The wine production in Switzerland

Switzerland produces each year an average of 1,1 million hectolitres of wine, of which a small majority of white wines (51%). The part of red wines is increasing and reaches almost half of the production.

The official figures regarding production and consumption published by The official figures regarding the production and the consumption, published by the Swiss Confederation, are available on the official website of the Federal Office for Agriculture in Bern.

Switzerland's wine-growing surface counts some 15'000 hectares (ha), spread over all the territory, but the three quarters of them are in the French-speaking area. The most important wine-producing cantons are:

Valais 5'136 ha Vaud 3'851 ha Geneva 1'288 ha Ticino 1'036 ha Zurich 620 ha Neuchâtel 600 ha (including the whole three Lakes region = 937 ha)