Family winery in Salgesch with over 60 award-winning Valais AOC wines from its own vineyards.
Adrian & Diego Mathier Nouveau Salquenen AG
Salgesch 3970 · Hochdorf 6280 · Interlaken 3800New on Amplifa
About Mathier Winery
Adrian & Diego Mathier Nouveau Salquenen AG is a fourth-generation family winery in the wine village of Salgesch in the canton of Valais. The company cultivates around 45 hectares of its own vineyards from Turtmann to Chamoson and vinifies more than 60 different white, rosé, red, dessert and sparkling wines with AOC Valais designation, including international grape varieties as well as autochthonous Valais varieties such as Cornalin. In addition to its own vinification, the company operates wine shops in Hochdorf (LU) and Interlaken (BE) with over 600 wines from around the world and offers wine tastings, guided wine hikes, wine holidays at the BnB Vino Veritas, meeting rooms and an online shop with home delivery. The winery has been named Switzerland's best winery of the year multiple times (2007, 2011, 2018) and Switzerland's best winery of the decade at the Grand Prix du Vin Suisse. Diego Mathier is the managing director and winemaker; the company is organized as a corporation (Aktiengesellschaft).
- Site
- Salgesch
- Processes
- Wine tastings, Guided wine hikes, Wine holidays at the BnB Vino Veritas, Trade fairs & events (over 20 fairs per year), Meeting rooms, Wine shop with home delivery, Harvest program
- Materials
- White wines, Red wines, Rosé wines, Sparkling wines, Dessert wines & spirits
- Certificates
- Best of Wine Tourism Award, Grand Prix du Vin Suisse (best Swiss winery)
- Founded
- 1387
- Industries
- Viticulture, Wine trade, Wine tourism
- 01
Viticulture in own vineyards
- 02
Grape harvest (including harvest program)
- 03
Vinification and maturation in the wine cellar
- 04
Bottling
- 05
Sales via wine shops, trade fairs and online shop
- 06
Tastings and wine experiences
Grape Varieties & Wine Types
White wines
White wines of AOC Valais vinified from international and autochthonous grape varieties.
Red wines
Red wines, among others from Pinot Noir, which accounts for around 70% of the vineyard area in Salgesch.
Rosé wines
Rosé wines such as the award-winning Œil-de-Perdrix La Matze.
Sparkling wines
Sparkling wines complement the range from the finest Valais vineyard sites.
Dessert wines & spirits
Dessert wines and spirits round off the wine range.
Locations
Salgesch
CHWinery, headquarters, tastings
- Materials
- White, rosé, red, dessert and sparkling wines
- Wine cellar with barrique barrels
- Tasting parlor (Degustations-Stübli)
- BnB Vino Veritas
Hochdorf
CHSalgesch Wine Cellar Mathier: wine shop, tastings, meeting rooms
- Materials
- over 600 wines from Switzerland and Europe
- Tasting parlor (Degustations-Stübli)
- Culinarium for groups of up to 30 people
- Two meeting rooms
Interlaken
CHWeinhandlung Ritschard wine shop, tastings
- Materials
- Wine range from various producers incl. the complete Mathier range
- Vinothek
Selected Wines
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
Quality & Awards
The winery's wines have been awarded over 1'000 national and international accolades at renowned wine competitions, including multiple Grand Prix du Vin Suisse titles.
| Evidence | Salgesch |
|---|---|
| Grand Prix du Vin Suisse (best Swiss winery) | |
| Best of Wine Tourism Award |
Family & History
- 1387
The Mathier family is first mentioned in records in Salgesch.
- 19. Jh.
Meinrad Mathier founds the first Mathier enterprise; Ferdinand Mathier (vineyard inspector) lays the foundation of today's winery.
- 1929
Due to the economic crisis, the family begins cellaring its own wine.
- 1951
Oskar Mathier vinifies his first 12'000 liters of wine.
- 1956
Oskar Mathier takes over the winery and builds up a private and gastronomy customer base.
- 1975
Adrian and Rosmarie Mathier build the new winery building at Bahnhofstrasse 50.
- 1986
World championship title for the Œil-de-Perdrix La Matze.
- 2001
Nadia and Diego Mathier take over the company; renaming to «Nouveau Salquenen».
- 2007
Best Swiss winery of the year (Grand Prix du Vin Suisse).
- 2011
Best Swiss winery of the year (Grand Prix du Vin Suisse).
- 2012
Opening of the Salgesch Wine Cellar in Hochdorf.
- 2018
Best Swiss winery of the year (Grand Prix du Vin Suisse).
- 2022
Global Winner Best of Wine Tourism and Wine Personality of the Year (VINUM).
- Dekade
Awarded as best Swiss winery of the decade (Grand Prix du Vin Suisse).