Höcklistein is a winery on Lake Zurich that rents its tasting spaces for company events, receptions and private celebrations. Four settings are available: a wine bar on the ground floor, a gallery upstairs, a garden terrace and a small hut among the vines. Standing receptions reach 120 guests in the garden, and seated banquets take up to 50 guests. The estate is at Zürcherstrasse 275 in Rapperswil-Jona.
Seminars and company events
The winery presents itself as a place for company events, partner meetings and gatherings that bring staff together away from the office. The gallery on the upper floor is the room for working sessions. It seats 25 guests in a seminar layout facing a screen, and the same room takes 60 guests in concert seating. A passenger lift gives step-free access to this floor.
Companies can add a guided walk through the vineyard or a tasting to the day. The vineyard walk has information boards on the grape varieties along the path. A tasting can also be booked with the winery team. The site lists apéro riche and banquet formats for groups.
Weddings and receptions
The winery also lists weddings, christenings and anniversaries among the events it hosts. The garden terrace looks over Lake Zurich and is private. Garden furniture and lounge corners are set out for large summer gatherings outdoors. It seats 50 guests for a banquet and holds up to 120 for a standing apéro.
Rooms and capacities
The wine bar on the ground floor has large windows, natural light and a view onto the garden terrace. It seats 25 guests for a banquet and takes 70 for a standing apéro. Bar tables make it suited to receptions.
The gallery on the upper floor is a high room that can be furnished for each event. It seats 50 guests at banquet tables, 60 in concert rows and 25 in seminar layout.
The vineyard hut, called Räbhüsli, stands higher up among the vines. It has a panoramic view and a covered terrace. It holds up to 24 people outdoors and 15 indoors. It can be booked from Thursday to Saturday, until 9 p.m., together with a vineyard tour or a tasting, and booking opens from May.
Catering
The site shows apéro riche and banquet menus under its event pages, and it has called for a new catering partner in the past. Ask the team who cooks for your date and what the format allows. Wines from the Schmidheiny estates, including the Höcklistein vineyard, can be tasted and bought in the wine shop on site.
History and setting
Höcklistein is both the name of the winery and the name of a vineyard site where wine has been grown for centuries. The vineyard faces the lake, with the Alps visible beyond the water. The winery belongs to the Schmidheiny wine estates group.
Getting there
The winery has a large car park. The Kempraten S-Bahn station is close, and the site gives a travel time of 30 minutes from Zurich main station to Kempraten. The catchment it names is Rapperswil-Jona, the upper Lake Zurich area, Ausserschwyz and Zurich.
