Scheurebe, a Genevan of northern origins

by Alexandre Truffer, ©RomanDuVin.ch 2006

Diversity is one of the main trumps of Genevan viticulture today. This was achieved gradually through an in-depth transformation which, in two decades, changed an oenologically unimportant region into one of the most interesting viticultural centres in Switzerland. Hidden among hectares of vines swaying peacefully on the hills of Mandement, a few vineyards at the tip of the lake shelter a vine not known very well by the public: the Scheurebe. This variety, along with its German cousins, the Kerner and the Gewürztraminer, form an aromatic chain that have found a favorable place in the Genevan region.