Château de Ravire and glacial wine

The «château château viticole » (wine castle) is unique to the Valais canton; the Ravire Garden cultivates specialities. Its owner, Michel Savioz, is the only wine-grower to market a sophisticated Glacial wine that is produced using an age-old technique. Perched on a hill covered with vineyards at the Sierre exit, it conceals in its cellars, protected by an impressive Saint-Bernard, a wide variety of specialities derived from old grapevines planted much before the indigenious vines became popular.

 by Alexandre Truffer, ©RomanDuVin.ch 2007