Wine production at Tenuta San Giorgio. At the end of September the grape harvest is finished and the work in the wine press is in full swing / © Photo: Georg Berg

Tenuta San Giorgio on Lake Lugano

The most modern knowledge from the world of vinology is adapted to the peculiarities of each site in this winery overlooking the bay of Agno.

Giacometti Hall in the Zurich Orphanage Building, which houses the municipal police station / © Photo: Georg Berg

Food tour through Zurich

Swiss Classics is a three-hour entertaining culinary tour of traditional stores and innovative start-ups through Zurich’s old town

The green Muggio Valley in Ticino. A Swiss cultural landscape like in a fairy tale / © Photo: Georg Berg

The green Muggio Valley in Ticino

The sparsely populated Valle di Muggio above Lake Lugano is the southernmost valley in Ticino. Chestnut forest alternates with dry meadows and orchards

Auf dem See zuhause. Gabriella Monfredini ist Gastgeberin bei Swiss Tavolata und fährt leidenschaftlich gerne mit ihrem Boot raus auf den See / © Foto: Georg Berg

Ticino cuisine on Lake Lugano

Many fish swim in Lake Lugano: trout, pike, tench, chub. Gabriella Monfredini serves them as host of Swiss Tavolata in her cantine.

Marialuce Valtulini in ihrem Felsenkeller, der sogenannten Cantine in Salorino. In einem normalen Jahr wären alle Fächer mit den kleinen, zylinderförmigen Käsen gefüllt, aber seit der Covid Pandemie ist die Produktion zurückgefahren. Denn der Zincarlin wird gerne von Touristen gekauft und diese bleiben aus / © Foto: Georg Berg

Zincarlin – Speciality from Ticino

Marialuce Valtulini is one of the few women who take care of the production of Zincarlin in the Valle di Muggio. The traditional cheese had fallen into oblivion until the Slow Food movement rediscovered it

Sion with the castles Valère and Tourbillon surrounded by vineyards / © Photo: Georg Berg

Sion: city – country – wine

Valais is the largest wine-growing region in Switzerland. Whether on a city tour, an e-bike tour or hiking tours, Valais wine is always a big topic

Village street of Waldeck in the Upper Palatinate / © Photo: Georg Berg

Waldeck in the Upper Palatinate

Once Waldeck was situated between Franconia and Bohemia on a trade route, which today is a hiking and biking route. A vacation resort with nature experiences for city dwellers

Brew kettle and mash tun at the Bamberg Heller Brewery, where the classic smoked beer is brewed / © Photo: Georg Berg

Bamberg and the beer

As early as 1489, the prince bishop of Bamberg specified the ingredients for beer, which were only laid down 27 years later in the Bavarian purity law

In Erschmatt, the rye breads typical of the Swiss canton of Valais are baked / © Photo: Georg Berg

Rye bread baking experience

In Erschmatt, rye bread has been baked for centuries as a community event. Once a year, in December, they heat up the old oven in the community center

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