Winemaker
Claude Auberson
- Discipline
- Winemaker
- Based in
- La Neuveville, Switzerland
i. Biography
Claude Auberson is the winegrower and cellar master of Auberson & Fils SA in La Neuveville, Switzerland, carrying a family cellar founded in 1954 by Jules Auberson into the present. The path runs through Lake Biel vineyards, a father-and-son estate, and a Chardonnay tied to Domaine Frôté since its creation.
Early Years
The cellar at the family wine estate began in 1954, when Jules Auberson created it in La Neuveville. That origin gives Claude’s work a clear inheritance: not a detached technical post, but a place where family name, cellar, vines and village meet. The estate’s tradition is active rather than decorative. Michel Auberson and his son Claude run the wine estate together, linking the generation that holds the family line with the generation responsible for daily winegrowing and cellar work.
Making a Name
Range is central to the work. On Lake Biel vineyards, the estate cultivates Chasselas, Pinot noir, Chardonnay, Pinot gris and Pinot blanc, giving Claude a palette that moves across Switzerland’s familiar white-wine grammar, red Burgundy varieties and multiple expressions of Chardonnay and Pinot. The full vineyard picture is wider still: Michel and Claude Auberson cultivate more than 40 grape varieties. That number carries weight because it frames the cellar master’s task not as one narrow specialty, but as an annual exercise in selection, timing and precision across many different grapes. One signature thread leads to Domaine Frôté in La Neuveville. Chardonnay Domaine Frôté was developed in the 1980s by François and Claude Frôté in close collaboration with the Auberson family, and Claude Auberson has made Domaine Frôté’s Chardonnay since the estate’s creation.
The Present
Today, Claude works at the intersection of vines, cellar and family responsibility. He is listed as the contact for Auberson & Fils SA, a practical detail that points to the public-facing side of his role as well as the agricultural and cellar work behind the wines. The estate’s production style is conventional, and its stated approach places particular care on balancing modern techniques with traditional methods out of respect for people and the environment. In that balance, Claude’s work sits between continuity and adaptation: the cellar founded in 1954, the Lake Biel vineyards, the more than 40 varieties, and the Chardonnay made for Domaine Frôté all remain part of the same La Neuveville story.
Profile updated July 2026
FAQ
Asked of Claude
What roles has Claude Auberson held?
Claude Auberson has worked as winegrower and cellar master at Auberson & Fils SA and has made Domaine Frôté’s Chardonnay since that estate’s creation.
What is Claude Auberson doing now?
He runs the Auberson & Fils wine estate with Michel Auberson in La Neuveville and is listed as its contact.
Where else has Claude Auberson worked?
His work is also tied to Domaine Frôté in La Neuveville through Chardonnay Domaine Frôté, developed in the 1980s in close collaboration with the Auberson family.
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