Tag: Ticino
An autumn day in Muggio Valley, Ticino, Switzerland
After leaves have already drop elsewhere in Switzerland’s mountain regions, it is time to head south—as far south as you can go without leaving...
Ascona, Switzerland celebrates the chestnut
I love one-trick food festivals. They bring out my penchant for taking a single food ingredient to levels I would never envision on my...
Surprising Ticino Merlot
It sometimes surprises visitors that Switzerland produces wine at all. Swiss wine is produced in luxuriously small quantities, and just 2% of the wine...
Zincarlin della Valle di Muggio: a little cheese with a big job
A single cheesemaker, in just one cellar in Switzerland’s southernmost valley makes Zincarlin della Valle di Muggio. Also called mature Zincarlin, the heritage cheese...
Five reasons to visit Ascona, Switzerland in autumn
Two of Switzerland's finest festivals take place not on a mountain, but at 196 meters above sea level—in lovely Ascona, on Lago Maggiore. Settimane Musicali...