Divico wines blended with Pinot noir - good quality and intense colour

Divico, Agroscope's new disease-resistant grape variety, is valued for the quality of the wines made from it. Assemblage trials with the Pinot noir variety have shown that Divico is suitable for the correction [...]

How, please, does VB Cal 1-28 taste? (Article Hotelrevue)

On February 10th, an article by Mischa Stünzi was published in the Hotelrevue. In it he refers to the difficult wine year 2021 in Switzerland and why there are PIWIs in [...]

AGROVINA press report

Agrovina 2022 - the balance sheet is mixed

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Benefit from the PIWI boom - podcast from the art of selling wine with Alexander Morandell

In this interview, Diego talks to the current President of PIWI International and vine grower Alexander Morandell about the marketing potential of the new grape varieties and their economic and social impact on the region [...]

WHAT'S IN THE WINE?

... or the mystery of fermentation

Source: Swiss Magazine for Fruit and Viticulture (SZOW)

Alcoholic fermentation has been known to man for thousands of years. But what is behind it only became apparent in the last few years [...]

ETH Zurich viticulture survey 2022 for Swiss

Dear winemakers

We are pleased that you are taking part in this important survey. The survey focuses on your current and future assessments of viticulture in Switzerland. the [...]

Practitioner days at the organic winery Roland and Karin Lenz in Uesslingen

On December 7th and 8th, 2021, the practical days took place at the winery of Roland and Karin Lenz in Uesslingen TG. For the first time PIWI CH was in charge of the implementation [...]

Experimental Wine & Dine at the Hiltl Academie in Zurich

Finally, on the third attempt, the experimental Wine and Dine could take place in the Hiltl restaurant in Zurich at the end of October. The event was fully booked and was very well received by the audience. The [...]

PIWI varieties at a glance - results in the rainy year 2021

PIWI vines have been around for over a hundred years. Only a few were able to establish and hold onto. While the time of the regent seems to have expired, Léon Millot or Maréchal continues to be [...]

How robust are PIWI vines?

The proportion of fungus-resistant grape varieties in Switzerland is 3%. Interest in them is growing steadily, and not just because of this year's capricious weather. The question arises: which varieties are suitable [...]