Hello from beautiful Lausanne in Switzerland. We arrived here on Monday afternoon after four baking hot and hectic (but wonderful) days in Paris. We're staying with friends of Larna's in a beautiful old farmhouse with panoramic views across Lake Geneva. We have not done much at all since we arrived except eat delicious home cooked meals and lots and lots of cheese. I think I ate more cheese in our first meal on Monday night then I would normally eat in a week!
Yesterday we visited a local winery which makes biodynamic wine. This is wine made without any pesticides and using only completely sustainable farming methods. The hills around us are covered in vineyards but this is the only winery to make wine using this method. We met the owner, a charming, laid back Swiss guy, who told us he has to fight against the other vineyard owners who spray pesticides near his vineyards and don't take kindly to what he is doing (wine politics in Switzerland!). The wine he makes is crisp, clean and delicious and has a totally different taste to any other wine I have tasted. Yesterday we sat back on his porch overlooking the vines and Lake Geneva and sipped one of his white wines. He told us about his passion for wine making using this method. He believes it is the only way to produce wine in the future.
I was hoping to put up photos from Paris but for some reason this Apple mac won't accept my USB connector. Will hopefully put up photos soon.
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