14 editor-picked Ermitage producers across 1 region.
A guide to Ermitage worth seeking out, by region. We list the estates, how each region expresses the grape, and the bottles that show it best.
Sion cooperative drawing fruit from about 1,500 growers across roughly 750 hectares of Valais vineyard, bottling some 120 wines that run from Fendant and Johannisberg to Cornalin.
Tasting: Provins operates boutique wine bars across Valais and offers a personal sommelier contact for group tastings; visit format varies by location.
Tip: A dependable stop for a broad flight of native Valais grapes at every price point.
Estate on the Montorge hillside above Sion, producing wine since 1848 across 24 terraced hectares. Bio Suisse certified organic, with Johannisberg as its signature grape on steep schist terraces.
Tasting: Caveau du Mont d'Or tasting room, guided vineyard tours with tastings, and group activities; reservations via the site's booking page.
Tip: Book the caveau for a tasting focused on Johannisberg and Petite Arvine from the terraces.
Demeter-certified biodynamic estate in Fully working about 10 hectares spread across four villages, with Petite Arvine, Humagne Rouge and Cornalin at the core of the range.
Tip: Her sweet Grain par Grain bottlings are made from individually sorted withered berries.
Small estate above Sierre on the Pradec and Goubing slopes, begun in 1982 with 3 hectares and now 7. Winemaker Madeleine Mercier works clay-limestone soils under self-seeding plant cover.
Tasting: Cellar tours and tasting packages by appointment, Monday to Saturday, lunchtime, capacity 20 people. Tastings offered in French, German and English.
Tip: A family cellar in Sierre worth booking ahead for the Pradec and Goubing terroir wines.
Upper Valais cave in Salgesch, run by the Kuonen family for four decades and directed today by Patrick Revey with Larissa Kuonen as oenologist. Range runs from Heida to Cornalin.
Tasting: Cellar and vineyard visits, tasting packages, cellar rental; Monday to Friday 08:00 to 12:00 and 13:30 to 17:30, Saturday seasonal hours; capacity 50; German, English, French and Italian.
Tip: Ask for the Lafnetscha, one of the rare high-altitude Upper Valais white grapes.
Salgesch estate run by the Mounir family for three generations, Bio Suisse certified across its own parcels. Range runs from Fendant and Petite Arvine to Cornalin and Syrah.
Tasting: Tasting packages, vineyard hikes and virtual tastings; Monday to Friday 09:00 to 12:00 and 13:30 to 17:00, Saturday seasonal; capacity 50.
Tip: Book the vineyard hike for context on the Salgesch terroir before the tasting itself.
Sion house founded in 1944 by Charles Favre and his three sons and still family run, with a tasting space, Espace F, opened in 2023 on the Place de la Planta.
Tasting: Espace F tasting space, opened summer 2023: cellar visits, vineyard tours and tasting packages; Tuesday to Friday 09:00 to 12:00 and 13:30 to 18:00, Saturday 10:00 to 17:00; capacity 80.
Tip: Drop by Espace F on Place de la Planta for a walk-in tasting in central Sion.
Organic Bio Bourgeon certified estate in Savièse above Sion, run by the Reynard and Varone families, producing Fendant, Amigne, Cornalin and other Valais varietals on limestone parcels.
Tasting: Vinotheque tastings Tuesday, Thursday and Friday mornings and afternoons, and Saturday mornings; groups up to about 70 people; French, German and English spoken.
Tip: Visit the vinotheque Tuesday, Thursday or Friday for a tasting without booking ahead.
Family cellar in Vétroz dating to 1950, run by Serge Roh, working Amigne de Vétroz and other Grand Cru Vétroz terroir wines alongside a broader range of Valais reds and whites.
Tasting: Commented tastings in the cellar or outdoors depending on season, for individuals, groups, and private or corporate events; reservation recommended. Open Monday to Friday mornings and afternoons, Saturday by reservation.
Tip: Vétroz Amigne is the house speciality; ask about the barrel-aged late-harvest style.
Three-hectare grower in Riddes with parcels in Leytron and Chamoson on limestone and schist soils, hand-farmed by owner Philippe Darioli across some fourteen Valais varietals.
Tasting: Tastings by appointment at the carnotzet in Riddes, for up to 20 people; cellar visits and vineyard tours offered in French, German and English.
Tip: Tastings happen in Darioli's own carnotzet in Riddes; call ahead, this is a one-person cellar.
Family-run 45-hectare estate in Salgesch spanning Turtmann to Chamoson, bottling some 60 wines under the Nouveau Salquenen label, with tasting rooms also in Interlaken and Hochdorf.
Tasting: Guided tastings, vineyard walks and cellar tours in Salgesch, with additional tasting rooms in Interlaken and Hochdorf; on-site Restaurant Barrique and B&B Vino Veritas.
Tip: The Salgesch site has its own restaurant and B&B, better for a full day than a quick stop.
Sierre house founded in 1898 by Léopold and Marie Imesch, farming vineyards over 50 years old in the Rhone plain. Its wines are now presented alongside Domaines Rouvinez at Géronde.
Tasting: Since January 2026 Imesch wines are presented at the Domaines Rouvinez site on the Colline de Géronde in Sierre, alongside the Rouvinez range, after the previous Imesch vinotheque on the west side of town closed at the end of 2025.
Tip: The old Imesch vinotheque closed in 2025; find the wines at the Rouvinez site on Colline de Géronde.
Sion house founded in 1885 by Edmond Gilliard, home of the Dole des Monts and Fendant Les Murettes labels, farming around 75 hectares and pouring in its own Vinotheque.
Tasting: Guided tastings at the Vinotheque in Sion, weekdays 9:00 to 12:00 and 13:30 to 18:00, Saturday 9:00 to 16:00, plus a blend-your-own Dole workshop at CHF 40 per person.
Tip: The CHF 40 blend-your-own Dole session is more hands-on than a standard tasting flight.
Fourth-generation family estate on the Colline de Geronde above Sierre, working ten domains between Loeche and Fully, with Petite Arvine, Ermitage, Cornalin and Syrah anchoring the range.
Tasting: Free self-guided visit of the Colline de Geronde site, plus a commented tasting hosted by a family member.
Tip: The Geronde hill site can be walked without booking, or reserved as a commented tasting led by a family member.
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