Switzerland Flashcards
What is the rare white grape and specialty of Vétroz?
Amigne
Petite Arvine is a white wine specialty grape of what canton?
Valais
What is Nostrano?
A specialty blend wine of Ticino made from mostly Bondola plus Malbec, Fresia, and Bonarda.
What is the synonym for Chasselas in Valais?
Fendant
What is Pinot Noir called in Zurich?
Clevner
What is Dôle and where is it produced?
This is a light red wine specialty of Valais that is produced from a minimum 85% combined Pinot Noir and Gamay plus other red grapes permitted in Valais.
What is Goron?
Essentially Dôle that has been declassified and is made up of mostly Gamay instead of Pinot Noir.
What is Federweisser?
In German-speaking Switzerland it refers to a white wine made from black grapes.
In Germany it is the equivalent of Austrian Sturm.
What is the most planted white grape in Switzerland?
Fendant; aka Chasselas
What is the Valais synonym for Chasselas?
Fendant
What is flétri?
Wine produced from grapes in a state of passerillage.
What is Gamaret?
Swiss crossing of Gamay x Reichensteiner
What is Gros Rhin? Petit Rhin?
Gros Rhin is the Swiss synonym for Silvaner
Petit Rhin is the Swiss synonym for Riesling
In what canton would you find plantings of Humagne Blanche and Humagne Rouge?
Valais
What is the name of the maderized wine produced in the Valais?
Vin de Glacier
What is the synonym for Silvaner in Switzerland?
Johanissberg
What are the two Grand Crus of the Vaud?
Dezelay and Calamin
What does “Flétri” indicate on a bottle of Swiss wine?
Sweet dried grape wine (passito)
Kretzer or Weissherbst is known as what in Switzerland?
Sussdruck or Pressé Doux
How many grapes are used in the production of Sussdruck or Pressé Doux? What is this?
1 grape; this is a single varietal rosé similar to Kretzer in the Trentino and Alto Adige or Weissherbst as it’s called in Germany
