L’Alpage (formerly known as L'Alpage Fendant) is the quintessential white wine to slake one’s thirst after a day of skiing or mountaineering, the perfect wine to have with raclette or cave-aged Gruyère, the very calling cards of Switzerland. The name L’Alpage refers to the mountain meadows where thefamed Swiss dairy cows graze in summer. If you need a mental image, they’re a lot like to beginning of the Sound of Music.