Wineries

Over the years, the Institut Agricole Régional has taken every opportunity to innovate and improve its educational offer. In 1993 a legally recognized five-year professional course of study was activated for the achievement of an Agro-technical diploma; in 2001 it obtained the status of a state-recognized private school. With the 2010-2011 school year, a further innovation was implemented in the school organization, splitting the course of study to better respond to the different educational needs of its students.
The institute offers an important residential service (with the possibility of room and board) for students enrolled at the school.
Professional training has assumed a great deal of importance in the Valle d’Aosta agri-food sector.

The Joseph Vaudan winery: the winery currently in use came into operation with the 2005 grape harvest to replace the previous “cave expérimentale” structure commissioned in 1969 by the Vaudan Canon for teaching, training and viticultural purposes, to promote the production of quality wines. The same purposes are now pursued at the new winery, which is equipped with modern equipment and technologies that allow optimal management and control of the processes of the transformation of grapes for the different varieties and vinifications. There are also rooms equipped for the processing of small quantities of grapes that make it possible to make use of numerous experimental tests (microvinifications).The experimental activity therefore makes use of tools that allow an in-depth study of the different wine-growing issues and an analysis of new knowledge regarding production and commercial aspects. (The activities of research and production are supported, as regards the analyses, by the chemistry and microbiology laboratories located near the winery).

The products
White DOC (Controlled Designation of Origin) wines: Chardonnay, Pinot gris, Petite Arvine
Red DOC wines: Syrah, Gamay, Pinot noir, Vuillermin, Fumin, Cornalin, Petit Rouge, Sang des Salasses, Grains Rouges, Cuvée Saint Bernard
Rosé DOC wines: Rosé du Coteau

Other productions:
White wines: Perce-Neige, Blanc du Prieur, Mirage Floral
Red wines: Vin du Prévôt, Vin des Chanoines, Le Doyen
Spumantes: Monchoisi VSQ Classic Method

Sales points (retail outlet in Aosta):
Opening times:
- Winery (La Rochére region, 1/A): Monday to Friday 08:00 am - 12:00 p.m. / 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
- Montfleury Farmstead (via Piccolo San Bernardo, 39): Tuesday 8.15 am - 12.15 pm, Wednesday 1.30 pm - 5.15 pm, Friday 8.15 am - 12.15 pm. In this store it is possible to find, in addition to a limited availability of the producer’s label, dairy products, fruit, vegs and garden products, cereal flours, honey and other seasonal farm products.

The visit
The winery can be visited from Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to noon and from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm (grape harvesting period excluded), with at least 3 days’ notice, by email or telephone, for a maximum of 54 people.
The visit is organized in such a way as to highlight the three aspects (training-experimentation-production) that characterize the company, by visiting the processing rooms (reception of the harvested grapes, fermentation, aging in steel and barriques, packaging) and the illustration of the winemaking systems and technologies adopted. It is also possible to visit, upon request, the room of micro-vinification, the vineyard and to taste some of the company’s products.
It is possible to have tastings, with at least 3 days notice by email or telephone, for a maximum of 32 people.
The costs for visits and tastings are to be arranged at the time of booking.

How to get there
From Turin along the A5 motorway, take the Aosta Est exit and continue on State Highway 26 towards Mont Blanc; from France, along the A5 motorway, exit Aosta Ovest, continuing on State Highway 26 towards Aosta; from Switzerland, along State Highway 27, continuing on towards Aosta.

Les Petits Riens farm, with its vineyards, occupies a small corner of the panoramic hill of Aosta, at an altitude between 600 and 800 meters above sea level.
Thanks to the perfect southern exposure, on the orographic left of the valley, it remains sunny for most of the day. There is pleasant daily ventilation and rainfall is around 500 mm/year. Such a favorable microclimate for the vineyard allows us to work in an exclusively natural way.
Ours is an artisanal and artistic type of work in collaboration with nature, in full respect of it.

The products
The company does not produce DOP (Protected Designation of Origin) wines.
White wines: “Petit bout de lune” (association of Chardonnay and Erbaluce), “Enticelle” (Erbaluce), “L’air des Cimes” (Gamay and Petit Rouge vinified into white)
Red wines: “L’essence de la forêt” (Cornalin), “Si” (Petit Rouge), “esprit pourpre” (Gamay) “Au coin du feu” (Petit Rouge, Vien de Nus, Fumin, Pinot Nero, Dolcetto and other varieties in lesser quantities), “Ici et maintenant” (Syrah and Mondeuse), “Entre terre et ciel” (Petit Verdot Cabernet Franc, Pinot Nero, Gamay), “Comptine d’automne” (Pinot noir), “Grain de neige” (Petit verdot and Cabernet franc)

The visit
It is possible to visit the winery and the vineyards, located in a panoramic area with a view of the city of Aosta.
During the visit it is also possible to taste the different wines. A contribution is requested according to the quantity of bottles opened for the tasting.
The winery can be visited all year round, in accordance with our work and family, by booking via telephone or e-mail, for a maximum of 10 people.

