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Visit Valais
For clients considering visiting Switzerland’s winemaking country, the Valais region – where spectacular vineyards stretch in terraces along the upper Rhone River – is a top choice, responsible for one-third of the country’s wine production.
The region’s sunny and dry climate coupled with unique soil conditions mean Valais offers an incredibly rich selection of interesting wines from a great many grape varieties. The area is authorised to produce 31 white varieties and 24 red.
In Upper Valais, the vineyards go deep into the side valleys, with those at Visperterminen being some of the highest in Europe (also known as the Heida Village).
Valais is also home to Switzerland’s first oenology (the science and study of winemaking) park, in Sion. At Les Celliers de Sion your clients will find indoor and outdoor discovery trails and a great wine bar and boutique. There’s also the opportunity to discover delicious local products and, of course, wines.
Other unmissable activities
Accommodation: Colline de Deval
This moated castle on a small hill in the Rhone plain south-west of Sierre was built in 1949 to provide a water supply for the vineyards. The building has a medieval appearance and now guests are able to stay the night here, in the heart of the wine-growing region, in bedrooms named after five different grape varieties.
Hike: Chemin du Vignoble
Between Saillon and Martigny, visitors to Chemin du Vignoble are in the land of Gamay wine and fascinating contrasts: at your feet the completely cultivated Rhonetal valley, in the distance the glistening snow fields of Mont Blanc. Fully is the capital of the Petite Arvine grape.
Experience: The Wine Museum
The Valaisian Wine and Vineyard Museums in Salgesch and Siders are linked by a nature trail that wends its way for six kilometres through the vineyards.
Bicycle route: Chemin du Vignoble
This is a trip once again through the most uniform wine region in the Valais, a vigorous up and down along the sun-drenched north flank of the main valley, through carefully cultivated vineyards, historic locations and small wine producing villages that offer wine tasting.
