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Switzerland Flashcards

1
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Name of the local wind in Valais?

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Foehn

This is a warm, dry wind providing safe conditions grape growing

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Name some AOC 1er Cru of Geneva?

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There is 21 in total

  • La Feuillee
  • Chateau de Collex
  • Coteau de Dardagny
  • Coteau de la vigne Blanche
  • Chateau du Crest
  • Grand Carraz
  • Coteau de Choully
  • …
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What is the grape result of the crossing Gamay Noir x Reichensteiner?

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Garanoir

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What is the Northern most AOC of the Vaud Canton?

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Vully AOC

Near the Neufchatel Lake

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Explain how the AO (Appellation d’origine) works in Geneva?

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  • Grapes can be source from anywhere within the canton of Geneva
  • Appellation of Origine can be more precise:
    • Gamay de Genève
  • Sourced from specific from specific location:
    • Pinot Noir de Dardagny
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What is the Charte Grain Noble ConfidenCiel?

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Apply for Valais wine

  • Created in 1996
  • Cover only the sweet wine made via the traditional Passerillage method
  • This is an association of 30 producers
  • Varieties allow: Arvine, Ermitage, Johanisberg, Malvoisie, Amigne
  • Vines must be at least 15 years old
  • Grapes must be harvested with at least 130° oechsle
  • Ageing: 12 months of ageing in wood
  • A panel tasting must be done prior any releasing
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Precise the location of the following:

Lavaux AOC

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  • *Canton of Vaud** - Switzerland
  • Northern bank of the Geneva lake*
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Name both sub-region of Ticino canton

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  • Sopranceneri: North of Monte Ceneri
  • Sottoceneri: South of Monte Ceneri
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Explain the following:

Dôle

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Local speciality of the Valais

  • 51% combined Pinot Noir and Gamay
  • Garanoir, Gamaret, Dolinoir, Carminoir, Merlot, Syrah can be added in low proportions
  • *From 2004-2020 the requirement was 85%
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Location and style of wine of the following:

Ville de Sion Grand Cru

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Valais Canton - Switzerland

  • Dry white: Fendant, Ermitage (AKA Roussane)
  • Dry red: Dôle, Syrah
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What is the date of creation of:
Charte Grain Noble Confidenciel

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1996

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What are the communes of production of Lavaux AOC?

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From West to East

  • Epesses
  • Villette
  • Lutry
  • Saint-Saphorin
  • Chardonnes
  • Montreux
  • Vevey
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Location of the following

Vully AOC

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Vaud Canton - Switzerland

Northern shore of the Geneva lake

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What Switzerland’s canton is the largest wine producer?

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  • *Valais**
  • alone, its represent one third of the national production*
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What is the northern most wine region of the Rhône River?

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  • *Valais** in Switzerland
  • The Rhône river source is located inn Switzerland, before it flew to the Geneva Lake.*
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Location and style of wine of the following

Chamonson Grand Cru AOC

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Valais Canton - Switzerland

  • Dry white: Johannisberg (AKA Sylvaner) and Petite Arvine
  • Dry red: Pinot Noir and Syrah
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Location and style of wine of the following

Servagnin de Morges AOC

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Vaux Canton - Switzerland

  • Must be produce only from the Servagnin clone of Pinot Noir
  • Grow within the district of Morges
  • Yields: 50 Hl/Ha max
  • Ripening: Min 82° oechsle
  • Ageing: 16 months in oak minimum
  • Not release prior April of the 2nd year
  • Wines must follow a panel tasting prior releasing
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What are the Swiss synonym of the following varieties:

  1. Marsanne
  2. Sylvaner
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  1. Ermitage
  2. Johannisberg
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What are the Grand Cru vineyard of the Valais?

Typos: 4S CVC LSF

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From East to west

  • Sierre
  • Saint Leonard
  • Ville de Sillon
  • Contey
  • Vetroz
  • Chamoson
  • Leytron
  • Saillon
  • Fully
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What are the natural features influencing the Valais region?

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  • Alps Mountains creates a rain shadow and display a fairly dry climate
  • Foehn wind: Dry warm wind blowing through and decrease the disease pressure
  • Rhone River: tempered the climate and avoid dramatic weather patterns
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Location of the following wine region:

Bonvillars AOC

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  • *Vaud Canton** - Switzerland
  • Northern shore of the Geneva lake*
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Location and style of wine of the following

Vétroz Grand Cru AOC

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Valais Canton - Switzerland

  • Dry white: Chasselas, Amigne
  • Dry red: Gamay, PN
  • Sweet: Amigne
    • Bees classification since 2005 forward
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What is the most important style of wine produce on the Swiss’s Neufchâtel Canton?

Precise the grape varieties used there?

