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Swiss Wines
The UK's Most Comprehensive Range of Swiss Wines
Welcome to our Swiss wine catalogue! We believe we offer the widest range of Swiss Wine in the UK. Switzerland is renowned for beautiful scenery, lakes, mountains, cheese, chocolate, cuckoo clocks, and punctual trains - but how many people know her wines? It would be surprising if many Britons were familiar with them, as they are largely unknown outside Switzerland. Very little wine is made, with just 14,900 hectares of vineyards in the entire country. Furthermore, the Swiss know a good thing, and with such scarcity, almost all Swiss wine is consumed at home, with extremely little – maybe only 1% - being exported. As such, it a real rarity abroad, and when found, quite a novelty. Yet Switzerland is a fascinating winemaking country, with a wide repertoire of grape varieties and winemaking styles, and many truly world-class wines. With such variety and excellence, Swiss wines are a veritable treasure trove just waiting to be discovered by UK wine-lovers. We offer a comprehensive range of high quality wines from the principal Swiss winegrowing regions of Geneva, Vaud, Valais, Grisons, and Ticino. Where to begin? Not an easy question, as there is so much. For whites, look to the Vaud districts of Lavaux and Chablais for excellent Chasselas-based wines - seek out the wines of Aigle, with its fairytale castle, and St. Saphorin & Dézaley, where steep terraced vineyards plunge to Lake Geneva. Valais offers rare indigenous red and white varieties, Fendants, some of the best Pinot Noirs on earth, and Dôle. Ticino excels at Merlot. For sheer diversity, and some of the best Swiss Gamays, Geneva is hard to beat. Swiss wines will never be a bargain, but for the best values, try the wines from the Co-operatives at Ollon in the Chablais and Corseaux in the Lavaux, Valaisan Dôle & Fendant, and Geneva wines generally. Our mixed cases are a good place to start - ready-made selections which offer a good cross section of what Switzerland has to offer.
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Swiss Sampler Cases
A range of Swiss sampler cases - one of whites, one reds, and a mixed case containing reds, whites, a Rosé and a Swiss sparkling wine.
Geneva Region
A comprehensive range of wines from the Geneva district. Whites include Chasselas, Aligoté, Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Viognier, and Sauvignon Blanc. The reds range from fresh fruity Gamays, through classic grape varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir, to exciting varieties such as the Gamaret and Zinfandel and also some excellent blends. All in a variety of styles, including oaked and unoaked, and all from top makers.
Valais
A range of superb wines from the Valais - one of the highest altitude winegrowing regions in Europe. Superb powerful reds from indigenous and international grape varieties rival anything produced elsewhere in Europe, and a range of lovely whites including some lovely Fendants.
Vaud - Lavaux
A range of wines from the beautiful Lavaux, which stretches along the northern shores of Lake Geneva, with its steep terraced vineyards, plunging down from the villages on the hillside above the lake right to the water's edge. Chasselas reigns supreme here, with ideal growing conditions - chalky limestone soils, with underlying alkaline earth, and a benevolant climate. Production centers on the communes of Chardonne, Dézaley, St. Saphorin, and Épesses, whose superb wines reflect the zenith of quality possible from Chasselas. A small amount of wine is made from other varities, including some excellent reds.
Vaud - Chablais
A selection from the Chablais winegrowing villages of Aigle, Yvorne, and Ollon. Mainly white, but a handful of pleasing reds too.
Vaud - La Côte
La Côte stretches along the northern shores of Lake Geneva between the city of Geneva and Lausanne. This charming region, with its neat villages, stunning castles, and the ever-present expanse of Lake Geneva, is the largest winegrowing region in the Canton de Vaud, and is principally white wine country. Chasselas is grown extensively here, producing a soft dry wine, with a hint of carbon dioxide giving it a most refreshing character, although there are also some good red wines made - including a few very good examples.
Sparkling and Rosé Swiss Wines
Some excellent Rosé wines are made from Gamay and Pinot Noir grapes, and we have a couple of good examples. We also have some great Sparkling Swiss wines - hardly the best known source of fizz, but excellent nonetheless.
Ticino (Tessin)
A wide range of Merlots - both red and white - from the Italian part of Switzerland. Also an excellent white blend from a small Ticinese family Domaine, and a handful of Ticinese spirits, including some excellent Grappas.
Graubunden
A selection of wines from this eastern canton, renowned for its Pinot Noir, but also producing some splendid whites.
Rest of Switzerland
A handful of wines from other Swiss cantons, including Schaffhausen and Zurich.
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