Languages spoken: Italian, French and English.

How to get there
Directions will be provided at the time of booking.

In Ilaria’s family no one can explain how she chose to work the vineyards. There are no farmers among her ancestors and she has always studied the classics. But it was precisely the obstinacy which her literary career required that taught her to resist the hardships and take her own path. The first encounter with the grapevine dates back to her university days, in Piedmont, when, to support herself, she found employment in a cooperative that followed some winegrowers. Taking advantage of the knowledge acquired, she returned to Valle d’Aosta, to work the vineyards of others at first, then her own, investing the legacy of her grandfather, Vieux Joseph, in the land. Soon she added new plots to the initial nucleus, owned by the neighboring eldery. Today Ilaria takes care of two hectares, from which she produces three different wines.

The products
White DOC (Controlled Designation of Origin) wines: Petit Prince Pinot Gris, which has a small percentage of Muscat Petit Grain
Red DOC wines: Mariadzo, a blend of Cornalin, Vien de Nus and Pinot Noir, and makes a 10% barrique

It also produces the Clos de Cartésan red wine, a cru of older vines, aged for 18 months and a 25% barrique.

The visit
You can visit the winery and the vineyards and during the visit you can taste 3 wines produced by the winery.
The winery can be visited all year round, by reservation, for a maximum of 7 people.

Languages spoken: Italian, French and a bit of English.

How to get there
Directions will be provided by telephone at the time of booking.

Maison Agricole D&D Fleurie is a small farm founded in 2002 with the aim of maintaining the family’s land and recovering abandoned plots on the hill of Aosta. The family-run company has taken up the work done by the grandparents who, at the beginning of the 1900s, cultivated the vine, and then by the parents who participated, in the 70s, in the first exhibitions of D.O.C. (Controlled Designation of Origin) wines of Valle d’Aosta, with an increase in surface area of about 3.000 square meters to the current 3 hectares. The cultivation of the vineyards, all steeply sloping, mainly manual, foresees a limited use of pesticides and exclusively organic fertilizers, according to the practices of an integrated struggle to protect the environment. Both the experience and knowledge of past times and modern technology are used for the vinification, obtaining wines that express the essence of the mountain ‘terroir’.

The products
White DOP (Protected Designation of Origin) wines: Muscat Petit Grain Valle d’Aosta DOP, Petite Arvine Valle d’Aosta DOP
Red DOP: Pinot Noir Valle d’Aosta DOP, Gamay Valle d’Aosta DOP, Torrette Valle d’Aosta DOP, Torrette Supérieur Valle d’Aosta DOP, Syrah Valle d’Aosta DOP, Fumin Valle d’Aosta DOP
Rosè DOP wines: Rosé Laetitia Valle d’Aosta DOP
Other wines: Deux Petits Doux (wine from overripe grapes)

Honey: different types of organic honey, including acacia, rhododendron, chestnut, three types of mountain wildflower honey.

There is no shop permanently open, but it is possible to taste and buy the products during the visit.

The visit
The company can be visited all year round upon reservation to be made by phone some days before the visit.
The winery, the vineyards and the honey laboratory can be visited.
Number of visitors required for a visit: max 20 people
Languages spoken: Italian and French

How to get there
Coming from the motorway Turin-Aosta, take the Aosta Est exit and continue on State highway 26 towards Courmayeur. At the fourth roundabout, take the second exit on the right, direction Bioula, after about 1 km uphill on the left you will find the company sign.

The Ottin winery was founded in the early nineties from the passion of a young farmer for wine and for his land. A passion that comes from afar, inherited from the family, mountain winemakers for generations. In 2007 a new challenge: vinification of the grapes on his own, until then it had been carried out by a local cooperative.
Ottin wines are produced largely from local vines, grown in areas naturally suited to viticulture, where the vine thrives with balance, according to environmentally friendly production techniques.

The products
White DOC (Controlled Designation of Origin) wines: Petite Arvine Vallée d’Aoste DOC,
Red DOC wines: Pinot Noir Vallée d’Aoste DOC, Torrette Supérieur Vallée d’Aoste DOC, Fumin Vallée d’Aoste DOC.
Other wines:
White wines: Nuance (Petite Arvine)
Red wines: L’Emerico (Pinot Noir)

There is a sales point open upon appointment.

