wine that is subtle and, above all, very natural. The producers are attached to the simple values of conviviality and their wine is like them: noble, sincere and without cheating.

Bonvillars is one of the 26 appellations in the canton of Vaud. It is located on the shores of Lake Neuchâtel, stretches from Grandson to Concise and benefits from a particularly favourable microclimate for the vinification of chardonnay, chasselas, gamaret, gamay, garanoir, pinot blanc, gris and noir. The range of wines on offer is therefore wide for very reasonable prices. A good place to taste and buy wines that have often won awards and are produced according to environmentally friendly principles. The visit of the cellar allows to have a privileged reception.

In this bakery with its trendy storefront, you'll find a few tables to settle down at coffee time. Alongside the traditional Basler Leckerli, the house specialty is delicious whisky truffles. A specialty you'll want to try on your visit to the city! They can be found in other bakeries in the city, but the recipe is said to have originated here. The bakery also serves hot drinks and delicious pastries.

Founded in 1905, Merkur began by selling tea, coffee and chocolate. The Merkur shop in Basel on the Market Square is the most famous of them all, having been taken over by the chocolate maker Läderach in 2004. A real success story! You will find a magnificent collection of packaged and weighed chocolates. In summer, don't miss the milk and strawberry chocolate. A place of delicacies that can be found on the other side of the Rhine, in Germany, in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Looking for a warm and friendly tea room? Visit Teegarten Miniatures, just a stone's throw from Basel's bus station. At Béatrice's, you'll find quality teas from all over the world, all the accessories you need to enjoy them at their best, and lots of valuable advice. Here, a small lounge with a few green armchairs at the back of the store lends itself to tasting, with a pretty selection of homemade cakes for a snack break. The welcome and atmosphere are very pleasant. Ideal for a quiet tea time .

Cric Crac Croc is an ideal sign for original gifts at reasonable prices. Imagined as an apartment, the boutique presents on the first floor a whole range of teas from the Kusmi tea brand, including an absolutely brilliant purifying and draining tea, homemade jams, spices, but also a relaxing area where you can enjoy toasts, taboulés, soups, Italian coffees and other delicacies prepared by the owner of the place, Almari Muller. In the basement, the atmosphere changes: Cric Crac Croc unveils bath products as well as some very pretty and inexpensive bags and fashion accessories.

A veritable institution in Lucerne, Bachmann confectionery is a must! The family has been delighting sweet tooths for one hundred and twenty years. With ten stores scattered across the city and bright purple storefronts, you can't miss them. One on Schwanenplatz is a 750 kg wall of dripping chocolate. Each store is a veritable palace of sweets of all kinds: freshly baked bread, chocolates, pralines and Lucerne specialities. The quality of the confectionery is such that you'll want to bite into it straight away!

For over 70 years, this chocolate factory has been handcrafting its treasures. It's in the dark chocolate version that this chocolatier excels with its pralines, truffles and many other creations. The elegant boutique offers other hand-crafted treats, including delicious macaroons and a fine collection of ice creams. At Easter, bunnies and cocottes are molded the old-fashioned way, and the window displays are even more enticing.

Confiserie Teuscher has been established in Zurich for ninety years, with branches in Geneva, Berlin, the USA, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. In Storchengasse, the ancestral boutique offers an impressive selection of delicacies and the quality for which it is renowned. A chocolate lover's paradise! Tourists and locals alike appreciate the fact that it's open every day, including Sundays. Don't miss the house specialty: champagne truffles.

Mövenpick, whose slogan is "the Swiss art of ice cream", is an institution. This café, located in the modern district, welcomes you to sample its ice cream cocktails and smoothies, as well as the original flavours of its ice creams. Grapefruit, crisp espresso, walnut-maple syrup, chocolate suise and cognac are just some of the mouth-watering flavors. Taste while watching the crowds of tourists and locals pass by on one of the city's busiest sidewalks.

Something to melt with pleasure! This chocolate factory is the first gallery in Switzerland to present the creations of several Swiss and foreign chocolate makers. The principle? Like an art gallery, the house invites several master chocolate makers each year. Also on sale: a wide selection of teas from the prestigious Dammann Frères house. Not forgetting a champagne cellar with the presentation of the Pol Roger and Louis Casters houses. We love the chocolate survival kit in its beautiful box and the hot chocolate served on site.

Hand-rolled chocolate truffles and a selection of the finest chocolate vintages: the products are mouth-watering. The brand is a sure bet for Swiss chocolate. Here you can enjoy one of the best hot chocolates in the area, as well as many other delicacies. Jean-Claude Currat, the brand's founding master chocolatier, was at the helm until 2011. After renovation and modernization, he passed on his know-how to a new team, who took over the reins while continuing to benefit from the master chocolatier's enlightened advice. For your enjoyment!

