41. Le Cabinet, from the bar to the stage...
(Canton de Genève/Vins et gastronomie - English)

By Virginie Bosc Don't go by appearances, because behind the facade of this unpretentious pub there hides an absolutely surprising cultural life... when Mélina and Chiara took over

42. Le Crans Hotel & Spa plays the card of contemporary luxury
(Canton du Valais/Hébergement - English)

Small but ultra-chic! The new hotel-boutique Crans Hotel & Spa, which belongs to the chain « Leading Small Hotels of the World », doesn't hide its ambitions: to win back

43. Château de Montrottier : the treasures of Léon Marès
(Savoie/Découverte et curiosités - English)

Watch the Chambéry-Genève road and you will see the reason why the Château de Montrottier was built, in the 13th century. Austere lines, military architecture, the fortress of th

44. Distillerie Bleu Provence in Nyons : the region in perfumes
(Drôme/Art de vivre & bien-être - English)

  With its chimney giving it the look of a steamboat, we see it from afar. And the fragrances which escape from it don't pass by unnoticed. Thyme, rosemary and especially lavender: th

45. Domaine Habrard : trendy wines!
(Sur la route des vins/Drôme - English)

Laurent Habrard has a great sense of communication, to say the least! This young wine producer, at the head of a small estate located in Gervans, near Tain l'Hermitage, not content with cre

46. L’hermitage aux sources : at the gates of Provence
(Drôme/Hébergement - English)

A little eagle's nest perched on the hill, with a pool suspended above the valley. You've arrived in paradise: that of Janine and Bernard Boutry. An old sheepfold at the gates of Provence fi

47. Vinegar factory La Para Nyons: maturation in oaken casks
(Drôme/Vins et gastronomie - English)

It was while travelling around the world for five years selling Côtes du Rhône wines that Raphaël Delaye-Reynaud came to vinegar. It was a period in which he got to know the winegro

48. La Scourtinerie de Nyons: from olives to table mats
(Drôme/Découverte et curiosités - English)

Ever heard of « scourtins » (the fibre disks used in cold pressed extraction of olive oil)? No, nothing to do with some tribe of magical creatures! Up to the middle of the 20th c

49. Domaine du Paradis: the saga of the Burgdorfers
(Sur la route des vins/Genève - English)

It all started with a very small hectare. Fritz Burgdorfer, who had left the canton of Berne at the beginning of mobilisation to go and work in Geneva, bought it in 1970 when he was developing his t

50. Agent provocateur... So chic!
(Canton de Genève/Découverte et curiosités - English)

Par Virginie Bosc - 12th january 2009   Located between Hell and Purgatory Streets (la rue d'Enfer et la rue du Purgatoire), Agent Provocateur could not have dreamed of a b