Sierre vineyards and Château de Villa

Warm stone on dry-stacked walls, the faint click of pruning shears in the distance: drop down from Crans-Montana and you reach sun-bathed Sierre, with roughly 300 clear days a year. Château de Villa, a 17th‑century manor turned vinothèque, lists over 650 Valais wines and pours focused flights of the native grapes—Cornalin, Humagne Rouge, Petite Arvine. Along the way you’ll hear how the valley wind tames botrytis on Salgesch’s terraces and why dry-stone walls hold the day’s heat deep into the evening.

This half-day is easy: your driver meets you at your Crans hotel at 1 pm in a spotless Mercedes, on standby for each stop. First Sierre, then the Salgesch slopes 6 km away; you taste while he drives, browse the wine library, and walk 30–45 minutes on the vineyard trail if you like. On request, your private chauffeur in the Crans-Montana area pre-books at Château de Villa and waits by the cellars so you can step out hands free for a photo over the Rhône flats at sunset.