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The second edition of this mountain gastronomy festival brings Michelin-starred chefs together with Valaisan producers for three evenings of alpine-cuisine dinners and a weekend flavour market on the cobbled streets of Grimentz.
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"Each summer the perfectly preserved 16th-century alpine village of Ernen (population ~500) hosts a world-class classical, baroque and jazz festival in its historic Kirche St. Georg, drawing virtuosos including Sir András Schiff to one of the smallest concert halls in Switzerland."
Festival Musikdorf Ernen
"Switzerland's densest wine village, with up to 20 cellars for just 1,700 inhabitants, marks the harvest with a ticketed 7 km gastronomic walk through the vineyards calling at more than ten cellar stops, finishing with a communal gathering in the village's picturesque courtyard."
Automne du Vin Salgesch
"Eringer cows descend from the Belalp under flower headdresses to the valley station in Blatten, where a market, traditional music and the coronation of the Belalp Alpine Queen round out this classic Valaisan cattle festival."
Alpabfahrt Blatten-Belalp
"Eringer cows descend from the Alp Moiry through the cobbled lanes of Grimentz, a beautifully preserved Valaisan village at 1,570 m in the Val d'Anniviers, with cheese stands and local food filling the festival square."
Désalpe de Grimentz
"Wild figures clad in shaggy fur and enormous hand-carved wooden masks erupt through the high Alpine villages of the Lötschental from Candlemas onward, representing one of Switzerland's most archaic and visually striking pre-Lenten winter-driving customs."
Roitschäggättä
"The 17th edition of this intimate classical music festival unfolds across the church of Grimentz and the spectacular Barrage de Moiry dam, mixing master classes with open-air concerts in the heart of the Val d'Anniviers."
FestiVal d'Anniviers
"At Obstbau Bleuler in the fruit-growing Zuercher Weinland village of Bachs, an annual Apple Sunday celebrates the local orchard harvest with tastings, fresh-pressed juice and farm-gate produce from surrounding growers."
Bachser Apfel-Sonntag
"Founded in 1921 and the last surviving wine harvest festival in the canton of Vaud, this 78th edition fills the medieval bourg of Lutry at the gateway to the Lavaux UNESCO terraces with twenty volunteer-run caveaux, Chasselas tastings and a Sunday schoolchildren's procession through the vine-draped lanes above Lake Geneva."
Fête des Vendanges de Lutry
"In the heart of this historic Neuchâtel wine village, the grape harvest is celebrated with processions through the old quarter, clique music, and stands pouring the village's own Chasselas."
Fête de la Vendange
"Ascona's beloved autumn harvest fair fills the lakeside promenade of Lago Maggiore with local produce, folk music and the scent of roasting chestnuts, a tradition maintained by the village association for decades."
Sagra d'autunno
"A single joyful autumn Sunday in the hamlet of Cabbio celebrates the Valle di Muggio's chestnuts with artisan stalls, roasted maroni and local producers in an unspoilt Ticinese valley setting."
Sagra della castagna della Valle di Muggio
"The climax of Valposchiavo's week-long Settimana della castagna, this open-air sagra at the Casai Sports Centre in Campascio features chestnut markets, the local Marunat association roasting brasché over open fires, and the full flavours of the Italian-speaking Grisons valley."
Sagra della castagna di Campascio