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Them cooler climate of the area it’s very suitable for the production of white wines:

  • Chasselas
  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Gris
  • Pinot Blanc
  • Gewurtztraminer,
  • Muller-Thurgau
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What are the authorised varieties of the following:

Charte Grain Noble Confidenciel

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Only traditional Valais grapes

  • Petite Arvine
  • Ermitage
  • Johannisberg
  • Amigne
  • Paien
  • Malvoisie
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What are the most widely grow grape varieties of the Geneva Canton?

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  • Chardonnay
  • Chasselas
  • Pinot Gris
  • Pinot Blanc
  • Muller Thurgau
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26
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Location and style of wine of the following:

Leytron Grand Cru

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Valais Canton - Switzerland

  • Dry white: Chasselas, Humagne Blanc
  • Dry red: Humagne Rouge, Cornalin
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What is the following term referred to:

Salvagnin

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  • Local speciality of the Swiss’s Vaud Canton
  • Blend: Min. 10% Pinot Noir, Min. 50% Gamay, Min. 20% Gamaret and/or Garanoir
  • Received its own AOC in 2000
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28
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How many sub-regions are found in the Swiss’s Vaud Canton?

Can you name them?

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6 region appellation:

  • La Côte AOC
  • Chablais AOC
  • Côte de l’Orbe AOC
  • Vully AOC
  • Bonvillars AOC
  • Lavaux AOC
    • 2 grand cru: Dezaley and Calamin
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29
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What are the main GV of the vaud region?

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Chasselas (Dorin / Fendant) = Most important grape of the region Savagnin Gamay Pinot Noir Gamaret Garanoir

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What are the 3 region AOC of Vaud located on the border of Neufchatel Lake?

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  • Côte de l’Orbe AOC - Bonvillars AOC - Vully AOC
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Where is located Chablais AOC?

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Switzerland - Valais Canton Between Villeneuve and Bex. On the right bank of the Rhone River - Northern shore of the Geneva lake

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What are the regulation to be label AOC in Vaux?

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  • grapes must be sourced from 90% min of the remaining area -
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Where is the canton of Vaud located in Switzerland?

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On the Northern shore of the Geneva lake

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What are the regulations to be label 1er Cru vineyard in Vaud Canton?

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  • Must be vintage dated - Must be hand Harvested - Must be vinified by officially authorised “terroir” sites - Production and bottling must occur in Vaud canton only
35
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When does the AOC of Geneva been created?.

36
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What is Johannisberg in Switzerland?

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Sylvaner synonym (Chamoson GC)

37
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Where is located Côte de l’Orbe AOC?

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Into the Vaud Canton in Switzerland - Northern shore of the Geneva lake

38
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How is the AOC Geneva regulated?

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Created in 1988 - AOC: anywhere from the canton - AOC Premier Cru (21): - AOC Grand Cru: Awarded by official tasting panel, for the individual wines

39
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What are the local specialities of Neufchatel? Explain them?

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Oeil de Perdrix: Rosé wine base on Pinot Noir Perdrix Blanc: “Blanc de Noirs” style = still white wine made from Pinot Noir grapes

40
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Explain the Amigne de Vétroz Residual sugar classification?

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Created in 2005 = Chaptalisation is prohibited - One Bee: Trocken / Dry = 0-8 g/L - Two Bees: Off Dry = 9-25 g/L - Three Bees: Sweet = 25 + g/L

41
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What are the AOC of the Vaud located on shore the the Geneva Lake?

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  • La Côte AOC - Lavaux AOC - Chablais AOC - Dézalay Grand Cru AOC - Calamin Grand Cru AOC
42
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Where is located La Côte AOC?

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Switzerland - Valais Canton Stretch between Nyons and Morges - Northern shore of the Geneva lake

43
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Where is located Sierre GC?

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Switzerland - Valais Canton – Petite Arvine, Marsanne – Cornalin, Syrah + traditional Vin des Glaciers production

44
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Give some synonym of Chasselas in Switzerland?

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Dorin (Valais) Fendant (Vaud) Gutedel (Germany)

45
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What type of wine is produce in Ticino Canton? From what grapes?

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White: Chardonnay, Merlot Blanc, SB, Pinot Gris Red / Rose: Merlot mainly + CS, CF, PN, Gamaret, Caramnoir, Diolinoir Nostrano del Ticino: Bondola variety (consume locally)

46
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What is the crossing of the Gamaret variety?

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Gamay Noir x Reichensteiner a sibling of Garanoir and Mara

47
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What is the most famous vineyard of the Vaux?

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Dezaley Grand Cru: Steep terraces above the Geneva Lake

48
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What is the size of the Dézalay Grand cru vineyard?

49
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How many Premier Grand Cru vineyard are in Vaud? (not about dezaley and calamin)

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26 in total La Côte: 12 Chablais: 8 Lavaux: 6
Awarded to individual wines

50
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What are the 2 grand cru designation of the Vaud?

