Please tell us your favorites. Appellation/area, producer, grape, supplier.


I love many and appreciate most that I've tried, but want to learn more, so any opinions welcome. No snobbishness please :-)

Bianco Rovere: Ticino, Guido Brivio, (white) Merlot, Globus and others (Coop in Lugano)
Aigle Les Murailles: Valais, Badoux vins, Chasselas, Manor and others

Humagne Rouge is the best Swiss red in my opinion.

I like the Dole Des Monts Robert Gilliard S.A. from Sion, AOC 2011. It's a not too expensive, decent red from Valais.

Their white is also one of my favourites.

I'm a big Pinot Noir fan. Try 'Pinot Noir R' or maybe ZWAA from Ruedi Baumann in Schaffhausen. If you prefer Merlot, then Daniel Huber's Montagna Magica is fabulous (Here's a video where he describes it: Montagna Magica Video

Preference here is a few select special wines from a winery in Salgesh.

My personal favorites are Humagne Rouge, Syrah, Merlot, Non-Filtre (!) and the Sélection specials from the masters themselves.
JC

Tried this the other evening - can recommend

I can't find a red wine that surpasses my enjoyment and loyalty to a Rioja or Amarone, if anyone has any suggestions that can match up then do share.

Best wines, in my region of Unterland, are made in this little Winery

http://www.kramer-weine.ch/index.php

I`ve tasted wines from all around the region, and haven`t found better than the various Kramer wines.

Maybe I`m biased by how hard he works, and how dedicated he and his Mom are to the winemaking. It`s an old traditional wine-making family.
Their open days for degustation are always most enjoyable.

Switzerland is a 'cool climate' winegrowing region and it is hard to imitate wines from 'hot climate' regions here. I know that Fernand Cina in Salgesch has planted some Temperanillo, Nebbiolo and Sangiovese on a piece of rock above the village where it gets particularly hot. Have not tried it though. I also know that a few winemakers are experimenting with drying their grapes like you would for an amarone (e.g. Stefan Gysel in Hallau), but it is still cool climate grape varieties grown in a cool climate - I like his wine, but it is not an amarone.