Superb, located on the magnificent Piazza Riforma, well known in Lugano for its delicious ice creams (homemade cones) and pastries, which can be enjoyed at any time of day. Vanini is also a bar where Spritz blossoms on the terraces in summer! An old house that plays with the spirit of the times and offers a sophisticated, professional welcome. Ticino locals like to come here for breakfast on weekends, to enjoy a delicious homemade hot chocolate: elegant surroundings, delicate tasting of quality products and an intimate atmosphere.

Since 1888, the Peverelli family's pastry-making know-how has been passed on! The candy boxes colour the shop with their sugared almonds and sweets. A nice place for a typical breakfast or a gourmet break in the beautiful Piazza Collegiata. One rushes there especially to taste the famous bissoli with chestnut flour and chocolate. The ice creams are to die for with very original flavours such as lavender or almond. If you wish to send a message, it is possible to have it written on a bread crown.

A complementarity in work and in life for these two lovers of high gastronomy! Monsieur is Meilleur Ouvrier de France and Madame is a sensory expert. This union of beautiful, smooth and surprising bites is the result of this union of beautiful and good mouthfuls. Chocolate is their field of predilection in all its versions: in squares, bars, tablets and of course in pastries.

You will see it, below the place du Bourg de Four, thanks to its old wrought iron sign. This very old pastry shop has the reputation of being the best in town. So much so that according to the little story, when the rents of the real estate in the old town started to reach peaks, the managers thought of moving. This caused a real outcry. The Genevans "contributed" to help him pay his rent. What could be more convincing to guarantee the fame and excellence of his cakes?

La Chocolaterie de Jérémy Ramsauer welcomes you to its store, tasting room, patisserie and chocolate bar. Jérémy Ramsauer is passionate about taste, and will surprise you with new flavors and innovative textures. This artisan chocolatier combines the world's finest cocoas with exotic infusions and spices, Tasmanian pepper and Tahitian vanilla. One of the company's specialties is chocolate leaves. Treat yourself!

Martel is one of the most renowned chocolate craftsmen in Geneva with no less than 8 boutiques. A reference! The company was founded in 1818. You will find fine pastries, the best small croissants of the Canton, the speciality of the pavé carougeois and of course the unavoidable homemade hot chocolate, which will take you back to your childhood memories. A gourmet gift is to be taken away or enjoyed among the range of high quality chocolates, truffles and pralines. You will be seduced by the breakfast basket made up of fresh products and pastries: delivered to the office or to the park, it is a very original service that is much appreciated to start the day well!

A shop to lick your lips! The company has been in existence since 1919 and offers fine chocolates of excellent quality. In this magnificent shop you will find a whole collection of cream truffles, apricot truffles, malaga truffles, champagne truffles, hazelnut truffles, rum truffles, honey truffles... and pralines as varied as they are divine. The small dark chocolate cones, the brioches and the little ovens that can be seen from the window invite you to taste them. The shop emanates a charm of yesteryear where the good smells attract the passers-by. A sure value.

Switzerland means cheese, and inevitably chocolate! Lugano is a prime setting for Swiss chocolatier Läderer, whose points of sale are deployed in over twenty addresses across the confederation but also abroad. At the 2018 World Chocolate Masters in Paris, two creations impressed the jury and have since been on sale: the Masters caramel tablet and the Masters mandarin bonbon. Come and stock up here on tablets, chocolate casse, fine and seasonal chocolates, sweet souvenirs to take home.

The estate has opted for environmentally-friendly cultivation and insecticide-free products in line with integrated production standards. Nature is respected, and viticultural work is mainly carried out by hand. All the estate's slopes are AOC Premier Cru, and the wines are ripe and concentrated. The Sauvignons are fruity, the Merlots barriqué. Several red varieties are aged in oak barrels. A wonderful encounter with people who are passionate about their terroir.

This bakery, patisserie and tearoom offers a range of delicacies to take away or enjoy on the premises, as well as a daily special at lunchtime. The pleasant, contemporary decor, in shades of grey, apple green and crimson, is perfect for enjoying butter croissants or one of its specialties: lemon meringue pie, baba au rhum, mille-feuille and san marco (oven-caramelized egg cream) for a gourmet break. At lunchtime, quiches and soups are the perfect way to recharge your batteries for the day's sightseeing.

Joëlle and Philippe Taillé, took over this bakery, which had existed for two centuries in Cologny, in 1989. Perpetuating the tradition of good bread is the symbol of the quality and know-how of their bakery-pastry shops and tea-rooms in Cologny, Onex, Carouge, and Geneva (Florissant and Montchoisy), which they will pass on to their child Stéphanie. Philippe Taillé has received the Label and Quality Label award three times, three stars from the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Bon pain, as well as the Prosper Montagné club prize. A jewel of the traditional bakery in Geneva.

