Europe - Switzerland

Question 1

What three countries have a great influence on wines from Switzerland

Answer 1

Germany, France, and Italy

Question 2

Is there a lot of wines from Switzerland imported to the United States or United Kingdom and why?

Answer 2

No because of their high prices

Question 3

What is Dôle

Answer 3

A red wine from Switzerland that is a blend of:

Pinot Noir 🔴 - minimum 50%

Gamay 🔴

Question 4

What country is the area of Ticino in Switzerland close to?

Answer 4

Italy

Question 5

What is the main grape of production in Ticino

Answer 5

Merlot 🔴

Question 6

Johannisberg is a white wine made in Switzerland from what grape

Answer 6

Silvaner ⚪

Müller Thurgau ⚪

Question 7

Valais in Switzerland is located to what country

Answer 7

France

Question 8

What is the main grape grown in Valais

Answer 8

Chasselas ⚪

Question 9

Fendent is a white wine made from what grape

Answer 9

Chasselas ⚪

Question 10

What is Chasselas called in Vaud and Perlan in Geneva

Answer 10

Dorin

Question 11

What is the main white grape of Switzerland

Answer 11

Chasselas ⚪

Question 12

Amigne ⚪

Petite Arvine ⚪

These are indigenous grapes to what country

Answer 12

Switzerland

Question 13

How much of the wines of Switzerland is consumed domestically

Answer 13

90%

Question 14

What are he Regions called in Switzerland

Answer 14

Cantons

Question 15

How many cantons are their in Switzerland

Answer 15

26

Question 16

What is the most important canton in Switzerland and how much of the counties wine production comes from there

Answer 16

Valais - 40%

Question 17

What is the river that Valais sets off of

Answer 17

Rhône River

Question 18

What is the northern most Appellation on the Rhône River

Answer 18

Calais

Question 19

What are the main grapes of Valais

Answer 19

Fendent ⚪ - (Chasselas)

Dôle 🔴- (blend of Pinot Noir and Gamay)

Question 20

What is the name of one of switzerlands oldest indigenous grapes, that produces the rare Valais specialty “Vin des Glacier”, a maderized wine stored in high altitude soleras

Answer 20

Rèze

Question 21

What is significant about the year 2010 in Vaud

Answer 21

The Vaud appellation system was simplified, bracketing the former 26 village AOC into six regional AOCs

Question 22

Chablais

La Côte

Lavaux

Vully

Bonvillars

Côtes de l’Orbe

These are the 6 regional appellations for what canton in Switzerland

Answer 22

Vaud

Question 23

What is lake that sets in the heart of Vaud

Answer 23

Lac Léman - (Lake Geneva)

Question 24

What villages can have their names placed on bottles in Switzerland

Answer 24

Only approved villages

Question 25

Dezaley Calamin These are the two Grand Crus for what canton and why

Answer 25

Vaud - Vines luxuriate in direct sunshine, glare reflected from the lake, and hear radiated by stony terraces

Question 26

What is the main soil type for Calamin

Answer 26

Clay

Question 27

What is the main soil type for Dézaley

Answer 27

Limestone

Question 28

What classification system is followed or used in Switzerland

Answer 28

The French AOC

Question 29

Blauburgunder is the synonym for what grape in Switzerland

Answer 29

Pinot Noir 🔴

Question 30

Malvoisie is the synonym for what grape in Switzerland

Answer 30

Pinot Gris ⚪

Question 31

Helda is the synonym for what grape in Switzerland

Answer 31

Sauvignon Blanc ⚪

Question 32

Gutedal is the synonym for what grape

Answer 32

Chasselas ⚪

Question 33

The most dense area of planting in Switzerland is where

Answer 33

Geneva