Switzerland/Savoie

Question 1

In western Switzerland, the four French-speaking cantons produce wine:

Answer 1

Valais, Vaud, Geneva, and Neuchâtel

Question 2

The Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in the south borders Italy’s Lombardy region, and focuses almost exclusively on the?

Answer 2

Merlot grape

Question 3

The most cultivated white grape variety in Switzerland is?

Answer 3

Chasselas

Question 4

Sylvaner is known locally as?

Answer 4

Johannisberg

Question 5

Which is the most important canton in Switzerland for wine production and is responsible for a third of the nation’s annual output?

Answer 5

Valais

Question 6

What is Dôle?

Answer 6

A blend of Pinot Noir and Gamay at a minimum of 51%, are the canton’s most widely produced wines

Question 7

Chasselas is also known as?

Answer 7

Fendant

Question 8

What is Rèze?

Answer 8

One of Switzerland’s oldest indigenous grapes, produces the rare Valais specialty Vin des Glacier, a maderized wine stored in high altitude soleras

Question 9

Vaud, on the north shores of Lake Geneva, borders France’s Jura region and is also dominated by the cultivation of ?

Answer 9

Chasselas, locally known as Dorin

Question 10

In 2010, the Vaud appellation system was simplified, bracketing the former 26 village AOCs into six regional AOCs:

Answer 10

Chablais, La Côte, Lavaux, Vully, Bonvillars, and Côtes de l’Orbe

Question 11

Name the 2 Grand Crus of Vaud

Answer 11

Dézaley and Calamin

Question 12

What is Salvagnin?

Answer 12

Blend: Min. 10% Pinot Noir, Min. 50% Gamay, Min. 20% Gamaret and/or Garanoir in Vaud

Question 13

Name the main grape varieties of Geneva southwestern shores of Geneva

Answer 13

Chasselas and Gamay dominate, though Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are gaining notoriety

Question 14

Neuchâtel main grapes?

Answer 14

Pinot Noir its flagship grape and Chasselas

Question 15

What is Oeil de Perdrix?

Answer 15

a lightly colored rosé made from Pinot Noir in Neuchâtel

Question 16

Chasselas in Geneva is known as?

Answer 16

Perlan

Question 17

Name the six sub-districts of Valais

Answer 17

Sion
Sierre
Fully
St. Leonard
Salgesch
Vetroz

Question 18

Savoie’s continental climate is moderated by which lakes?

Answer 18

Lake Bourget and the larger Lake Geneva, known as Lac Léman in France

Question 19

Savoie produces mainly?

Answer 19

whites but also reds and rose under Vin de Savoie AOC

Question 20

Sparkling wines are produced under?

Answer 20

Petillant de Savoie and Mousseux Savoie
Seysell is a still or sparkling from 100% Roussette (Altesse), although varietally labelled Molette is also permitted
Crémant de Savoie AOP, was established in 2015. Many are based on Jacquere, but they commonly see Altesse, Chardonnay, and some red varieties

Question 21

Name the main grapes of Savoie

Answer 21

Jacquère is the most common grape, but Altesse, Roussanne (Bergeron), and Chardonnay produce higher-quality wines. Gamay, Mondeuse, and Pinot Noir comprise most of the red and rosé Vin de Savoie wines

Question 22

The cru Chignin-Bergeron produces?

Answer 22

100% Roussanne wines exclusively

Question 23

the crus of Marignan, Ripaille, and Crépy—all located along the southern shores of Lake Geneva—mandate a minimum?

Answer 23

80% Chasselas

Question 24

Roussette de Savoie AOP produces wines?

Answer 24

100% Roussette

Question 25

Bugey, upgraded to AOP in May 2009, is to the west of Lake Bourget and produces?

Answer 25

still wines of all three colors in addition to the sparkling rosé Bugey-Cerdon

Question 26

Roussette du Bugey AOP wines?

Answer 26

100% Roussette