13 editor-picked Humagne Blanche producers across 1 region.
A guide to Humagne Blanche 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.
Cellar in Flanthey near Sierre, led by Joël Briguet, with a barrel cellar built in 2012 for oak ageing. Bio Suisse certified organic, with a range from Fendant to sparkling wine.
Tasting: Open Monday to Friday 8:00 to 12:00 and 13:30 to 17:00, Saturday 9:30 to 17:00; online boutique also available.
Tip: The online boutique ships across Switzerland if you cannot reach the Flanthey cellar.
Family winery on the Ile Falcon in Sierre, founded in 1992 by Nicole and Louis Taramarcaz and now led by their son Robert. Grows Fendant, Petite Arvine, Cornalin and Syrah.
Tasting: By appointment (sur rendez-vous); capacity up to 100 people; German, English and French offered.
Tip: Ask about the late-summer Festival des Muses, a wine and art event held on site.
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.
Visp producer run by the Chanton family since 1944 and led by Mario Chanton since 2008, working near-forgotten Upper Valais grapes such as Himbertscha, Lafnetscha and Heida.
Tasting: By appointment; capacity up to 10 people; open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 09:00 to 11:30 and 14:00 to 17:30; German, English, French and Italian.
Tip: The place to taste Himbertscha and Lafnetscha, grapes almost no other cellar bottles.
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.
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.
Conthey cellar of 30 hectares founded in 1968 by the oenologist Jacques Germanier, working Amigne, Petite Arvine and Cornalin alongside its traditional-method Brut.
Tasting: Reservation-only tastings at the Conthey cellar booked online, weekdays 8:00 to 12:00 and 13:30 to 17:00, Saturday by appointment, with carnotzet rental for groups.
Tip: Ask about the Signature bottlings, labelled by Swiss artists, when you book a cellar visit.
Family cellar at Varen on the slope above the Pfyn forest, bottling the rare old Valais white Gouais beside Humagne Blanche, Cornalin, Diolinoir and Pinot Noir.
Tasting: Tastings, group offers and excursion packages, with art vernissages in the cave. Tuesday and Friday 09:00 to 12:00 and 13:00 to 17:00, the last Saturday of each month 11:00 to 17:00, other days on request.
Tip: Gouais is rarely bottled on its own anywhere; the cave opens Tuesday and Friday, plus the last Saturday of the month.
An indigenous Valais white from the Bio Suisse certified Mounir family estate in Salgesch, one of the more accessible bottles in the online shop.
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