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About me and Valais Wine Tours...

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Wine tourism....

I was born with one foot in each of these areas...

A bit like a blend, I inherited the passions of my two grandfathers: tourism and vineyards and wine.

Louis Antille, my paternal grandfather, the founder of the Montana resort, who built the first hotel in 1892, and Ulysse Eggs, my maternal grandfather, a simple winegrower, who managed to feed his family by cultivating his vines in Granges...

These two worlds came together at the Mont-Blanc, my parents' Hotel-Restaurant, where I spent the first 16 years of my life...far from the vineyards, at 1700m (today the Crans Spa)

In the bistro, the balloon of Fendant or Goron served as a social link; in the restaurant, the wine accompanied the great gastronomy, it was considered as a prince...

And as the grape does not fall far from the vine but takes its time to ripen, I took a few years to realise that I could guide tourists through sublime wine landscapes, let them meet real winemakers and discover the incredible quality of Swiss wines...

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Photos© C.Antille

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My various studies

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Valais Wine Tours was founded in 2007 by Catherine Antille Emery. Apart from the influence of her family roots, the creation of this company stems from several passions; Nature, Culture, Heritage, hiking and of course the Love of Wine and the world around it...

 

It is also the fusion of different trainings:

  • Mountain leader (diploma from St-Jean 1999)

  • Culture and Heritage Guide, Diploma work: "A walk through the history of a vineyard" (UNIGE)

  • Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET): 2, 3 Advance with Merit, Ecole du vin de Paris, 4 Diploma (1 year), WSET School London (level preceding Master of Wine)

 

Valais Wine Tours offers to discover the Swiss wine world in a personalised way, adapting to the client's desires, while suggesting the region's must-sees.

 

Our Partners….

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    Valais Wine Tours works regularly with several partners...

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  • Crans-Montana Tourisme et Congrès

  • Swiss Wine Tours

  • Valais/Wallis. ch

  • Watch and Cow (GE)

  • Cyou (GE)

  • Sierre-Anniviers Tourisme

  • Vinum Montis (VS)

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​       Catering:

  • "Au gré des Saisons " Granges

  • Laurent Morard, Hôtel Mont-Paisible, Crans-Montana

  • Benjamin Menge

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      The bakers:

  • Taillens, Lens

  • Mathieu et ses produits à base de farine de pépins de raisin, Susten

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      The buchers:

  • Boucherie la Lienne à Granges

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