Culinary tips

The highest-altitude brewery in Europe makes for a great visit. Learn all about beer brewing and ingredients; taste the Monstein beers and other specialities.

Eichholz has come a long way: Irene Grünenfelder took a simple farm and with just three hectares of vineyards has singlehandedly created a well-known label.

Giacometti, a family-run bakery in the lower Engadine village of Lavin, has been making Engadiner Nusstorte by hand for years now. It’s a well-known delicacy even outside Switzerland.

Pure pleasure in a glass: Graubünden raspberry, meadow flowers, Williams pear, and 30 other distillates with unrivalled flavours. The wines are aged in the largest vaulted cellars in Maienfeld.

The Brügger family in Parpan still prepares Bündnerfleisch – air-dried Graubünden beef – in the natural way, by hand. The high-altitude climate is perfect for air-drying process.

The Alpschaukäserei (cheese factory), with its stunning views of the Bernina Massif, is situated not far from the Morteratsch Glacier. Watch the cheesemaker at work as you sample his handiwork with your brunch or Zvieri (afternoon snack). The Sennerei Pontresina cheese dairy's Glacier Fondue counts as an insider's tip. Purchase their products in summer or winter.

A cake is a cake, and a valley is a valley. But the Engadin is not just any old mountain region and the Engadin cake is by no means an ordinary cake. No, it was no ordinary cake that Johann Friedrich Kochendörfer was baking during the 1930's. Rather, it was a delicacy now found today, over sixty years later, far beyond the borders of the Engadin.

Gian Battista von Tscharner is without doubt the great veteran among Graubünden winegrowers. His wines are original, fullbodied, and full of character.

At Hatecke you can buy a variety of the finest fat-free Salsiz and Charn – dried meats from the region – beautifully packaged and presented: the perfect travel snack or gift for Swiss friends.

The Café Hanselmann in St. Moritz is a world-renowned paradise of all that is sweet. When you walk in you'll know exactly what we mean by this! Many decades have gone into forming the beautifully appointed ambience tinged with a touch of turn-of-the-century, and with a range of culinary delights to satisfy even the most discerning tastes.