Full Description
The Smart Traveller's Wine Guide series is written in collaboration with Club Oenologique, with comprehensive listings of restaurants, hotels, cafés and bars, points of wider cultural interest such as art galleries and museums, which wineries you can visit, how to read a Swiss wine list, Swiss winemakers' favourite restaurants and more.
Contents
Foreword 6
Map of Switzerland 8
Introduction 10
History 12
Geography 20
Wine regions of Switzerland 26
Swiss wine classifications
and what they mean 48
Wine styles and grape varieties 52
Swiss wines to look out for 66
Wine events and other festivals 76
Wine routes 94
The Guide 118
The best Swiss wineries for tours
and tastings 120
The best Swiss wine tourism experiences 134
The best Swiss hotels for wine lovers 144
Fine dining in Switzerland 160
Casual dining in Switzerland 170
The best Swiss wine bars 184
The best Swiss wine shops 192
Glossary 200
Further reading 202
Index 204
Acknowledgements 208
