7: Cultivating Change: Hoss Hauksson on Biodiversity and Swiss Winemaking

Welcome to Episode 7 of TRINKTalks! Join Paula and Valerie as they sit down with Hoss Hauksson of Hauksson Weine, in Klingnau Switzerland. In this episode Hoss discusses his passion for biodynamics and his research into Shamanism and plant communication. He also elaborates on his experimentation when it comes to the plantings within his vineyard plots. This is truly an interesting topic you are not going to want to miss!

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ABOUT GUEST HOSS HAUKSSON

Originally from Reykjavik, Iceland; in 2009 Hoss Hauksson moved to Switzerland where he worked in the financial sector. Always passionate about wine and nature, some time later he began making wine from his laundry room at home. In 2016,  Hoss rented his first plot of Pinot Noir in Remi gen, in central-northern Switzerland, in Aargau. He established the winery in nearby Rufenach and in 2017 he put his first official vintage on the market. In the following years he rented other plots where there are white grapes such as Kerner, Pinot Grigio and Muller Thurgau. Hoss is passionate about the principles of biodynamics and firmly believes that nature must find its balance without force or invasive intervention.

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Founders Paula Redes Sidore, based in Germany, and Valerie Kathawala, in New York, were brought together by their shared love for these wines and the conviction that a deep understanding of the cultural contexts in which they are embedded is essential to appreciating them fully. 

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ABOUT THE HOSTS OF TRINK TALKS

Valerie Kathawala specializes in the wine cultures, traditions, and innovations of Germany, Austria, South Tyrol, and Switzerland, as well as those closer to her home in New York City. Her work appears in the pages of Noble Rot, The Art of Eating, SevenFifty Daily, Meininger’s Wine Business International, Pipette, Glug, Pellicle and a number of other publications. She is the co-founder and co-editor of the wine magazine TRINK. She is currently at work researching and writing a new course (2025) on German wines for the Wine Scholar Guild. 

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