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Simon Hardy DipWSET & Jean-François Genoud

(London UK / Lausanne CH, August 8, 2023) Alpina Vina is a new transnational guide to the wine regions in the Alpine arc which are considered by many as a hidden treasure at the heart of Europe.

These Alpine wine regions are less familiar to many wine lovers and home to indigenous grape varieties rarely found elsewhere. The founders Simon Hardy (DipWSET) and Jean-François Genoud want to make these stunningly beautiful regions and their remarkable wines more accessible. Together with this site we are creating a range of guidebooks and short films including detailed maps, key facts and figures, recommended producers and wines as well as travel tips.

Explore, learn and discover

Explore with us the French, Swiss and Italian vineyards in the foothills of this age-old Alpine mountain range, source of the principal waterways of Europe on which many great wine regions depend.

Learn more about high-altitude Alpine vineyards clinging to steep slopes, diverse and distinctive terroirs shaped by powerful mountain forces, and unique grapes native to the Alps.

Discover remarkable producers who thrive in the extreme Alpine climate and craft world-class wines that are perfect expressions of heroic mountain viticulture.

The content

Alpina Vina is your expert guide to the finest wines and producers in Europe’s Alpine arc created by a group of passionate Alpine wine lovers and experts with a keen interest in the wine regions of the Alps: Trentino (IT), Alto Adige (IT), Valais (CH), Savoie (FR), Ticino (CH), Valtellina (IT), Chablais (CH), Aosta Valley (IT) and Graubünden (CH). Our plan is to provide both wine explorers and trade professionals with a multilingual range of resources in books, films and online including detailed maps, key facts and figures, recommended producers and wines as well as travel tips.

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