https://winebrotherhoods.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ProgrammeODLC2024.pdf

The Ordre de la Channe, the first wine brotherhood in the Valais, was founded on 1 December 1957 at Château de Villa in Sierre. The brotherhood was the result of the mixing and pooling of ideas put forward on numerous occasions by men who respected good wine, wished to pay tribute to it and wanted to propagate it ever more widely. Its first President was Dr Henry Wuilloud, one of the great names in Valais winegrowing.

Procureur = Président

Officers of the Council = Comity members

Knights = members

Bachelors = junior members from 16 to 36 years old

Esquire = candidates

NEWS

The ODLC brotherhood organises chapters during which new members are inducted in a very formal manner. It also organises tastings, visits to wineries, workshops and conferences on vines, wine and gastronomy, as well as Disnées and other events. Please refer to the annual programme.