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13-399: Rèze is a white Swiss wine grape variety that is primarily found around the city of Sierre in the canton of Valais in southwest Switzerland . Here the variety is used to produce vin des glaciers —a sherry -style wine that utilizes a solera system of wine stored in larch wood or oak barrels that are never fully emptied with newer vintages being added to the barrels containing

26-518: A brand name. From the late 1980s, though, a French-style Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée system started to be implemented, starting with the Canton of Geneva. These regulations are mainly implemented by the cantons themselves. Over the years, the Swiss have developed a number of unique specialty wines from grapes rarely found outside Switzerland. These include: Chasselas Chasselas or Chasselas blanc

39-486: A long time, Switzerland lacked detailed national regulations regarding wine classification , which meant that it was to a large extent up to wine producers about what to put on wine labels ; neither a German wine -style Prädikat system nor a French wine -style appellation system was implemented, and as a non-EU member, Switzerland did not have to implement European Union wine regulations . Wines were usually labelled by their village of origin, by grape variety, or using

52-476: Is a grape variety originating in western Switzerland. Its name was first mentioned in the 16th century. In 1940, Chasselas was crossed with Silvaner to produce the white grape variety Nobling . Chasselas is widely grown in Switzerland, where it has several regional synonym names, the main one being Fendant in the canton of Valais . It is considered an ideal pairing for raclette or fondue . Chasselas

65-571: Is a wine grape variety grown mainly in Switzerland , France , Germany , Portugal , Hungary , Romania , New Zealand , Croatia and Chile . Chasselas is mostly vinified to be a full, dry and fruity white wine. It is also suitable as a table grape , grown widely for this purpose in Turkey and Hungary . Genetic analyses made in 2009 in a laboratory of the University of Dieppe showed that Chasselas

78-690: Is also a tradition of olive oil -making in Ticino, possibly also since the Roman Era. The two most common grape varieties in Switzerland are the red Pinot noir at around 30% and the white Chasselas at around 27%. A large number of grape varieties are cultivated in Switzerland, many of them indigenous or regional specialties. Some 90 grape varieties are cultivated on an area of 1 hectare (2.5 acres) or more. Other grapes grown in Switzerland include hybrid varieties like Muscat bleu which had 3 hectares (7.4 acres) in cultivation for commercial winemaking 2009. For

91-507: Is also known as Perlan in the Mandement district of Geneva. In 2009, it was Switzerland's second-most planted grape variety at 4,013 hectares (9,920 acres). In Germany, with 1,123 hectares (2,770 acres), it is almost exclusively grown in the wine region of Baden under the name Gutedel . In France it is mostly grown in the Loire region , where it is blended with Sauvignon blanc to produce

104-560: Is drunk within the national boundaries; less than 2% of the wine is exported (mainly to Germany). For example, in 2019, only 13,193 hectolitres were exported. Switzerland ranks in the top 10 of per capita consumption of wine, and as of 1983 imported two thirds of it, including more Beaujolais than the United States . In 2019, 1,784,371 hectolitres of wine consumed was imported, compared to 945,585 hectolitres of domestic wine consumed. The tradition of wine and viticulture in Switzerland

117-756: Is very old, beginning no later than the Roman era . Coming from the Mediterranean basin, viticulture was generally introduced from the 1st century AD, after integration into the Roman Empire. Ticino and Upper Valais are perhaps exceptions: it is possible that the cultivated vine ( Vitis vinifera ) was introduced from the Iron Age south of the Alps and that it then crossed the Alpine passes. The oldest recorded bottle, made in ceramic ,

130-460: The canton of Bern ), Ticino , Vaud , and Valais . Switzerland is a fairly small country with great diversity in climate and soils due to the Alps . Ticino, on the southern side, has a sunnier climate more influenced by the Mediterranean, while the rest of the country, being on the north side, are more affected by weather coming off the Atlantic Ocean. Contrary to northern Switzerland, there

143-518: The older vintages. Despite its historical use in the production of vin des glaciers , its plantings have nonetheless been declining over the last century and now the variety is almost extinction. In the 21st century, DNA profiling determined that Rèze is likely one of the parent varieties to the Piedmont wine grape Cascarolo bianco and the Trentino wine grapes Nosiola and Groppello di Revò . Over

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156-466: The years Rèze has been known under a variety of synonyms including Petit Prié Tardif, Reize verte, Réze verte, Rèzi and Resi. Swiss wine 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. Nearly all the national production

169-829: Was found near Sembrancher (Valais), in a Celtic tomb of a lady of 2nd century BC. An inscription on the bottle indicates that it contained wine. Around the 150s BC , in the Celtic era, the people in Valais offered wine to the dead, and probably they also drank the same wine. After a century, the Roman amphorae also appeared. Vineyards became an integral part of the Swiss landscape. The most extensive terraced vineyards are found in Valais and Lavaux . Six wine regions are defined by Swiss Wine Promotion, an association that represents Swiss winemakers. They are: Geneva, German-speaking Switzerland , Three Lakes (including Neuchatel , Fribourg , and part of

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