Wines
Esprit de Genève

"L'Esprit de Genève"* - a wine apart

The project to create a red wine that would serve as ambassador for Geneva’s wines came into being with the 2004 vintage. This “superior quality” wine showed the Spirit of Geneva – openness, spirituality, humanism, diversity, innovation and quality.
Esprit de Genève

L'Esprit de Genève brings together some 20 Geneva wine producers who want to share this Spirit of Geneva wines outside the canton. Occasional but very promising experiments, in particular in German-speaking Switzerland with specialty wines made in small quantities, encouraged us to develop this great Geneva specialty.

This oaked red wine is made around the idea of several complementary grape varieties of proven quality, grapes that contribute significantly to the renown of Geneva’s wines today. The wine is matured partly or entirely in oak casks. Gamay, which is produced in very strictly limited quantities, provides fruit, spicy notes and freshness. Gamaret and Garanoir, now well established in Geneva, provide overall harmony, the first thanks to its tight tannins and structure, the second for roundness and elegance. This rich palette of grapes grown in Geneva gives grower-winemakers the chance to personalize their wines.

The quality of the wines is ensured by applying strict production rules that are defined in a charter and validated by an official tasting session, with each blend signed by the person who made the wine.

* ppellation with the agreement of the L’Esprit de Genève Association.

 

Where to buy the wine

Wines Universe
Cave de l'Aéroport
Galerie marchande CFF
1215 Ge- Aéroport
Tél 022 798 42 91
info@wine-universe.ch
www.wine-universe.ch

Münsterkellerei AG
Steinhölzli
3097 Liebefeld
Tél 031 970 31 41
Fax 031 970 32 42
wein@muensterkellerei.ch

Cave des Gourmets
Christine Haas
Rue de Morat 68
2503 Bienne
Tél 032 325 25 75
Fax 032 325 25 74
cdgourmets@bluewin.ch

Bierdepot zum Adlerhorst
G.&R. Staedelin
Zentralstrasse 20
8604 Volketswil
Tél 044 946 03 54
Fax 044 946 03 59
gustibier@bluewin.ch

Cave les Curiades
Antonia Schnider
Haupstrasse 50
8508 Homburg
Tél 052 763 20 95
Fax 052 763 42 92
schnider.n@bluewin.ch

Cave les Curiades
Antonia Schnider
Haupstrasse 50
8508 Homburg
Tél 052 763 20 95
Fax 052 763 42 92
schnider.n@bluewin.ch

Remo Persi AG
Attinghauserstrasse 142
6460 Altdorf/Uri
Tél 041 871 06 06
Fax 041 871 06 08
info@remopersi.ch

Weinhandlung Ritschard
Aarmühlestrasse 17
3800 Interlaken
Tél 033 822 45 45
Fax 033 823 10 09
philippe.ritschard@salgescher-weinkeller.ch

Kellerei St. Georg
Obergrundstrasse 110
6005 Luzern
Tél 041 319 14 40
Fax 041 319 14 41
info@kellerei-st-georg.ch

Vennerhus Weine AG
Dorfstrasse 14
3506 Grosshöchstetten
Tél 031 711 15 75
Fax 031 711 17 86
info@vennerhus.ch
www.vennerhus.ch

Mövenpick Wein AG
Baarerstrasse 141
6300 Zug
Tél 041 766 81 81
Fax 041 766 81 89
wein@moevenpick.com
www.moevenpick-wein.com