Switzerland

Question 1

What Canton of Switzerland speak predominantly Italian?

Answer 1

Ticino.
(Valais, Vaud, Geneva, and Neuchâtel/FRENCH)
(International varietals-MERLOT)

Question 2

What is Sylvaner known as in Switzerland?

Answer 2

Johannisberg

Question 3

What is the most Northern wine region of the Rhone River?

Answer 3

Valais in Switzerland.

• W/Fendant (Chasselas)
• R/Pinot Noir

Question 4

What are the effects of climate for Valais?

Answer 4

Alps Mountains (driest region)
Foehn (warm-dry wind)

Question 5

What are the 2 most produced wines of the Valais region?

Answer 5

Dole (Min 85% combined PN/Gamay blend)

Fendant (Chasselas)

Question 6

What is Reze? and where would you find it?

Answer 6

White grape.
Used to produce a sweet, dessert wine in Valais.
VIN DES GLACIER
Around the town of Sierre.
Maderized styled, solera system used

Question 7

What accessory varietals make up the blend of Dole?

Answer 7

(min 85% combined Pinot Noir and Gamay)
plus
(GARANOIR / GAMARET / ANCELLOTTA / DIOLINOIR / CARMINOIR / MERLOT / SYRAH)

Question 8

What are the requirements for a wine to bare the label of the Charte Grain Noble ConfidenCiel?

Answer 8

Label for sweet wines of Valais (1996)
- Varieties: Ermitage (Marsanne), Petite Arvine, Amigne, Johannisberg (Silvaner), Malvoisie (Pinot Gris), Païen (Heida, Savagnin Blanc)

• min Vine Age: 15 years
• min Must Weight: 130° Oechsle (no chaptalization)
• min Aging: 12M in wood

Question 9

Which Grand Cru sites of the Valais allow for the production of Dole?

Answer 9

Vertoz

Question 10

What is the max RS for a Vertoz 2 bees wine?

Answer 10

1 bee (Sèche/Trocken): 0-8 g/l

2 bees (Légèrement Douce/Halb Süss): 9-25 g/l

3 bees (Douce/Süss): 25+ g/l

Question 11

What is Dorin?

Answer 11

Local name for Chasselas in the Vaud region.

across the border form Jura

Question 12

What are the Grand Cru of Vaud?

Answer 12

Dézaley

Calamin

Question 13

The Grand Cru’s of Dezaley and Calamin sit within what AOC?

Answer 13

Lavaux

Question 14

What are the AOC of the Vaud?

Answer 14

Chablais
La Côte
Lavaux (has 2 Grand Cru-Dezaley/Calamin)
Vully
Bonvillars
Côtes de l'Orbe

Question 15

What grapes are allowed Premier Cru status in Vaud?

Answer 15

Chasselas
Gamay
Pinot Noir
Merlot

Question 16

What are the min must weights for Premier Cru wines from Vaud?

Answer 16

Chasselas: 75° Öchsle
Gamay: 80° Öchsle
Pinot Noir, Merlot, Gamaret, Garanoir: 85° Öchsle

Question 17

What is the max yield for Premier Cur wines from Vaud?

Answer 17

0.8 liters per square meter

Gamay, Pinot Noir, Gamaret, Garanoir, Merlot: 0.64 liters per square meter

Question 18

What is the parentage of Gamaret?

Answer 18

Gamay X Reichensteiner

Question 19

What is the parentage of Garanoir?

Answer 19

Gamay X Reichensteiner

a sibling of Gamaret

Question 20

What is Salvagnin?

Answer 20

Blend:
Min. 50% Gamay /
Min. 20% Gamaret and/or Garanoir /
Min10%.Pinot Noir

Question 21

The VITI Quality Label is awarded to what?

Answer 21

For MERLOT wines only of the Ticino AOC

Question 22

What are the subdivisions of Neuchatel?

Answer 22

La Béroche

The Coast

Entre-deux-Lacs

Question 23

What are the qualifications for a wine labeled Perdrix Blanc?

Answer 23

(from Neuchatel)

Still white wine from Pinot Noir

Question 24

Grand Cru wines of Geneva are awarded on what grounds?

Answer 24

Granted to each individual wine.

tasted each vintage

Question 25

What does Flétri indicate?

Answer 25

local name for raisined grapes used for dessert wines.

Question 26

What is the local term for dried grapes in Switzerland?

Answer 26

Fletri

Question 27

What is the synonym for the Hermitage grape in Switzerland?

Answer 27

Marsanne

Johannisberg - Sylvaner
Malvoisie - Pinot Gris

Question 28

What wine would most closely resemble a Burgundian Passetoutgrains?

Answer 28

Valais:

DOLE
Min. 85% comb Pinot Noir and Gamay
plus Garanoir, Gamaret, Ancellotta, Diolinoir, Carminoir, Merlot, Syrah

Grand Cru areas:
Fully / Conthey / Vétroz / St-Léonard / Salgesch