Switzerland

Question 1

Switzerland is situated around and amongst which mountain range?
A. Pyrenees
B. Alps
C. Carpathian
D. Vosges

Answer 1

Alps

Question 2

Valais is to the ________ of Lake Geneva.

Answer 2

East

Question 3

What is the term for a Swiss autonomous region, similar to an autonomia in Spain or a province in Canada.

Answer 3

Canton

Question 4

Select the country (ies) bordering Switzerland to the South.
A. Austria
B. France
C. Germany
D. Italy
E. Luxembourg

Answer 4

Italy
France

Question 5

Wine laws are set by each individual canton, not by a national governing body. T/F

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Dole is a common blend in Switzerland that uses which two varietals as the majority of the blend?

Answer 6

Pinot Noir and Gamay

Question 7

Switzerland exports a large majority of their wine. T/F

Answer 7

False

Question 8

What is the most planted red grape in Switzerland?
A. Gamay
B. Pinot Noir
C. Merlot
D. St Laurent
E. Gamaret

Answer 8

Pinot Noir

Question 9

What is the most planted white grape in Switzerland?
A. Chasselas
B. Pinot Noir
C. Gamaret
D. Chardonnay
E. Gamay

Answer 9

Chasselas

Question 10

Switzerland’s climate can best be generalized as ________
A. Cool
B. Moderate
C. Warm
D. Hot

Answer 10

Cool

Question 11

Cotes de l’Orbe, Chablais, Bonvillars are regional AOCs in which canton?
A. Geneva
B. Neuchatel
C. Ticino
D. Valais
E. Vaud

Answer 11

Vaud

Question 12

Heida is a synonym for which grape?
A. Altesse
B. Chasselas
C. Chardonnay
D. Sauv. Blanc
E. Savagnin

Answer 12

Sauvagnin

Question 13

Which of the following cantons is not French speaking?
A. Geneva
B. Neuchatel
C. Ticino
D. Valais
E. Vaud

Answer 13

Ticino

Question 14

In Vaud AOC wines’, what % of grapes must come from the stated AOC?
A. 60%
B. 70%
C. 85%
D. 90%
E. 100%

Answer 14

90%

Question 15

Valais has the driest climate of all the Swiss wine producing cantons?

Answer 15

True

Question 16

The grape Amigne reaches its highest quality in which Grand Cru in Valais?
A. Contney
B. Fully
C. Saint-Leonard
D. Salquenen
E. Vetroz

Answer 16

Vetroz

Question 17

Salvagnin is similar in style to Dole. T/F

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Match the synonym for Chasselas to the region it is used in.
A. Dorin
B. Perlan
C. Fendant

Answer 18

A. Vaud
B. Geneva
C. Valais

Question 19

Mandement, Entre Arve et Rhone and Entre Arve et Lac are sub-regions of which canton?
A. Geneva
B. Neuchatel
C. Ticino
D. Valais
E. Vaud

Answer 19

Geneva

Question 20

Ticino’s sub-regions of Sopraceneri and Sottoceneri are loosely translated to being “north of” and “south of” what geographical feature?
A. Mt Blanc
B. Matterhorn
C. Mt Ceneri
D. Lake Geneva
E. Rhone River

Answer 20

Mt Ceneri