Switzerland    

ell, this country is a bit of dark horse.  Switzerland has suddenly become a place of micro brewers and brewpubs in the same vein as Austria and, in parts, France.  Genève itself now has 4 brewpubs and one micro so a good weekend's scooping can be had in the home of the UN without venturing anywhere else.

The Basel and Zürich report is here...

Steve Westby's article of 2003 was the basis for our September 2005 visit to Genève which entailed a lot of extra research that certainly paid off as we found a wine scooping festival a short train ride from the city... !