Switzerland

Question 1

What is salvagnin?

Answer 1

It’s a blend of min 10% PN, 50% gamay and 20% gamaret &/or garanoir
It is coming from the canton of Vaud

Question 2

What is the name of chasselas in the canton of Le valais?

Answer 2

Fendant

Question 3

What is dole?

Answer 3

A blended wine from the valais of min combined 85% PN and gamay, plus garanoir, gamaret, ancellotta, diolinoir, carminoir, merlot and Syrah

Question 4

Name the major wine producing cantons of Switzerland.

Answer 4

Valais
Vaud 
Geneva 
Neufchâtel 
Ticino

Question 5

What are the grand crus of the valais AOP and their wines.

Answer 5

Conthey: fendant, PN, Chardonnay, corn akin, gamay

Fully: petite arvine, Ermitage, gamay, Syrah
St Leonard
Salquenen

Vetroz: chasselas, gamay, PN, amigne.

Question 6

What is amigne de vetroz?

Answer 6

White wine produce in vetroz in the valais from the grape amigne. 
3 level of sweetness: 
One bee= less than 9g/l
Two bees= 9-25g/l
Three bees= 25+ g/l

Question 7

What is vin des glaciers?

Answer 7

White wine made with one of the oldest grape Rèze maderised wine stored in high altitude solera system.
It’s valais specialty.

Question 8

What are the 6 regional AOC of the Vaud canton?

Answer 8

Chablais 
Lavaux 
La Côte 
Vully 
Bonvillars 
Côtes de l'obre

Question 9

What is “charte grain noble confidenciel”

Answer 9

A label seal of quality for traditional sweet wines, created in 1996
Allowed varieties= Ermitage, petite arvine, amigne, johannisberg, malvoisie, Paien.
Min age vine= 15yrs
Min must weight= 140 oeschle
Min ageing= 12 month in wood.

Question 10

What are the 2 grands crus of lavaux AOC within the Vaud cantons.

Answer 10

Decalay AOC

Calamin AOC

Question 11

What are the subregions of geneva canton?

Answer 11

Mandement
Entre Arve et Rhone
entre Arve et lac

Question 12

What are the subdivision of Neufchâtel?

Answer 12

La beroche= on the lake Neufchâtel
The coast= on the lake Neufchâtel
Entre 2 lacs= on the lake Bienne

Question 13

What is the name of chasselas in the canton of Vaud?

Answer 13

Dorin

Question 14

Give the name of the following synonyms:
Fendant
Dorin
Heida 
Païen 
Malvoisie 
Johannisberg

Answer 14

Fendant & dorin= chasselas
Heïda & païen= savagnin Blanc 
Johannisberg= Sylvaner 
Malvoisie= Pinot Gris 
Ermitage= Marsanne

Question 15

What are the criteria of the Vaud 1er cru?

Answer 15

Started in 2012, the statue is presented after being presented to a commission the criteria:
Individual wines based on chasselas, gamay, PN & merlot
Prod & bottling have to be made in the canton
Hand harvest and vintage mandatory
Min must weight
chasselas 75’ oeschle
Gamay 80’ oeschle
PN, merlot, gamaret, garanoir= 85’ oeschle
Min vine age 7 years
Max density 6000 vines/ha

Question 16

What are the grape used for the AOC Neufchâtel?

Answer 16

Whites:
Chasselas (slightly sparkling if specialty non filtré)
Chard, PG, PB, müller-thurgau, Gewürztraminer

Reds: PN

Question 17

What are the specialty of the Neufchâtel specialty.

Answer 17

Oeil de perdrix rose of PN
Non filtré released on 3rd Wednesday in January and bottled without filtering the yeast. Made with chasselas
Perdrix Blanc, still white wine from PN.

Question 18

What are the sub regions of Ticino?

Answer 18

Sopra Ceneri (above) north of monte Ceneri

Sotto Ceneri (below) south of monte Ceneri

Question 19

Explain the cantonal regulation in Ticino

Answer 19

Doc quality wines:
Bianco Del Ticino= (chard, SB, PG,merlot Blanc)
Rosato del Ticino= made by saignée method
Rosso del Ticino= merlot, cab S & F, carminoir, gamaret, garanoir, diolinoir, bondola, sopraceneri

Nostrano del Ticino= local wine made with bondola

VITI= awarded to merlot only after clear tasting.