Best of Grand Prix du Vin Suisse
Grand Prix du Vin Suisse
The Grand Prix du Vin Suisse is the largest and most prestigious wine award in Switzerland, the Champions League for Swiss winegrowers. Over 500 wine producers from 18 cantons now compete every year with more than 3,000 wines submitted. From the wines submitted, an international jury of experts selects 78 final wines (nominations), which compete in the final round in 13 different categories for one of the coveted category wins.
Best Swiss winery of the year
The Adrian & Diego Mathier Nouveau Salquenen winery can look back on no fewer than 50 nominations and 13 category wins, 9 second places and 8 third places in 14 participations. In 2007, Diego Mathier was the first Swiss winemaker to receive the award for Best Swiss Winemaker of the Year. Two further awards followed in 2011 and 2018. The highest accolade for many years of consistency was the award for Best Swiss Winery of the Decade in 2016.
Coup de coeur – Prix Vinissimo
The Coup de coeur special prize is also awarded annually in the white and red wine categories. The Syrah Diego Mathier was awarded this prize twice as the jury’s favorite wine. In the white wine category, the Heida Les Pyramides received the coveted Prix Vinissimo award. This success story is unique in the history of the Grand Prix du Vin Suisse and is an incentive for continuous quality work in the vineyard as well as in the wine cellar. The Grand Prix du Vin Suisse is a joint project of the VINEA association in Sierre and the European wine magazine VINUM to promote quality and Swiss wine.
A brief overview of the main titles:
- Best Swiss Winemaker of the Year 2007 – 2011 – 2018
- Best Swiss winery of the decade
- Prix Vinissimo white Heida Les Pyramides AOC
- 2x Prix Vinissimo red Syrah Diego Mathier AOC
13 Swiss Champion titles, spread across:
- 1x Fendant du Ravin AOC
- 2x Cuvée Madame Rosmarie Mathier white AOC
- 1x Heida Les Pyramides AOC
- 1x L’Ambassadeur de Domain Diego Mathier white AOC
- 1x Pinot Noir Réserve de Salquenen AOC
- 3x Cuvée Mmadame Rosmarie Mathier red AOC
- 2x Syrah Diego Mathier AOC
- 1x Gemma Cépages nobles TOPAS AOC
- 1x Gemma Ermitage Rubin AOC VS
