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1
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What are Les Trois Lacs de Neuchatel?

What are Les Trois Lacs de Suisse?

A

Neuchatel
Bielersee (Bienne)
Murtensee (Morat)

in NW - delicate chasselas
oeil de perdrix PN

The 3 largest lakes in SUISSE are:

Geneva (Leman),
Constance (Bodensee),
Neuchatel

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Lake Geneva (Leman)

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Border of France and Suisse

Savoie side: Vin de Savoie AOC’s (mostly chasselas wines)

Suisse side: Vaud Canton AOC’s on the North shore (La Cote, Lavaux, Chablais)

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What is ‘salvagnin’

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Traditional AOC wine style of the Vaud (min. 50% gamay, min. 10% PN, min. 20% gamaret and/or garanoir)

blend of gamay, PN, gamaret, garanoir

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4
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Dole is mainly produced in which?

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Valais

85% combined - gamay, PN, gamaret, garanoir, merlot, syrah, diolinoir, carminoir, ancellotta

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5
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Name 5 Crus of the Valais from West to East

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Fully, Conthey, Vetroz, Saint Leonard, Salgesch

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6
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What is the Charte Grain Noble ConfidenCiel?

A

VALAIS - Quality seal for sweet wines

min. oechsle 130 (BA/Eiswein)
aged 1 year oak

petite arvine
savagnin (heida, paien) 
marsanne (ermitage)
silvaner (johannisberg) 
malvoisie (PG)
Amigne
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7
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Which sub-regional AOC contains the 1er Grand Crus of the Vaud (?)

A

Calamin & Dezaley, Lavaux AOC (Vaud)

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8
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What is the local name for chasselas in

a) Valais b) Vaud c) Geneva

A

a) Fendant b) Dorin c) Perlan

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9
Q

Where are these subregions located:

1) Mandement
2) Bonvillars, Vully, Cote de l’Orbe
3) Vetroz

A

1) Geneve
2) Vaud
3) Valais

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10
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Which Swiss wine region is on the southeast slopes of the Rhone Valley?

A

Valais

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11
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What is the largest wine region in Switzerland?

A

Valais

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12
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The following names are Swiss synonyms for which grapes

a) Heida
b) Ermitage
c) Johannisberg
d) Malvoisie
e) Paien

A

a) Savagnin
b) Marsanne
c) Silvaner
d) Pinot Gris
e) Savagnin

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13
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What symbol indicates sweetness levels on bottles of “Amigne de Vetroz” in the Valais?

A 
Une abeille (2005) 
# indicates sweetness - 
1 = trocken (0-8g/L); 
3 = suss (25g/L +)
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14
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Amigne de Vetroz at 15 g/L is how many bees?

A

2 bees

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15
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What is ‘vin de glacier,’ or gletscherwein?

A

Solera-style wine made in the Sierre in the Valais in the ‘Val d’Anniviers,’ traditionally made from the Reze grape, now allowed to be a blend of white grapes but must be grown and vinified in Sierre

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16
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Name 3 traditional dishes of Suisse cuisine?

A

Cheese fondue,
Alpler Magronen (gratin)
raclette

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17
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Perdrix Blanc

A

Neuchatel,

Pinot Noir

18
Q

What are the 3 lakes of Neuchatel?

A

Morat
Bienne
Neuchatel

19
Q

Neuchatel “Grand Cru” can only be made from what 3 grapes?

What Vaud Cru border Lac Neuchatel?

A

PN, CH, chasselas

Bonvillars
Cote de l’Orbe

20
Q

Swiss Producers

A

Caves Colloses (heida, humagne rouge, cornalin)
Baudon (fendant)
‘Caves de Tilleul’ (Vetroz - PN) - Fabienne Cotinod
Marie-Therese Chappaz (marsanne, petite arvine)
Cave de la Cote (Vaud - chasselas)

21
Q

Vaud 1er GC debut

A

2012

22
Q

Vineyard terraces in Switzerland

A

Tablars

23
Q

What is vianco?

A

merlot bianco from Ticino

24
Q

T or F Vaud is only major wine growing appellation with more whites than reds

A

TRUE

25
Q

No. 1 grape in Switzerland

A

PN

26
Q

What are the 4 most planted grapes in SUI

A

PN
Chasselas
Gamay
Merlot

27
Q

Wind that influences regions of SUI

A

Foehn

28
Q

1er GC in Vaud (Geneva)

A

Calamin & Dezaley - Lavaux

29
Q

Lake Constance (Bodensee)

A

Lake at the confluence of Suisse (Thurgau - NE),
Germany (Baden-Wurttemburg - SW)
Austria (Vorarlberg - W)

Rhine flows in from South and out in the North

30
Q

Lake Neuchatel

A

Suisse, Vaud Canton AOC’s (Bonvillars, Cote de l’Orbe, Vully)

31
Q

3 GCs of Valais

A 
Conthey, 
Chamoson, 
Fully, 
Leytron, 
Saillon, 
Saint-Leonard, 
Salquenen, 
Saviese, 
Sierre, 
Ville de Sion, 
Visperterminen, 
Vetroz
32
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Which GC in Valais produces only Heida (Savagnin)?

A

Visperterminen

33
Q

What is ‘vin fletri’

A

VALAIS - sweet wine made through passerillage

34
Q

Base grape for Oeil de Perdrix in Switzerland

A

PN

35
Q

Vaud GC - percentage grapes must come from there

A

90%

36
Q

Nostrano del Ticino

A

local wine made from the Bondola grape plus other reds - known as “Grotto” wine

37
Q

What is the only Swiss canton WITHOUT a wine-designated appellation?

A

Appenzell Innerhoden

38
Q

Alongside 75cl, what other bottle size is common in switzerland?

A

70cl

39
Q

What are “bisses?”

A

Irrigational channels used in mountains, esp. in Valais

40
Q

Who introduced viticulture in the Vaud?

A

Cistercian monks, 900 y.o.

41
Q

What is La Gerle?

A

Quality symbol for chasselas wines from Neuchatel - vineyard hod

42
Q

Where is Satigny?

A

Geneva

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