There's nothing better than a good bredele läckerli huus, or almost! For the uninitiated, this is Basel's famous specialty, a veritable institution. It's a small iced cake made with spices, honey, almonds, hazelnuts, orange and lemon peel. They are also available topped with chocolate or another flavor. You can also enjoy chocolate-filled flutes from Bâle. These sweets are presented in attractive decorative boxes, making them a great gift idea! You can order them online.

At the Col de Jaman, near the restaurant le Manoïre, you can visit the Revon cheese dairy. This chalet has been transformed into a cheese dairy, as part of the communal programme to upgrade the mountain pastures initiated in 2008. At Revon, the public can watch the process of making cheese products. A one-hour visit is offered. It can also be complemented by a tasting, small, medium or large, depending on your appetite of the moment!

They offer a unique gelato experience thanks to know-how handed down from a tradition of Italian gelateria artigianale, as well as the selection of the finest natural local and fair-trade ingredients. GeA favors local products such as milk, eggs and fresh seasonal fruit from local farmers. Their ice creams are 100% natural, with no artificial additives, colorants or hydrogenated fats. GeA also seeks to support fair trade by choosing the best ingredients from this type of trade. For fans of artisanal Italian ice creams, GeA Gelateria Artigianale is a must in Lausanne.

A delicatessen specialising in wines, champagnes, liqueurs and top-of-the-range spirits. More than 1,000 references: wines from the Swiss and French wine-growing regions, but also from all over the world. This very spacious shop is located in the station's shopping mall, right next to the Rôtisserie and Migros. Its assets: the grocery store is open on Sundays and holds a selection of "cool" wines. You will also find Geneva wines with the Geneva Terroir label, such as the Spirit of Geneva, the cult wine. Very practical!

Chocolate lovers, this is the place for you! Above all, you'll quickly succumb to the temptation of a little chocolate delight from the Canonica range. The master chocolatier crafts his own delicious recipes. The blends are well-balanced, and the flavors are fully expressed in singular creations offering a wide range of pleasures: truffle, praline, extra-black ganache, spicy or caramelized like the chocolate with passion fruit coulis. In short, you can choose from a very wide range of sweets, aromas and flavours, with in-house expertise to match!

For cheese lovers and gourmets, here's an attraction you'll love: a visit to the Emmental cheese factory. Every year, more than 300,000 visitors come to discover the secrets of cheese making. There is a restaurant on site with all the cheese specialities, including fondues! Before you leave, don't forget to visit the shop: the window is full of cheeses. You'll find the largest selection of Emmental PDO and many specialities.

You're at the heart of Tête de Moine know-how! The estate houses a museum dedicated to the tête de moine, Switzerland's emblematic cheese, and a cheese tasting room where you can discover the best cheeses awarded at the Tête de Moine festival. Don't miss the girolles d'or award-winning cheeses, including Tête de Moine Classic and Tête de Moine Reserve, both from the fromagerie de la Suze, and the organic Tête de Moine from the fromagerie Amstutz.

For ice cream lovers, 9 Gelato is clearly a must in Lugano! This ice-cream maker - whose reputation is well established - offers artisanal ice-cream with quality ingredients: producers known for their extraordinary vanilla, a selection of fine cocoa, Bronte pistachios..., and on the fruit side, seasonal products that are only fresh for preparation. No colourings or chemical preservatives... Quality is there. Flavours: classic and the most original, such as wine-based Merlot ice cream from Ticino.

Praliné Scherrer is an institution in St. Gallen, located just a stone's throw from the Abbey district, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. An excellent pastry chef and chocolatier, the company has made truffles and pralines its specialties, always coming up with new and innovative gourmet recipes. Among the creations, truffles with cinnamon, mulled wine or tiramisù. All served in elegant wooden boxes. A great gift idea if you can resist the temptation to devour everything. Also very good gingerbread.

The market hall in Altenrhein is an astonishing example of the architectural design of the surrealism-influenced painter Friedensreich Hundertwasser. His work is in a way a direct application of his paintings to reality, with the predominance of nature, the significance of colour, the negation of uniformity. Golden bulbous steeples, bright colours, curved lines, uneven windows and uneven floors, coloured ceramic columns, shaded courtyards and green roofs: the artist rethinks and breaks existing codes.

This craft brewery produces a Valais beer with character, available in top fermentation (Claire and Noire) and lees fermentation (Blanche and Rousse). There's also génépi and Christmas beer. All develop distinctive aromas that have won La Sierrvoise numerous awards. Open on weekends, the bar of this warmly-colored brasserie, with its pleasant terrace in fine weather, is the perfect place to enjoy small Valaisan dishes or mussels and French fries in a convivial atmosphere.

