Winery · Courmayeur

Glacier-Aged Sparkling Wine at 2,173m on Rotating SkyWay

At 2,173m on the rotating Skyway cable car, the Cuvée des Guides ferments in Europe's highest sparkling wine cellar — 100 exclusive magnums yearly from Mont Blanc's oldest vineyard.

What to do there

TastingGlacier-Aged Sparkling Wine at 2,173m on Rotating SkyWayRide the world's most expensive cable car—a €110 million rotating gondola that spins 360° as you ascend—to Pavillon station at 2,173m. Taste Cave Mont Blanc's Cuvée des Guides, a sparkling wine aged for 18 months in a glacier at 2,590m where mountain guides carried yeast up on foot. This is Europe's highest wine cellar, and you're drinking "glacier bubbles" while viewing the actual Mont Blanc massif where they were made. The terroir is vertical. The story is absurd. The photos are legendary.

Wineries nearby

Winery Cave des Onze Communes A 60-hectare organic cooperative spanning 11 Alpine municipalities at 550-900m, where steep terrain demands hand-tending of 20 wine typologies—from Fumin to Chardonnay—across five medieval castles' wine-growing district.
Winery Via Roma Aperitivo Wine Bar Crawl Courmayeur's aperitivo hour—sip local wines on Via Roma as Mont Blanc glows at sunset, with cured meats and cheeses in this Alpine village at the foot of Europe's tallest peak.
Winery · Morgex Cave Mont Blanc Europe's highest vineyards (900-1200m) in a 1983 cooperative of 70 mountain families producing Prié Blanc on ungrafted, centuries-old vines, creating 'glacier bubbles' sparkling wines from the shadow of Mont Blanc.