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We still have some space in Franz
Dear wine enthusiasts, We will participate in a beautiful event at the restaurant Wirtschaft im Franz in Zürich this coming Tuesday night. This event is organized by Slow Food Zürich. The renowned kitchen team has put together a fantastic menu and with each course they will serve a carefully selected wine from us. There are still a couple of seats available for this event and I would love to see you there. All the best, Hoss
Jan 25, 20241 min read


It is cold outside
Dear friends of wine, It is cold out there in the vineyards now. Every once in a while a welcome ray of sun is able to bore its way through the high fog. Other times we need to make do with the warmth from the fire and the hot coffee. This cold is however something valuable to us winegrowers, because it reduces the population of various insects back to "normal size" so that their development will follow the "normal pattern" in the coming spring. We have now been accepted
Jan 15, 20241 min read


Red Damason Reinette and Hawthorn
Dear Winelovers, The second phase of our agroforestry project is now complete. This time we planted some Red Damason Reinette and some Crab Apples, that will be ideal for making cider. In addition we planted some "Schöflibirne", which is a Swiss pear variety (loosly translated as the "pear of the small sheep") and Hawthorn. The apple trees are not all as small the picture above would indicate. We will however for sure need to wait a few years before we can harvest enough a
Nov 27, 20231 min read


Alpberg flies First Class
Dear winelovers, I had the pleasure of making my first delivery to the national airline Swiss last Friday. They will serve our Pinot Noir Alpberg in their first class this winter. I would bet this is the first time they serve natural wine above the clouds. We participated in the wine fair BRUT(es) in Mulhouse France last week. This is one of my favorite winefairs with plenty of good exhibitors and lovely atmosphere. Besides us, there were for the first time some other Swi
Nov 23, 20231 min read
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