The 5/6 oenotourism ride
In the hillsides of the Vully, with 1,200 gourmets of local products
For 23 years, local products have been in the spotlight on the third Saturday in July, on the viticultural path of the Vully, between Vaud and Friborg.
On the viticultural path of the vully “Pinot Noir”, more than 1,200 guests benefited from the region, the third Saturday in July.
Marie-Lou Dumauthioz
- The gourmet walk from Vully-les-Lacs welcomes 1,200 participants on the wine path.
- The Vully vineyard, the smallest in Switzerland, covers 150 hectares between Vaud and Friborg.
- Vully’s artificial caves once sheltered 110 soldiers during the First World War.
- Madeleine Ruedin’s Lestreix eye seduces with its notes of fresh red fruit.
“It is the most beautiful region in the world.” On this wet Saturday, Emilie Savary, who lives in Saint-Aubin (FR), in La Broye, and who works in Vully-les-Lacs (VD), is dithyrambic about the Vully region. Not having grown up in this region, she participates, a boater on the head, in the traditional gourmet walk from Vully-les-Lacs, in the middle of 1,200 guests.
Among these, Catherine Rossier tempers the enthusiasm of adopted broyarde. “You are not neutral, since you live here,” smiles her friend Chablaisienne. From the Hauts de Bellerive, the view is plunging from Lake Morat. “The glance from the church of Cotterd is magnificent,” admits Catherine.
Besides the vigrant wines, the vully cake, sweet or salty, is one of the specialties not to be missed during a visit.
Marie-Lou Dumauthioz
For the occasion, the participants follow two parts of the Vully wine path. Between the Broye plain and the Grand Marais, this corner of the country is in the center of the vegetable garden in Switzerland. Culminating at 651 meters, the hill houses 150 hectares of vines spread over two cantons.
Smaller vineyard in the country
Representing 1% of the country’s wine area, it is the smallest vineyard in Switzerland, two thirds on the canton of Friborg and a third on that of Vaud. Freiburger et Traminer There are the two emblematic cultures there, but the two main grape varieties are Chasselas (60%) and Pinot Noir (25%, read below). The main market is German -speaking Switzerland. A wine path winds in this terroir overhanging the 8 km in length of Lake Morat.
The wine path winds on the local of the vully overhanging the 8 km long of Lake Morat.
Marie-Lou Dumauthioz
Three courses are offered. The “La Riviera” path (5 km) connects several localities from the Friborg commune of Mont-Vully. The “Chasselas” (5 km) and “Pinot Noir” (4 km) itineraries can be combined for a larger walk. For the 1200 gastronomes, the proposed circuit mainly uses the “Pinot Noir” trail. It ideally starts at Vallamand-dessous landing, accessible by car and with the LNM boats. He climbs to the church of Cotterd, before returning towards Vallamand-deSus, then descend to the lake for a drop of about 180 meters in total.
“The weather is nice everywhere in the vully, but my favorite corner could well be the chenevières sector, where the view is engaging,” laughs Jacks Kohler, president of the organizing committee of the day. Winemaker and singer, Jean-Claude Hurni organizes a family music festival every summer in these steep hillsides, of which current edition must be the last.
With each stop of the ride, eight wines from Vaudois producers of neighboring vines are to be enjoyed.
Marie-Lou Dumauthioz
The history of the vineyard and the pioneers
Former restaurateur of Salavaux and the Enclave d’Avenches, Jacks has been on the committee since the beginnings of this gastronomic trip twenty-three years ago. And according to him, the rain was only invited twice, including one in 2025. Fortunately, the sun quickly resumed its rights. The objective was then to promote local products and shops. Sweet or salty vully cake, cheeses or lake zasies are in particular on the program. As well as eight wines from Vaudois producers of neighboring vines with each stop. Difficult to resist!
Throughout the road, various panels present the work of the winemakers, the history of the vineyard or the pranks of marauding birds. In the center of the village of Vallamand-dessus, A memorial recalls that this is where Ernest Failloubaz grew. Born on July 21, 1892, the one who was nicknamed the “Knight Kid of Avenches” was honored with the patent, number 1, of the country’s pilot in October 1910. At the controls of the Grandjeanfrom the inventor of genius René Grandjean (1884-1963), born in the neighboring village of Bellerive, he had made the country’s first flight in May, then connected Avenches to Payerne in September.
In addition to vully wines, the Broyarde region is also known for its tobacco crops.
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“The route is neither long nor difficult and the view is magnificent. Not to mention the splendid houses, which would make you want to buy here. But it is probably not in our means, ”take up, a little further, Morgane Wirthner and Stéphanie Alonso. For the two friends, who came from Lausanne and stalls respectively, it is time to take advantage of the sun returned to taste a slice of the inimitable local cake. Another delicious treasure.
See also: Vully caves
Excavated in the molasse, the caves of the gray rocks of the Lamberta are artificial caves located above Môtier.
Marie-Lou Dumauthioz
“We like to be in nature and these caves are in the middle of a forest. We do not live far, so we often come to get some fresh air. ” Coming from Morat with her children Lalia and Ilardo, Linda sums up the tourist destination of the Vully caves. It could add that the site is ideal for cooling off when hot weather. The soil of the galleries is however dusty and it is therefore necessary to think of dressing accordingly. Picnic place with grill and wc nearby are also available.
Excavated in the molasse, the caves of the gray rocks of the Lamberta are artificial caves located above Môtier. They are accessible from the village in twenty minutes of walking or in five minutes from the Grottes car park near the Mont-Vully restaurant, in Lugnorre.
The old infantry work was built between 1916 and 1917 and offers more than 200 meters of galleries. Welcoming machine guns and two observation stations, this cave complex made it possible to house 110 men and to protect the axis of Lake Morat, during the First World War.
The old infantry work was built between 1916 and 1917 and offers more than 200 meters of galleries.
Marie-Lou Dumauthio/Tamedia
The southern part of Mont-Vully was not wooded during its construction and the support point was completely excavated without explosive. The gray rocks were designed according to the principle of the counter-skill, that is, not to see further than the practical scope of the weapon.
There are various murders for machine guns, cantonment niches for 48 lying men and shelters for 60 soldiers. Today, these caves have become the paradise of small ones for long parts of hide and seek. Speleology clubs are going willingly to train to map caves, without too much effort. “My son is sometimes afraid in the dark. He asks me to follow him with a flashlight. And there, he sees characters in the shade, ”concludes Linda.
The bottle: Madeleine RUDIND
Viticulturalist in Salavaux, Madeleine Ruedin presents her partridge eye.
Marie-Lou Dumauthio/Tamedia
If the Chasselas remains the king’s grape of the vully and the sublime molasse traminates them and freiburger, our palace was seduced by the freshness of the eye of Madeleine Ruedin partridge. “It is a Pinot Noir rosé, with notes of red fruits and wood strawberries. Rich, he brings a little freshness, ”describes the winemaker, met on a stand, like all his colleagues.
Having grown up in a Vignerne neuchâtel family, Madeleine Ruedin vinifies her vintages since 2009, in Salavaux. She buys her grape. His rosé accompanied Sandre’s frying on the layout of the gourmet ride. Aperitif wine, it could also be enjoyed with white meat or a spicy dish.
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