 A wineshop front in Cully, Switzerland. Image by Zeynel Cebeci, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Mary MulliganSwiss wine Swiss wine Wine making in Switzerland Swiss wine is produced from nearly 15,000 hectares (37,000 acres) of vineyards, and the wines are mainly produced in the west and in the south of Switzerland, in the cantons of Geneva, Neuchâtel, Ticino, Valais and Vaud. White grape varieties are grown on 43% of the country's vineyard area, and red grape varieties on 57%.[1] Wine shop in Lavaux According to the Swiss Federal Office of Agriculture, Swiss wine production in 2019 was just over 979,445 hectolitres (25,874,200 US gal; 21,544,800 imp gal), almost equal amounts red and white.[1] Nearly all the national production is drunk within the national boundaries;[2] less than 2% of the wine is exported (mainly to Germany). For… (Source: Wikipedia)
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