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what 4 french speaking cantons of Switzerland produce most of Switzerland's wine?

Valais
Vaud
Geneva
Neuchâtel
What Canton of Switzerland borders Lombary and what wines come from there?
Ticino and focuses on Merlot
What is the most cultivated grape in Switzerland?

Chasselas

What are the prominent red grapes of Switzerland?
Pinot Noir & Gamay
What is the synonmy for Chasselas in the Valais?
Fendant
What is the synonym for Savagnin in Valais?
Heida
What is the synonmy for Marssanne in the Valais?
Ermitage
What are the other 2 most planted grapes of Switzerland?
Müller-Thurgau & Sylvaner
What is the synonym for Sylvaner in Valais?
Johannisberg
What are the 2 native white grapes of Switzerland?
Amigne of Vétroz and Petite Arvine—the latter more often encountered in Italy’s Valle d’Aosta
TorF. Switzerland has traditionally exported very little wine, with over 90% of the nation’s wines consumed at home.
TRUE
What is the most important canton of Switzerland?
Valais
What river flows thru the Valais?
Rhône River
What is the Rhône River's northernmost appelation?
Valais
What is Dôle?
a blend of Pinot Noir & Gamay from Valais
What are the 2 most produced wines of Valais?
Fendant & Dôle
What is Rèze?

is a white Swiss wine grape variety that is primarily found around the village of Sierre in the canton of Valais in southwest Switzerland

Rèze is almost extinct
What is vin des glaciers?
a sherry-style wine that utilizes a solera system of wine stored in larch wood or oak barrels that are never fully emptied with newer vintages being added to the barrels containing the older vintages
What are the grand crus of Valais?
Conthey
Fully
Saint-Léonard
Salquenen
Vétroz
What do the bees mean on a bottle of Valais's Amigne de Vétroz?
1 bee: less than 8 g/l of rs
2 bees: 9-25 g/l of rs
3 bees: 25+ g/l of rs
Where is the Vaud located?
on the North shores of Lake Geneva, borders France’s Jura region
What is the main grape of the Vaud?
Chasselas
What is the synonmy for Chasselas in the Vaud?
Dorin
What are the 6 regional AOP's of the Vaud?
Chablais
La Côte
Lavaux
Vully
Bonvillars
Côtes de l'Orbe
What are the 2 grand crus of the Vaud?
Dézaley & Calamin
What year was a premier cru designation created in Vaud.
2012
What is Salvagnin?
a blend of Gamay, Pinot Noir, and the crossings Gamaret and Garanoir from the Vaud
Where is the Geneva Canton located?
southwestern shore of Lake Geneva, contains the country’s densest plantings.
What are the 2 tradtional appelations of the Vaud?
Dorin & Salvagnin
What is the synonym for Chasslas in Geneva?
Perlan
Where can the grape Räuschling be found?
Native Swiss grape grown on the shores of Lake Zurich
What are the 2 sub regions of Ticino?
Sopraceneri
Sottoceneri
What style wine comes from the Bonvillars sub region of the Vaud?

restricted to chasselas as are the villages of Vully & Côtes de l'Orbe located on the shores of Lac Neuchâtel

What type of soil is the grand cru of the Vaud, Dézaley, known for?
pudding stones
What is completer?
a rare ancient grape white variety which makes auslese-style wines from the Canton of Graubünden
Where would find bottles labeled Charte Grain Noble ConfidenCiel?

Valais AOC
A label seal of quality for traditional sweet wines, created in 1996
Ermitage, Petite Arvine, Amigne, Johannisberg, Malvoisie, Paien (Heida, Savagnin)
130° Oechsle
1 year in wood

Where would find a wine with VITI Quality Label?
Ticino Merlot only
Quality label introduced in 1948 and is awarded by a committee of experts after a careful examination of sight, smell, taste and typicity.
Where would find a wine labeled "La Gerle"?
Neuchâtel quality wine for chasselas

"La Gerle" is the name of the hod used to carry the harvest that contains approximately 100L of pressed grapes.
What canton of Switzerland prodices Oeil-de-Perdrix?
Neuchâtel
Rosé of Pinot Noir
(Originated here but the Canton failed to protect the name.)
TorF. Geneva has AOC Premier Cr & Grand Cru wines?

TRUE

What canton would you find a wine labeled AO?

Geneva
hese appellations of origin can either be very general in nature, indicating that the wine comes from anywhere in the canton (for example Gamay de Genève) or be specific to a particular district (for example Pinot Noir de Dardagny).