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.
Tip: A dependable stop for a broad flight of native Valais grapes at every price point.
Address: Rue de l'Industrie 22, 1950 Sion, Switzerland, Valais
Family-run cellar in the Sion district since 2008 under Yvonne and Yvo Mathier, certified Bio Suisse organic, producing Valais classics, blends and sparkling wine from Amigne to Cornalin.
Tasting: On-site and online tastings, aperitif tasting boxes, private events and team-building tastings; contact via the site's Kontakt page.
Tip: Try the sparkling Mousseux alongside the estate's Cornalin and Petite Arvine.
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.
Family-run cellar in the Sion district since 2008 under Yvonne and Yvo Mathier, certified Bio Suisse organic, producing Valais classics, blends and sparkling wine from Amigne to Cornalin.
Tasting: On-site and online tastings, aperitif tasting boxes, private events and team-building tastings; contact via the site's Kontakt page.
Tip: Try the sparkling Mousseux alongside the estate's Cornalin and Petite Arvine.
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.
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.