It is one of the most remarkable 18th century patrician houses in the Valais. It is opposite the beautiful medieval church of Sainte-Catherine. This building houses the Rainer Maria Rilke Foundation (entrance fee payable). This is where the poet and writer Rainer Maria Rilke lived. His poetic walks and the development of the Valais can be discovered in the permanent exhibition. The Haute École de musique (HEMU) regularly brings these vaulted cellars to life by organising concerts such as the Nuit du piano, which are much appreciated by the people of Sier.

Right in the middle of the Grand-Rue, Gérard Fornerod, confectioner-chocolatier-patissier from father to son for the past fifty years, offers truffles and pralines, fine pastries, a wide choice of sandwiches and breads, all made in the purest artisanal tradition. His specialty? Donkey milk chocolate. Under the brand name Le Quartier des Ânes, he lets you discover all the delicacy and subtlety of this milk rich in omega 3 and 6. As an extension of the store, a magnificent tea room welcomes you in a classy, hushed atmosphere.

This square was already the site of a market under the Bernese (1536-1798), but it was not until the 19th century that this hall was covered with wood and metal in a fashionable industrial style. It was a gift from Henri Nestlé that made its construction possible, and its plans are the work of a town architect, Henri Chaudet. Its metal structure, reminiscent of that of the Halles de Paris, was made in the foundry where Gustave Eiffel ordered the materials for his famous tower. Today, the place hosts various events every year.

A good dose of Swiss cheese to slip into your suitcases is a must! That's why, in the heart of the old town, the La Grenette Dairy, a cheese and creamery, is the ideal address for buying cheeses from the region, including Wysmüller's home-made fondues as well as meringues, double cream and other local products. Bricelet bags are a great gift idea. Also milk jams and sweet specialities to spread.

Demonstration cheese fromagerie.

Every Saturday, on the Petersplatz, we meet all the Chineurs in Basel: antiques, clothing, jewellery, various objects… At the centre of the square, children sell their toys. Since the summer of 2016, an area dedicated to special children's chips takes place from to.

In the heart of the city, the flea market and its thousand discoveries take place twice a month on the

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Whether you are in Lausanne or on the Riviera, you will see all of Migros stores, with the guarantee of finding everything you need. Nearly 2 million Swiss are members of this society, which operates on the model of the cooperative and gives power to its consumers. Migros has concluded several agreements with national and international organizations concerned to observe in their production respect for ecological and social factors. Grouped under the generic label of "commitment", these products account for 51% of food and non-food items sold. Supermarkets are divided into three categories depending on their size and the range they offer M, MM or MMM. With more than 50 signs in the canton of Vaud, difficult not to stop there and that is all the better!

This caterer at the head of a true taste laboratory organizes events from 25 people. Its range of services is wide and its quality preparations, original if needed. To make a first idea, try to test his talents at the Esquisse or Tartars. ch (see articles), you will be convinced!

This little confectionery, crunchy on the outside and tasty and mellow on the inside, is the queen of this Parisian fashionable tea-room. These little macaroons with their delicate fragrances and whimsical colours are in the wind: rose petals, pistachio, salted butter caramel, mango... The shop is very elegant, with a decoration that is both romantic and refined. It is possible to buy the sweets individually, in collectible boxes such as the Vive l'été box, ice creams and sorbets, and selection products such as scented candles.

Uchitomi is a small Japanese supermarket selling sushi trays, frozen ravioli, noodles and household items (cups, teapots, etc.), as well as bulk Japanese rice, a collection of sakes, sesame oils, konjac in all its forms, seaweed, sencha green tea, the famous macha tea and sauces such as wasabi, soy and many other specialties. The adjoining restaurant acts as a caterer, serving sushi and other classic local dishes.

Typical of the region, this is another tasting cellar where you can enjoy fine wine and regional produce. In addition to this, various local festivals take place here: Saint-Vincent de Villette on the last Saturday in January, and Des huîtres et du Villette, on the last Saturday in November. The rest of the time, it's a very pleasant place to have a drink. The setting blends modern, colorful decor with the typical architecture of the vaulted cellar. Ideal for an evening with wine-loving friends!

Created in 2008, this wine cellar is now run by four passionate, competent and talented friends - a winemaker, an oenologist cellarer, an oenological engineer and a printer. The rigorous care taken in the vineyard work and in the winemaking process has enabled them to develop an innovative and varied range of local wines. The Fous du Roi shop also offers a fine selection of wines discovered throughout Europe. On-line orders are possible. Regular events.

Patrick Fonjallaz's estate is perhaps one of the most beautiful cellars to visit. The Fonjallaz's activity in the vineyards of Lavaux dates back to the 16th century, making it the oldest family business in Switzerland. The estate covers 35 hectares which are vinified on the property, and also benefits from an incredible terrace. In addition to wine tastings, you are welcome here for various types of events, including weddings.