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Mulled wine – the most important tips and tricks

Mulled wine – the most important tips and tricks

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The delicious, sweet and spicy aroma of fruits and spices rises to the nose, and a sip warms the inside almost as much as the cup warms the hands. What would the cold season be without mulled wine! But where does the custom actually come from? And how do you make the ultimate mulled wine? We’ll get to the bottom of these two questions in this article – including fun facts.

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Seasonal Swiss Flowers in Autumn and Winter

Seasonal Swiss Flowers in Autumn and Winter

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Here we would like to introduce you to flower, berry and foliage varieties that bloom and grow here from October to December. We will also explore the history of wreaths.

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A festival of history and stories…

A festival of history and stories…

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A living tradition in Switzerland, the Bénichon is an emblematic festival in the Fribourg region.

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Iconic ice cream

Iconic ice cream

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Let’s start from a random fact that you might want to use as an ice-breaker during an awkward silence. New Zealand is the world’s leading country in ice cream consumption (followed …

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A little luxury

A little luxury

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Renowned French lawyer and politician, who paved his way as the writer of gastronomic essays, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin called truffle the diamond of the kitchen. And he knew a thing or …

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Pear-Shaped

Pear-Shaped

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When archeologists started excavations of the pile dwellings around Lake Zurich, they found traces of pear cultivation that go back to the prehistoric times. And that’s like 5’000 BC to 500 …

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