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Switzerland is not renowned for its whisky production, however look more
closely, the Valais region has a number of similarities with the Scotland:
Cold mountain water
Cereals
A suitable climate
Expertise in fermented products
so why not ..
In 2009 Jim
Murray's Whisky Bible Their whisky scored 91 and 94
Started in 2001
by Alex Delaloye with two distillations of 50 and 200 litres
He
has since shared his passion in (2003) with partners with the same
interest
Alex & Lysiane Delaloye, Thierry Faust & Johanna Pitteloud
Their ambition was not to produce a copy of a whiskey or light
Scotch ,
But to make a Swiss Spirit based on traditional whisky
making:
Barley
Spring Water
Slow distillation
Matured in
Casks.
The spirit produced is not whiskey as it as every right to
be called but as Swhisky in respect to Switzerland.
The company
thanks all professional Scotsman that have contributed to achieve this
ambition
The SWHISKY is produced in the same way as whisky,
For Glen Vignettes wort they use a type of Scottish Pils from the
Valaisanne Brewery, A member of the Carlsberg Breweries company. The water
source is from "The girl" Arbaz from near the Brewery at Valaisanne .
The wort it taken to the distillery in road tankers
Glen
Vignettes washback contains 6000 litres
For distilling Glen
Vignettes Hohlstein stills are used
Swhisky is matured in oak casks
from Burgundy (Beaune) of 114 litre capacity which have contained Syrah
and Petite Arvine |