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1
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5 Swiss wine cantons - greatest production to least

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  1. Valais
  2. Vaud
  3. Geneva
  4. Ticino
  5. Neuchatel
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Swiss wine south of Alps

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Ticino only
“Modified Mediterranean” climate, warm enough for olive oil production

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Switzerland’s most planted

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  1. Pinot Noir
  2. Chasselas
  3. Gamay
  4. Merlot
  5. Muller Thurgau
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Vin des Glaciers
- where
- style & tradition
- varieties

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Specialty of Valais
Coteaux de Sierre’s Val d’Anniviers
* sherry style solera wine, barrels are continually topped up harvest to harvest
* Réze = traditional variety. Other varieties are now used: Ermitage, Malvoisie, Petite Arvine, Fendant and Humagne Blanc.
* not sold, only consumed drawn direction from barrel

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5
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Definition of a Föhn wind

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Dry, relatively warm downslope wind in lee of a mountain range.
- rain shadow wind; moisture was dropped on windward slopes and warms as it goes downslope

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Valais’ river?

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Rhône River - this is where it begins

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Most planted Swiss canton?

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Valais - 5200ha, 40% of total Swiss vineyard

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Valais’ topography

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Mountainous - steep slopes emphasize vineyard orientation, aiding drainage and maximizing sunlight exposure (slopes up to 90%/42º)

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9
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Charte Grain Noble ConfidenCiel
- region & style
- varieties
- vine age
- oechsle
- time in wood

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Valais; est 1996
* A label seal of quality for traditional sweet wines
* Ermitage, Petite Arvine, Amigne, Johannisberg), Malvoisie, Païen
* vine age min 15 years
* 130º Oechsle, no chaptalization
* min 12 months in wood

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Dôle

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Specialty of Valais
* 2021 on - either pure Pinot Noir or min. 51% Pinot Noir (dominant) with Gamay

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Amigne de Vetroz

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Valais (Grand Cru)
“Bee system”
1 bee = dry; 0 - 8gl
2 bee = semi; 9-25gl
3 bee = sweet; 25+

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Vaud AOC’s (6)

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  1. Lavaux AOC
    [Grand Crus: Dézaley AOC, Calamin AOC]
  2. La Côte AOC
  3. Chablais AOC
  4. Vully AOC
  5. Côtes de l’Orbe AOC
  6. Bonvillars AOC
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Lavaux Grand Cru’s

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Dézaley AOC, Calamin AOC
(this is in the Vaud)

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14
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French/German name for Ticino

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Tessin

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15
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Most planted grapes in the Vaud

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  1. Fendant (Chasselas) = 60% of vineyard
  2. Pinot
  3. Gamay
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Vaud’s western boundary - what geographic feature?

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Jura Mountains

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17
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Flagship variety of Ticino

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Merlot (replanted after phylloxera - now 80% of area)
* has its own AC - Merlo del Ticino

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Ticino climate

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“Modified Mediterranean”
- sunniest in CH: 2100 - 2286avg
- rainiest: Mediterranean air moves over Alps and turns into rain on way up

19
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Neuchatel’s 3 lakes

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Morat
Bienne
Neuchatel

20
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Neuchatel - Three Lakes topography

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Covers 3 cantons - Neuchatel, Bern, Fribourg

Flat, low-lying areas around lakes

21
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Most planted grapes in Geneva canton

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1 Gamay

#2 Chasselas
#3 Pinot Noir

22
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Swiss Oeil de Perdrix

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Historical specialty of Neuchatel, spread to Vaud, Valais, Geneva in 19th/20th centuries

23
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Grand Cru systems in Valais, Geneva, Vaud

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  • Geneva: Individual wines - awarded yearly
  • Vaud: Dezaley, Calamin.
  • Valais: 12 villages
24
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La Béroche
The Coast
Entre-deux-Lacs

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Subdivisions of Neuchatel

25
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Neuchatel specialties

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  • Oeil-de-Perdrix: Rosé of Pinot Noir.
  • Non Filtré: 100% Chasselas. Released 3rd Wed in Jan at official town hall tasting. Bottled without filtering the yeast.
  • Perdrix Blanc: Still Blanc de Pinot Noir.
26
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La Gerle

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Neuchatel, est 1985
* label awarded to Chasselas reaching a certain quality
* awarded to top wine yearly

27
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Mandement
Entre Arve et Rhône
Entre Arve et Lac

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subregions of Geneva

28
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Garanoir, Gamaret

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Gamay x Reichensteiner

29
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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)

30
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What is the local name for chasselas in

a) Valais b) Vaud c) Geneva

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a) Fendant b) Dorin c) Perlan

31
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Swiss synonyms for Savagnin

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Heida
Paien

32
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Swiss synonym for Marsanne

33
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Swiss synonym for Sylvaner

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Johannisberg

34
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Name for vineyard terraces in Switzerland

35
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What is vianco?

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merlot bianco from Ticino

36
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Swiss cantons that produce more whites than red?

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Vaud only - spiritual home of Fendant aka Chasselas

37
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Lake Constance - German name and 3 surrounding growing areas?

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Bodensee
- Suisse (Thurgau - NE)
- Germany (Baden-Wurttemburg - SW)
- Austria (Vorarlberg - W)

Rhine flows in from South and out in the North

38
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Name 3 Grand Cru’s of Valais

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Sierre, Vertex, Fully, Saillon, Ville de Sion

  1. Conthey
  2. Chamoson
  3. Fully
  4. Leytron
  5. Saillon
  6. Saint-Leonard
  7. Salquenen
  8. Saviese
  9. Sierre
  10. Ville de Sion
  11. Visperterminen
  12. Vetroz
39
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Base grape for Oeil de Perdrix in Switzerland

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Pinot Noir

40
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Nostrano del Ticino

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

41
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What are “bisses?”

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Irrigational channels used in mountains, esp. in Valais

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