The visit
The company can be visited all year round upon reservation to be made by email or by telephone (Elio Ottin) with a few days’ notice.
The winery offers three tasting experiences (details are available here).
Number of visitors required to visit: min 1 / max 20.
Languages spoken: Italian, French and English.

How to get there
From the centre of Aosta, take the regional highway to Roisan. The company is located about 3 km from the town.

The winery was born out of the dream of bringing the noises, smells and emotions deriving from the transformation of an agricultural production back to the centre of the city of Aosta, within the historic premises of the ancient Mulino della Ressaz.
The great-grandparents Tanteun and Marietta, with their life’s work and their stubbornness, gave their great grandchildren the opportunity to take their first steps in the great and wonderful world of wine.
Tanteun bequeathed the space in which the winery is located, where with foresight he kept the old mill hidden and protected; Marietta passed on her passion for wine and vine cultivation, making her grandson Emiro promise to replant his vineyard in Champagnole, where it all started.
Since 2012, the creators of the company Federico and Alessandra have been cultivating two hectares of old vineyards and transforming the grapes into 10.000 bottles of white and red D.O.C. (Controlled Denomination of Origin).

The products
White DOC (Controlled Designation of Origin) wines: La Tocca, Vallée d’Aoste Muscat Petit grain, Valle d’Aosta Pinot gris “Bizelle”
Red DOC wines: Lo Toque, Valle d’Aosta Pinot noir “R.E.M.”, Valle d’Aosta Pinot noir “R.E.M. X”, Valle d’Aosta Rouge “Farouche”, Valle d’Aosta Rouge “Boheme”

There is a sales point open upon appointment.

The visit
The winery, located in the historic premises of the old Ressaz Mill, can be visited all year round, by reservation, and during the visit it is possible to taste the products.
There is no minimum number of people required, large groups can be split into smaller groups if necessary.

Languages spoken: Italian, French, English and Portuguese.

How to get there
The company is located in a courtyard of the 1700s, opposite the central bus station of Aosta; it can therefore be reached by public transports, by car or on foot.

The cooperative currently includes 50 granting members for a total of 1000 quintals of grapes.
Production is about 90.000 bottles/year. Management is totally entrusted to the cooperative, from the choice of varieties and clones, to the choice of altitude for planting and the exposure to the sun, to end with the the care of the farmland, the thinning out of the grapevines and the harvesting of the grapes.
All the vineyards are located at an altitude between 380 and 500 meters above sea level with the white and aromatic varieties positioned in the area of highest altitude, and descending, at the lower altitudes, the vineyards in which the production of wine with a greater structure and body for aging in wooden barrels.

La Kiuva restaurant offers traditional recipes and typical dishes. It is also possible to buy local products on site.

The products
White DOP (Protected Designation of Origin) wines: Chardonnay
RedDOP wines: Nebbiolo “Picotendro”, Merlot, Arnad-Montjovet Supérieur, Arnad-Montjovet

Other products:
Sparkling wines: Seigneurs de Vallaise, Traverse raverse (pure nebbiolo)
Table wines: Blanc du Mont, Rosé Mariage, Rouge du Mont
Distillates and liqueurs: Ku-Miel (honey liqueur), Picotendro grappa

There is a sales point open from Monday to Thursday from 7.30 am to 6.00 pm all day, Friday, Saturday Sunday from 8.00 am to 10 pm.

The visit
The company can be visited all year round upon reservation to be made by email, fax or telephone. It is possible to visit the winery, the vineyards and the old cellars of the company, which are made available to the cooperative in the heart of the village of Arnad. The company also organises guided tours of the hamlet of Ville, through the small village streets, up to the Vallaise Castle.
You can taste wines and local products upon reservation, even in the next-door restaurant owned by the winery.

Languages spoken: Italian and French (English and German on request).

How to get there
Enter the center of the village. At the roundabout, turn right (if you are coming from Turin) or left (if you are coming from Aosta). Follow the signs for “La Kiuva vendita vino” or “La Kiuva restaurant”.

The wine business began in 1973 with his father Cesarino, and Dino Bonin has continued it since 1987. Currently about 2.5 hectares of vineyards are cultivated, all located in the municipality of Arnad and planted in rows with Guyot-style pruning. The area is sunny and breezy, characterized by a pleasantly mild climate which favors the development of numerous types of vines. The annual production is around 12.000 bottles, divided up among seven qualities of wine, all DOP (Protected Designation of Origin), in a range that covers the complete span of a meal, from aperitifs to desserts.

