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02 - Cultivation

A hundred days. One summer. One character.

Tobacco is a plant that listens. It remembers the August heat, the June rain, the cool nights before harvest. Every season writes its own vintage.

Tobacco field in morning light
Porte-cueilleurs, Cugy, août 2023

Agriculture instead of industry

Tobacco does not grow in factories. It grows in fields.

Between sowing and harvest lie months of decisions, observation and patience. The plant sets the pace. People accompany it.

Honest tobacco emerges where agriculture remains more important than yield.

Soil & climate

Swiss soil
makes Swiss tobacco.

Soil

Loamy, well-aerated soils across the Mittelland and along Lake Constance. Mineral-rich, balanced, with a memory for water.

Climate

Warm summer days, cool nights, Föhn winds. That tension is what lays down aroma in the leaf - quietly, but with precision.

Water

We barely intervene. Swiss rain is enough. In dry years the leaf comes back smaller and more concentrated.

Crop protection

Pesticide-free and GMO-free. That is not a certificate. That is a stance.

„We only process as much tobacco as a year brings forth. Nature sets the beat. We work in its rhythm."

The season

One season in five chapters.

  1. 01March - April

    Sowing

    Young seedlings under glass. The first breath of a long journey.

  2. 02May

    Planting

    Rows are drawn, plants set into the field. The soil does the rest.

  3. 03June - July

    Growth

    Sun, rain, warmth. The plants decide what they will become.

  4. 04August

    Ripeness

    The leaves begin to change colour. We wait and watch.

  5. 05September

    Hand harvest

    Leaf by leaf. At the right moment. Not an hour too early.

Champ de tabac, Montagny, 2023

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