46.48° N · 6.78° E · Lavaux
Lavaux has dozens of small wineries that are not always open to the public. The Vinorama in Rivaz brings together close to 300 wines from its winegrowers and serves them in guided tastings: three chasselas from different domaines for CHF 17, or the full tasting with cheeses for CHF 45.
Part of Lavaux
Who offers it
Independent companies: you book with them, on their terms. Prices are as they publish them and may change.
Step by step
On foot along the terraces route, by train to Rivaz or by CGN boat.
You choose one of the four tastings at the bar or on the terrace over the lake.
The wines from the tasting can be bought on the spot.
Chasselas is the white grape of Lavaux, and here you see why every village defends its own. A good break halfway along the terraces route, because Rivaz has a station and a landing stage.
The Lavaux Vinorama is the discovery centre for the wines of Lavaux. It opened in 2010 in Rivaz, on the lakeshore, in part of the old Forestay mill complex, documented since 1420. Inside there is a large library of about 300 wines from the area's winegrowers, a tasting room and a terrace over Lake Geneva. The soils of the vineyard's eight production sites are explained with pieces of rock, Hervé Detomasi's geoliths, and outside, beside the south car park, there are vines of the main Lavaux varieties.
You can order a whole bottle from the list, try the selection of the week or take a guided tasting. Whatever you taste can be bought on the spot.
All are served with bread and butter flûtes.
The Vinorama also runs a Wine Tour: about three hours of guided walking through the vineyard, with a visit to a cellar and a tasting of three wines, and a second tasting of three more wines at the Vinorama, for CHF 75 per person. It leaves on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays: at 15:00 in May, until mid-June, in September and in October, and at 11:00 from mid-June to August. You must book online. From November to April it only runs on request, with a minimum of six people and a week's notice.
For groups or couples there are private cultural walks of one to two hours, from CHF 235 for up to seven people, plus the tasting you choose; they are booked a week in advance.
It closes for holidays from 1 to 21 January 2027 and reopens that day at 10:30. On Wednesday 18 November 2026 it closes at 18:00.
It is at Route du Lac 2, the lakeside road, in Rivaz. By train, you get off at Rivaz station, on the Lausanne to Vevey line. By boat, the CGN calls at the village's landing stage. On foot, Rivaz is on the Lavaux terraces route, about two and a half hours from Lutry. If you come by car, there is parking beside the building, to the south.
For adults. If you are with children, combine the tasting with the boat on Lake Geneva or the Lavaux Express. If you are driving, a three-wine tasting is already a lot: better to come by train or boat.
Who it's for
What to bring
Map
What you have around the starting point.
More to do
Itineraries
Tips
"Le Roi des cépages" compares three chasselas from different domaines: it is the best introduction.
The "Expérience ultime" tasting includes a red from this historic Lavaux grape.
From November to April it is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, and in January and February on Wednesdays too.
Questions
Between CHF 17 and CHF 45 per person, depending on the number of wines.
You can turn up without a booking, but the website lets you book the experience. The Wine Tour does require online booking.
From May to October, every day from 10:30 to 20:00 (Sunday until 19:00). In winter it closes on some weekdays.
By train to Rivaz or by CGN boat, which calls at the village landing stage.
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