Caveau des Vignerons
Rue Industrielle 30bis CH-1820 Montreux | | Jérôme Deschamps Tel. +41 21 963 25 70 Fax +41 21 961 13 35 |
Cuisine non-stop de 11h à 23h - Non-stop cooking from 11am till 11pm |
We are open every day from 10 a.m. till midnight, and we cook until 11 p.m.
The Winegrowers' Vault
The "Caveau des Vignerons" was reconstructed in what used to be a winegrowers' cellar where the winegrowers used to make their wine. In autumn, once gathered and pressed, the grapes give a sweet juice which, after fermentation and vinification in large oak barrels, develop into a dry white or red wine, characteristic of this region.
The "pressoir" (grapes press), a majestic instrument, reigned over this old place. We converted its wood into the heavy table tops of our wine cellar. The hunting scene above the fire place was carved by a Montreux artisan, Pierre Cochard. On the walls, drawings of a winegrower and of a peasant girl in traditional costume perpetuate the atmosphere of days gone by... |
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