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1. Introduction. About Ellen ; About the book -- 2. Here's How It Works! Choose the wine or the hike ; Level of difficulty ; Before setting off ; Interesting facts -- 3. Map & Index. Map -- Hikes -- Wineries & wines -- 4. The Wine Hikes. Geneva. Jussy : Walking the line, literally with Old France ; Description of the route ; Vins de la Gara -- Satigny : Geneva beyond the city - Switzerland's largest vineyard ; Description of the route ; Domaine Grand Clos -- Dardagny : Genève terroir in its glory, where everything grows ; Description of the route ; Domaine de Chafalet -- Vaud. Founex : Gentle farms, 17th c. castles, medieval town ; Description of the route ; Les Frères Dutruy -- Givrins : World War 2 riverside toblerones ; Description of the route ; Cave Philippe Bovet -- Tartegnin : Seven centuries of castles and wine ; Description of the route ; Domaines de Penloup and Es Cordelières -- Féchy : Medieval village and World Chasselas Conservatory ; Description of the route ; Domaine La Colombe -- Saint-Prex : Ingenious 17th century engineering, old grapes, new glass ; Description of the route ; Domaine de Terre-Neuve -- Échichens : Shhhh, riverside Vaud : Fish at play, bees at work ; Description of the route ; Domaine Henri Cruchon-- Valeyres : Ancient abbey nestled in hills and dreamy gorges ; Description of the route ; Château de Valeyres -- Aran-Villette : Emblematic "Three Suns" Lavaux terraced wines ; Description of the route ; Domaine Mermetus -- Cully : Lakeside World Heritage vineyards ramble ; Description of the route ; Domaine Louis Bovard -- Villeneuve : Where the Rhone feeds Lake Geneva, ancient lake navigation ; Description of the route ; Cave des Rois -- Ollon : Geography and history, where Vaud and Valais meet ; Description of the route ; Bernard Cavé Vins -- Valais. Martigny-Combe : Golden triangle, dramatic terraces, Rhone River ; Description of the route ; Domaine Gérald Besse -- Fully : Geography of the Alps galore! ; Description of the route ; Cave La Rodeline-- Saint-Pierre-de-Clages : Tracking Robin Hood aka Farinet ; Description of the route ; Simon Maye et Fils -- Saint-Pierre-de-Clages : Raw beauty from Rhone to rugged peaks, streams ; Description of the route ; Cave Daniel Magliocco & Fils -- Vétroz : The wild side, a deep fold in the Alps ; Description of the route ; Cave de La Madeleine -- Sion : Pure gold, going back millennia ; Description of the route ; Domaine du Mont d'Or -- Flanthey : Glaciers water the vines, safe sand in the soil ; Description of the route ; Cave La Romaine -- Sierre : Highest stone walls to Rhone walk ; Description of the route ; Domaine les Crêtes -- Sierre : Work those uphill muscles! Then stroll Sierre ; Description of the route ; Cave Mercier -- Sierre Muraz : Heights above the vines and saved grapes ; Description of the route ; Cave Maurice Zufferey -- Venthône : High and dry, then cool active bisse ; Description of the route ; Cave Mabillard-Fuchs -- Salgesch : Nature reigns, mountain people bridge their gap ; Description of the route ; Cave du Rhodan -- Leuk : Oh for the love of rye! And precious bones ; Description of the route ; Vin d'Œuvre -- Raron : German poet to cave church ; Description of the route ; Weingut Cipolla -- Visperterminen : Getting some height, Heida top wines, highest vines ; Description of the route ; St. Jodern Kellerei -- Three Lakes. Milvignes : Class, elegance, charm - Lake Neuchatel ; Description of the route ; Cave Chambleau -- Môtier-Vully : Lake Murten's gory ghosts, watchful towers, tranquil landscape ; Description of the route ; Le Petit Château Winery -- Twann : A bracelet of aromas - Lake Biel / Bienne, vertiginous vines, cascades ; Description of the route ; Schott Weine -- West German-Speaking. Muttenz : Up and down, around Basel's bucolic countryside ; Description of the route ; Weingut Jauslin Cellar -- Riehen : Wild urban forest to deep culture ; Description of the route ; Weingut Riehen -- Erlinsbach : "Give it time" (2-Part hike : Part 1) ; Description of the route ; Tom Litwan wines ; Hirschen Landhotel and wine bar -- Küttigen : "Diversity : Mineral, fruit, iron ; Lakes, rivers, plains" (2-Part hike : Part 2) ; Description of the route ; Weinbau Wehrli -- Untersiggenthal : Gentle Limmat ramble to new-Old Roman baths ; Description of the route ; Wein & Gemüse Weingut Umbricht -- East German-Speaking. Eglisau : Elegant Rhine, timber houses, woods for walking ; Description of the route ; Bechtel-Weine -- Meilen : A bow to the Swiss hiking trail system ; Description of the route ; Schwarzenbach Weinbau -- Thal : Where the heartland and a stern stone ridge shake hands ; Description of the route ; Roman Rutishauser Weingut am Steinig Tisch -- Maienfeld : Go deep - Gorges and ancient sulphur hot springs ; Description of the route ; Möhr-Niggli Weingut -- Jenins : The real (fictional) Heidi, Bündner Herrschaft ; Description of the route ; Weingut Eichholz -- Malans : Stroll softly - Early urban history and modern farms ; Description of the route ; Weingut Donatsch -- Malans : Switzerland's "most vertical meters without a stop" ; Description of the route ; Weingut Fromm -- Kastanienbaum : Glassworks to ancient reeds ; Description of the route ; Weinbau Ottiger -- Ticino. Monte Carasso : Wonders of old mountain village life restored, Tibetan Bridge ; Description of the route ; Settemaggio Winery -- Croglio-Castelrotto : All the colours of the South and gentle animals ; Description of the route ; Zündel Azienda Agricola -- Lugano : Sociable walking, nature and vines in love ; Description of the route ; Cantina Kopp von der Crone Visini -- Morcote : Peak to lake's-end castle beauty ; Description of the route ; Tenuta Castello di Morcote -- Capolago : The Italian corner of Ticino via archaeology and architecture ; Description of the route ; Castello di Cantone -- Top 5 -- In Numbers -- Acknowledgements. |
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