Fête des Vignerons-Festival ’77, Vintage Postcard, Vevey Switzerland

Dimensions: 10.5 x 14.7 cm. (4.1 x 5.7″)

Publisher/Editor: Photoglob SA, Vevey

Condition: Postally used, backside written and postmarked. Good condition with some signs of age.

Notes: Cent-Suisses, Chillon Castle.

The Fête des Vignerons (Winegrowers’ Festival) is a traditional festival which takes place in Vevey, in Switzerland. It has been organised by the Confrérie des Vignerons (Brotherhood of Winegrowers) in Vevey since 1797. The organising committee is free to choose how often the festival takes place, but the idea is that it is held once in a generation. Up to now, the interval between two festivals has varied between 14 and 28 years. The most recent festival took place in July and August 2019, 20 years after the preceding one (1999). The festival features a show celebrating the world of winemaking; performances take place in the Vevey marketplace on the shores of Lake Geneva, and other festivities are organised around the town. Since 2016, the Fête des Vignerons has been included in UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage. The 2019 edition of the festival was recommended as one of National Geographic’s “world’s most exciting destinations”, one of The New York Times’s “places to go in 2019” and was listed in The Guardian’s “Where to go in 2019” list. (Wikipedia)