The Story of Chasselas, Switzerland’s Quiet Hero
How a humble white grape became a national treasure.
Chasselas asks for nothing and reveals everything. Almost neutral on its own, it acts like a mirror for the soil it grows in, which is exactly why the Swiss have built a culture around it. To dismiss it is to misunderstand it.
This is the story of how an unfashionable grape survived decades of indifference and quietly became the most honest expression of place in the whole country.
