General Swiss information

Question 1

What is the Swiss term for states?

Answer 1

Cantons

Question 2

What are the 4 national languages of Switzerland?

Answer 2

French
German
Italian
Romansch

Question 3

What is the most cultivated white grape in Switzerland?

Answer 3

Chasselas

Question 4

What is Johannisberg?

Answer 4

Sylvaner

Question 5

Which canton is responsible for 40% of Swiss production?

Answer 5

Valais

Question 6

What river is in Valais?

Answer 6

Rhone

Question 7

What is Dole?

Answer 7

A blend primarily of Pinot Noir and Gamay

Question 8

What is Vin des Glacier?

Answer 8

A maderized wine made from Reze, stored in high-altitude soleras.

Question 9

Where is Vaud?

Answer 9

On the north shores of Lake Geneva

Question 10

What are the 6 regional Vaud AOC?

Answer 10

Chablais
La Cote
Lavaux
Vully
Bouvillars
Cotes de l'Orbe

Question 11

Where are the most dense plantings?

Answer 11

Geneva

Question 12

What are the 5 major producing cantons of Switzerland?

Where are they?

Answer 12

Valais - south, bordering Italy
Vaud - wastern corner, bordering France & Geneva
Geneva - western corner
Neuchatel - in west, northern shores of Lake Neuchatel
Ticino - south central bordering Italy

Question 13

What is Fendant?

Answer 13

Chasselas

Question 14

What is Malvoisie?

Answer 14

Pinot Gris

Question 15

What is Charte Grain Noble ConfidenCiel?

Answer 15

A label seal of quality for traditional sweet wines, created in 1996.

Question 16

What are allowed varieties in Grain Noble Confidenciel?

Answer 16

Ermitage (Marsanne)
Petite Arvine
Amigne
Johannisberg (Sylvaner)
Malvoisie (Pinot Gris)
Paien (Heida, Savagin)

Question 17

What is minimum vine age/must weight/aging of Grain Noble Confidenciel?

Answer 17

15 years
130 Oechsle
1 year in wood

Question 18

What are 5 Grand Cru of Valais?

Answer 18

Conthey
Fully
Saint-Leonard
Salquenen
Vetroz

Question 19

What are 1-3 bee?

Answer 19

Sweetness indicators or Amigne de Vetroz

1 bee - less than 8 g/l
2 bees - 9-25 g/l
3 bees - 25+ g/l

Question 20

What’s Vaud stated varietal minimum?

Answer 20

90%

Question 21

What is minimum must weight of Vaud Premier Grands Cru?

Answer 21

Chasselas - 85 Ochsle
Gamay - 80 Ochsle
Pinot Noir - 85 Ochsle

Question 22

What are 3 subregions of Geneva?

Answer 22

Maudement
Entre Arve et Rhone
Entre Arve et Lac

Question 23

What are Neuchatel subdivisions?

Answer 23

La Beroche
The Coast
Entre Deux Lacs

Question 24

What are the Neuchatel AOC grape varieties?

Answer 24

Red: Pinot Noir
Whtie: Chasselas, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Muller Thurgau, Gewurztraminer

Question 25

What is Oeil de perdrix?

Answer 25

A rosé or Pinot Noir

Question 26

What is “La Gerle”?

Answer 26

A hod used to carry harvest

Question 27

What are 2 subregions of Ticino?

Answer 27

Sopraceneri

Sottoceneri

Question 28

Switzerland is divided into how many cantons?

Answer 28

23

Question 29

Who planted original Dezaley vines in Vaud?

Answer 29

Cistercians

Question 30

What is fohn?

Answer 30

A local wind which warms up much of the south, particularly Graubunden.

Question 31

What is perhaps the most common problem for Swiss vineyard sites?

Answer 31

soil erosion

Question 32

What does “taille a l’onglet” do?

Answer 32

Protects vines against spring frost

Question 33

What is often employed or Eastern red wines?

Answer 33

carbonic maceration

Question 34

What is Gutedal?

Answer 34

Chasselas

Question 35

What is Petit Rhin?

Answer 35

Riesling

Question 36

Where is known as the “California of Swizerland”?

Answer 36

Valais

Question 37

What is Fletri?

Answer 37

Partial grape raisining

Question 38

What kind of soil is in Neuchatel?

Answer 38

Calcareous

Question 39

Who are top producers in Switzerland?

Answer 39

Germanier-Balavaud
Weingut Daniel & Marta Gautenbein
Bovard