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.
Tip: A family cellar in Sierre worth booking ahead for the Pradec and Goubing terroir wines.
Address: Crêt-Goubing 42, 3960 Sierre, Switzerland, Valais
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.
Family cellar in St-Pierre-de-Clages founded in 1948, farming 10 hectares across the Chamoson and Ardon terraces. Bio Suisse certified organic, led today by Raphaël Maye.
Tasting: By appointment only: Tuesday to Friday 9:00 to 11:30 and 13:30 to 17:30, Saturday 9:00 to 12:00, May through October.
Tip: Visits are by appointment only; ask about the Paien and Humagne Rouge bottlings.
Third-generation family cellar in Chamoson, active since 1962 and rooted in René Favre's 1946 start in winegrowing. Farms 8 hectares under integrated production, known for Petite Arvine.
Tasting: Tastings and domain visits by direct contact; the estate has hosted Caves Ouvertes open-cellar events.
Tip: Ask about the Petite Arvine parcels, the grape this Chamoson cellar is best known for.
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.