The products
Vallée d’Aoste Chardonnay Dop, Vallée d’Aoste Petite Arvine Dop, Vallée d’Aoste Pinot Noir vinifié en blanc Dop, Vallée d’Aoste Chardonnay vendange tardive Dop, Vallée d’Aoste Pinot Noir Dop, Vallée d’Aoste Arnad Montjovet Dop , Vallée d’Aoste Nebbiolo Picotendro DOP, Vallée d’Aoste Merlot Dop e il Vino Bianco Lo Risolet.
Grappa

There is no store open permanently, but it is possible to buy the products directly at the winery upon phone reservation.

The visit
It is possible to visit the winery and its vineyards, located in an area where the pleasant climate favours the development of numerous types of vines.
The company can be visited all year round by making a telephone reservation (Bonin Dino) at least 1 week in advance.
Cost of the visit per person: from € 10.00 to € 15.00 depending on the number of wines and possible tasting of other typical products
Number of visitors required to make a visit: min 4 / max 25
Languages spoken: Italian and French

How to get there
Coming from A5, exit at the Verrès tollbooth, follow the SS 26 for 4 km in the direction of Ivrea. Once in the town of Arnad, at the roundabout follow the signs for the sanctuary of Machaby. After about 1300 meters, turn left onto a dead-end street.

A legend tells of two wayfarers who, passing through Arvier and arrived in the parish, asked to see the priest; the priest housekeeper replied that it was not possible because the curate was in “hell”. In reality, she referred to the Enfer vineyards, the magnificent natural amphitheater located on the left bank of the Dora Baltea and so called because it is exposed in full sun, to the south, with a very hot microclimate, despite the altitude of 800 meters.
Viticulture in Arvier has roots far back in time; documents attest as early as 1312 the possession of vineyards by the inhabitants of the place.
Heir to this tradition, the Co-Enfer cooperative winery was founded in 1975. Today it manages the entire wine-making process, from the cultivation of the 5 hectares of land, conferred by more than 100 members, to the marketing of the approximately 35.000 bottles produced every year adding the five labels: Enfer, Clos, Digne du Pape, Mayolet and Triskell.
In the cellar, an original reinterpretation of traditional mountain architecture, the grapes are processed according to traditional methods but with the help of modern technologies.
Intense, full-bodied, Enfer d’Arvier was among the first Valle d’Aosta wines to obtain the DOC Denomination, in 1972. It is a red wine made in purity with grapes of the autochthonous Petit rouge grape which, if necessary, can be integrated, up to a maximum of 15%, with 5 other grapes.
Since 2016, the Triskell (brut classic method sparkling wine) has been produced with the native Mayolet grape variety and rests with the yeasts in the bottle for a period ranging from 36 to 48 months, before disgorgement and marketing.
For some years now, winemakers who are not equipped for production have been able to bring their grapes to the cooperative which takes care of the winemaking, bottling, packaging and storage operations against payment of the service.

Products

Wines Enfer, Clos, Digne du Pape, Mayolet e Triskell.

For the opening hours of the wine store please contact the company by telephone or email.

Visit

The company is open all year round for visits and tastings, from Monday to Saturday, upon reservation. According to the customer’s needs there are different typologies of tastings, booking is required.  

Spoken languages: Italian, French and English.

How to get there

From Aosta, take national road 26 in the direction of Courmayeur until the village of Arvier (17 km). After the Hotel Le Clou, on the right, leave the national road at the railway station sign and follow the signs for the Co-Enfer.
Coming from the Mont Blanc Tunnel, after the Arvier roundabout go through a wide right curve and turn left at the sign of the railway station. Then follow the signs for the Co-Enfer.
Parking stall for buses 300 meters from the cellar.

The Thomain winery is based in the small village of Arvier, about 14 kilometers from Aosta, and consists of two hectares of vineyards on the right side of the Dora Baltea, called, since ancient times,by the French name for “hell” - enfer - due to the high temperatures and aridity of the soil that the peculiar exposure and orographic conformation give it.
A unique DOC (Controlled Denomination of Origin) wine is born here for its characteristics and organoleptic properties, called the Enfer.
The history of the Thomain company begins in 1920 with Giuseppe and continues with the later generations, with his son Maurizio and now with his grandson Danilo.
The Thomain winery is completely family-run.

The products
Red DOP (Protected Designation of Origin) wines: Enfer d’Arvier DOC (Controlled Denomination of Origin)

The visit
The company can be visited all year round, upon reservation one week in advance by phone or email (maximum 50 people).It is possible to visit the winery and the charming vineyards, with tastings of the typical Enfer wine.

Languages spoken: Italian and French.

How to get there
Via the A5 motorway, exit Aosta Ovest, towards the municipality of Aymavilles, take SS 26 for about 14 km.