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  • Dézalay Grand Cru AOC - Calamin Grand Cru AOC
51
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What is Nostrano del Ticino?

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Local red wine produce from the Gondola grape. Drunk locally in pub and restaurant

52
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Where is located Saint Leonard GC?

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Switzerland - Valais Canton

53
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name the trois-lacs of Neuchatel

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neuchatel, bienne, murten

54
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Explain Vin des Glacier? What grape? What style?

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  • Traditional type of wine from the Valais - Produce from the Rèze variety (old native grape) - On the hill of Sierre - maderised wine made in high altitude soleras
55
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What are the communes of production for the “Entre-Deux-Lacs” sub region of Neufchatel canton?

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Cressier Entre-Deux-Lacs Le Landeron

56
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What is the crossing of the Garanoir?

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Gamay Noir x Reichensteiner 1970 by André Jacquinet (in switzerland)

57
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What are the 3 sub-region of Geneva Canton?

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  • Entre Arve et Lac - Entre Arve et Rhône - Mandement
58
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What is Perdrix Blanc? Where is it a local speciality?

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“Blanc de Noirs style”, = Still white wine made from Pinot Noir grapes Neufchatel Canton in Switzerland

59
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Is any Grand Cru level in Geneva AOC? Explain

A

Yes Regulated and awarded every years by an official tasting panel. - Elected cuvée by cuvée, year by year for individual wines

60
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What are the regulations of the “Charte Grain Noble ConfidenCiel”? Where is it?

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Only for Valais wines in Switzerland - Vines must be 15 years old min - Produced from traditional Valais varieties - 130° oeschle (=BA) - 12 mth of ageing in oak (barrel or Foudre) - Go through a panel tasting prior releasing

61
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Where does Rèze variety come from? Why is it so famous?

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Old native grape of Switzerland in Valais. Been the only grape in use for the traditional Vin des Glaciers (Sierre Hills)

62
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When does the Vaud appellation has been modified? What changes?

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with the 2010 vintage (released as of 20212) Bracketing the former 26 villages AOC into 6 regional AOC - Approved villages can be mention on the label - 2 grand Cru been classified - 1er cru designation now created

63
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What are the local wine specialities of the Valais?

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  • Petite Arvine - Dole (blend of Gamay / Pinot Noir - Armigne (Vétroz) - Vin des Glaciers (high altitude solera)
64
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Where is located Salquenen GC?

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Switzerland - Valais Canton

65
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Where is located Contey GC?

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Switzerland - Valais Canton – Fendant, Chardonnay – Cornalin, Gamay, PN

66
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Name the 3 sub-region of Neufchatel region?

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  • La Béroche - The Coast - Entre deux Lacs
67
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What is Ermitage in Switzerland?

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Marsanne synonym Valais region

68
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What are the communes of production of the “Coast” sub-region of the Neuchatel Canton?

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Neuchatel Cortaillod Boudry Auvernier

69
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What is the only Italian cantons of Switzerland focus in wine? What type?

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Ticino Across the Italian’s Lombardy border Warmer region of the country = Merlot focusing

70
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What is Oeil de Perdrix wine? Where is it a local speciality?

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Rosé wine made from red grape only: Pinot Noir here Neufchatel Canton in Switzerland

71
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Where is Valais located? Geographic features?

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  • On the East of the Geneva Lake - Along side the Rhone Valley (Northern most appellation of the river) - Protected by the Alp Mountain: driest region of Switzerland
72
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Where is located Fully GC?

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Switzerland - Valais Canton – Petite Arvine, Ermitage – Gamay, Syrah

73
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Where is located Saillon GC?

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Switzerland - Valais Canton

74
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What is the VITI quality Label? Where can you find it? When?

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Is regulation from the Ticino Canton in Switzerland. Created in 1948 Can be made only from the Merlot GV

75
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What are main red varieties of Geneva Canton?

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PN, Gamay, Gamaray, Garanoir, CS, CF

76
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Name the 5 main production region of Switzerland?

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  • Geneva - Vaud - Valais - Ticino (Italian speaking) - Neufchatel
77
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what are bisses?

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irrigation channels in valais

78
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what is a gerle?

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harvest boxes used to harvest chasselas (also a labeling term arwarded to top chasselas wines from neuchatel)

79
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name three traditioanl swiss red grapes

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cornalin / Humagne Rouge / garanoir /

80
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difference between malvosie and fletri

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malvosie = dry PG / fletri = sweet pg (dried grape wine)

81
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what sect of monks introduced viticulture to switzerland?

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cistercian

82
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soil type of calamin? Dezelay?

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Calamin = clay
Dezelay = limestone

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