{"id":13734,"date":"2023-04-05T11:49:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T09:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mathier.com\/aktuelles\/valais-winegrowers-lack-young-talent\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T07:55:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T05:55:18","slug":"switzerland-up-to-date","status":"publish","type":"aktuelles","link":"https:\/\/www.mathier.com\/en\/aktuelles\/switzerland-up-to-date\/","title":{"rendered":"Valais winegrowers lack young talent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Switzerland News<\/h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.srf.ch\/play\/tv\/schweiz-aktuell\/video\/schweiz-aktuell-vom-05-04-2023?urn=urn:srf:video:d0f73d6a-525f-44ec-a11a-a795d5eb61cf\" rel=\"noopener\">Switzerland News, 05.04.2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Nowhere in Switzerland is as much wine produced as in Valais. Where there are a lot of vines, there is also a lot of work. Unfortunately, the profession of winegrower has long suffered from an image problem. Hard work for a poor wage &#8211; that&#8217;s what many people think. And that&#8217;s why only three young people have started an apprenticeship this year. That&#8217;s too few for so many vines &#8211; Valais simply lacks winegrowers.       <\/p>\n\n<iframe width=\"840\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srf.ch\/play\/embed?urn=urn:srf:video:d0f73d6a-525f-44ec-a11a-a795d5eb61cf&#038;subdivisions=false\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"geolocation *; autoplay; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p>See article from minute 08:23: <br\/>Traditionally, many family businesses have set the tone in Valais viticulture. Diego Mathier&#8217;s winery in Salgesch is one of the best known in the country. The declining number of apprentices gives the multiple award-winning winemaker of the year pause for thought. However, Diego Mathier does not have to worry about his own succession: He has five daughters and all of them are interested in the wine industry.     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Valais lacks winegrowers: hardly any new blood for a profession that is often underestimated &#8211; despite a lot of work and even more vines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13708,"template":"","aktuelles-type":[299],"class_list":["post-13734","aktuelles","type-aktuelles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","aktuelles-type-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mathier.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aktuelles\/13734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mathier.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aktuelles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mathier.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/aktuelles"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mathier.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mathier.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"aktuelles-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mathier.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aktuelles-type?post=13734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}