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Wine

Why Swiss wine is one of the country's best kept secrets

When foreigners think of amazing Swiss specialities, chocolate and cheese likely come to mind. Swiss wine? Not so much. But that could be about to change.

Food and Drink

19 mildly interesting facts about Swiss wine

Swiss wine is one of Switzerland’s best-kept secrets, since it’s not widely known internationally as a wine-producing country. As vineyards throw open their doors to visitors in ‘open cellars’ season, The Local raises a glass to the Swiss wine industry.

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Swiss consumers are drinking less wine

The amount of wine consumed by Swiss residents in 2016 was down on the previous year, partly due to lifestyle choices and partly due to poor stocks of homegrown wine in the past few years, according to an official report.

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Swiss winegrowers festival granted Unesco status

The Fête des Vignerons, a huge winegrowers’ festival that takes place every 20 years in Vevey, on the shore of Lake Geneva, has been inscribed on Unesco’s ‘intangible heritage’ list.