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People in Valais have always drunk their wine uncut Valais producers have a taste for competitions To fight mildew, the vines were sulphated with a broom Before 1850, the vineyard looked like a forest of vines Wine is drunk like water until the mid-20th century The brisolée is born with the harvest Men prune, women deleaf New mothers drank up to one litre of warm wine a day Pigs wandered among the vines in the Middle Ages The Grand St Bernard chanoines drank in secret In the 18th century, egg whites were used to clarify red wine Wine was a good way to poison your enemies Early travelers were fascinated by Valais wines Industry killed the vines in Monthey Before the 20th century, there were practically no vines in Savièse Saxon, always a balance between grapes and apricots Amigne and Humagne did not arrive with the Romans
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People in Valais have always drunk their wine uncut

Hardly any amphores, very few beautiful vessels – in ancient times, people in Valais were happy to drink their wine from goblets imported from Italy. These delicate ceramic recipients appeared in the Upper Valais, at the archeological site of Gamsen, near Brig. These are pieces produced between the 7th and 9thcenturies BC. Their small size provides an interesting detail: people in Valais drank their wine uncut – no water added.

Local goblets

The oldest goblets on record in Valais come from communities north of the Pô plain in northern Italy. These people were unfamiliar with Greco-Etruscan habits, which called for wine cut with water to be drunk from chalices and cups. Later, during the final centuries BC, potters in Valais produced a series of goblets from local clay, with a special shape. As trade increased during the first century BC, communities in the valley imported, from the Pô plain, delicate ceramic lacquered black cups as well as bottles in the shape of spinning tops, the famous a a trottola vases, wide at the bottom with a narrow neck.

Sourced from
CURDY Philippe « Avant les Romains, les premiers services à vin » in Histoire de la Vigne et du Vin en Valais : des origines à nos jours, Sierre-Salgesch, Musée valaisan de la Vigne et du Vin, Gollion, Infolio, 2009.

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