Category Archives: Wine

The Gamaret

This young Swiss grape variety is a recent development, a cross between Gamay and Reichensteiner. It is an early grape, productive and disease-resistant. It was initially planned as a grape that would add colour to blended wines but producers quickly … Continue reading

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The Diolinoir

This is a Swiss grape variety created in 1970, the result of a cross between Pinot Noir and Rouge de Diolly, also known as Robin Noir, introduced into Valais in the 1920s. It is a plant of medium vigour, with … Continue reading

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Humagne Rouge

This variety comes from an old cross made in Val d’Aosta, Italy, between Cornalin and an unknown variety. Humagne Rouge was introduced in Valais via the Great Saint Bernard pass at the end of the 19th century. Despite its recent … Continue reading

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Syrah

Syrah is the grape behind France’s famous Côte Rôtie et Hermitage appellations. In climbing back up the Rhone river this grape has, not surprisingly, found a second home. It was brought to the canton in 1926 and is currently all … Continue reading

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Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is the most widely planted grape in Valais. It was introduced in the middle of the 19th century by the canton’s governing council in order to regenerate the wine industry, which was going through a period of transition. … Continue reading

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The Aristocrat amongst the Valais Reds

                                               Photo: http://www.romanduvin.ch/   Cornalin Cornalin is a cross between two Valdotan grape varieties. The first recorded mention of it was at the start of the 14th century. It matures late, is a capricious and even very capricious grape during … Continue reading

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Vineyards in the Valais – A Brief History

THE IRON AGE (800 – 15 BC) The First Traces of Wine Long before Roman times, wine had already been part of the consumption habits of the local elite. It is very likely that our neighbours in North Italy and … Continue reading

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Viticulture – A Hisorical Aperçu

  The municipality archives enable us to look back in the history of the viticulture in Nax. Families in Nax have made their own wine since the 15th century. We actually find the first entry in the year 1478. It describes the … Continue reading

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