Creative, courageous and exceptionally talented, the Chantons have been cultivating unique grape varieties worldwide since 1944, now in their third generation. At the end of the 1970s, Josef-Marie Chanton, son of company founder Oskar, breathed new life into the Lafnetscha grape variety. Over the course of the 1980s, he vinified Himbertscha, Gwäss and later Eyholzer Roter and Plantscher, four other grape varieties that had fallen into oblivion. A pioneering achievement and a talent that lives on in the family business: since 2008, his son Mario Chanton has been managing the winery and actively helping to shape the individual Chanton philosophy and the family's wine knowledge. GaultMillau calls him the "guardian of the terroir".
With his vision, Josef-Marie Chanton led the winery to the successful and modern business it is today. Quality and rarities have always been his top priority. His wife Marlis Chanton was responsible for the external appearance of the company, the labels and the interior design. She implemented the idea of transferring the character of the wine to the labels with young artists. Mario Chanton does not simply continue traditions. He is looking for new ways to realize his ideas, courageously like his father. The first successes are already emerging.
