My week ended with a trip to Geneva on Friday. Not the usual mooch round the cigar stores but this time at the kind invitation of our friend Gilbert, we (Me, Zaff and Christoph) were surprised to be taken to a vineyard. I say surprised as I never knew that wine was made in Switzerland.

After the guided tour of Domaine des Trois Etoiles www.trois-etoiles.ch we were treated to a lengthy wine tasting starting with a cheeky little white called Aligote and progressing through quite a range of good white wines that I am told are mainly sold the local restaurants although they are available by mail order.

On to the reds and Gilbert was trying to educate my palate to the differences of Gamaret and Garanoir. Not sure I got it but the “Ampro” was an excellent red wine and the Merlot wasn’t too bad either.

All this drinking and not a smoke yet but fear not as lunch was at a cigar friendly restaurant (how civilized the Swiss are) “Le Vignoble Dore” www.vignobledore.com and we puffed our way through some Romeo short churchills (smoking very nicely indeed now) Bolivar Petit Libertador( French regional edition) and my favourite Punch Serie D’Oro no.1 (UK regional edition) Lunch was splendid I would thoroughly recommend this delightful restaurant which is only 15 minutes away from the airport

Excellent herf and my thanks to Gilbert for being a most gracious host

Peaceful puffing

Mitchell