Currently in the glass: Mathier
The wine pairings for our current surprise menu have been personally curated for us by the Mathier family from Salgesch. With each course, you can look forward to a selected Valais wine that complements the flavours of the dish and, at times, creates entirely new flavour combinations.
The long-established family-run winery Adrian & Diego Mathier has been synonymous with Valais wine quality, diversity and the fusion of tradition and innovation for four generations. We are delighted to present a selection of their wines here at Piocher.
No card. But a surprise instead.
Piocher
Piocher is the gourmet section of Restaurant Tenne in Gluringen in the Goms Valley. At just four tables, Fernando Michlig and Christoph Kummer serve a surprise menu consisting of four or six courses. There is deliberately no menu—what ends up on your plate is determined by the season, special ingredients, and the creativity of our chefs.
By the way: The Piocher has been awarded 13 GaultMillau points.
Cooking whatever we feel like.
At Piocher, Fernando and Christoph are free to let their creativity run wild. The menu changes roughly every five to six weeks. They cook with seasonal and, whenever possible, regional ingredients, using classic culinary techniques and drawing inspiration that may sometimes come from farther afield.
The idea behind it is simple: You choose four or six courses—with a wine pairing if you’d like—and let us take care of the rest. Because at the four tables at Piocher, the focus isn’t on the menu or long deliberations, but on good food, wine, and a lovely evening together.
4-course surprise menu · CHF 92.–
6-course surprise menu · CHF 120.–
We’re happy to accommodate food intolerances and special dietary requests whenever possible. We are unable to offer a strictly vegan menu at Piocher.
One winery. Many discoveries.
When it comes to wine, surprises are also part of the Piocher experience. Each meal is paired with wines from a selected Valais winery. For each course, we consult with the winemaker—but we deliberately leave the final choice of the perfect wine entirely up to them. After all, no one knows the character and unique qualities of their wines better than they do.
This results in pairings that surprise more than just our guests. We, too, continually discover new aspects of a winery or wines that we might not have chosen ourselves at first. It is precisely this personal exchange with the Valais winemakers that, for us, is an integral part of the Piocher experience.
Wine pairings can be selected to accompany the menu upon request.
“We cook what we enjoy and what we like to eat ourselves. And the best part is when our guests go along with it and simply enjoy the experience.”
– Fernando Michlig, host & chef at Tenne
