Glossary of the Swiss terms of origins

Lausanne - Capital of the canton of Vaud.

Lavaux - Important wine-producing region from the canton of Vaud, between Lausanne and Montreux.

Léman (Lac de) - Lake Geneva.

Leytron - Wine-producing village from the canton of Valais.

Ligerz (Fr. Gléresse) – Wine-producing village on the Lake of Bienne.

Lugano - Town and lake in the Sottoceneri region (Ticino).

Luins - Wine-producing village near Nyon, in the La Côte region (Vaud).

Lully - Wine-producing village near Morges in the La Côte region (Vaud).

Lutry - Wine-producing region near Lausanne, in the Lavaux region (Vaud).

Mandement - The oldest wine-producing region and one of the most important in the canton of Geneva.

Martigny - Town and vineyards from Valais.

Mendrisio - Wine-producing village from the Sottoceneri (Ticino).

Mesolcina (Ger. Misox) - Wine-producing region which, administratively speaking, belongs to the canton of Graubünden, but whose wines are more related to those of Ticino.

Montreux - Town and vineyards on the eastern bank of the Lake of Geneva (Vaud).

Mont-sur-Rolle - Wine-producing village in the La Côte region (Vaud).

Morbio - Wine-producing village from the Sottoceneri (Ticino).

Morges - Town and vineyards near Lausanne, in the La Côte region (Vaud).

Môtiers - Village from the canton of Neuchâtel (three lakes’ region), where excellent sparkling wines are produced.

Neuchâtel - Town, canton and important wine-producing area (three lakes’ region), with appellation d’origine contrôlée – AOC (controlled terms of origin) for the wines produced there.

La Neuveville(La ~) – Wine-producing village near Bienne.

Nyon - Wine-producing village in the La Côte region (Vaud).

Ollon - Wine-producing village in the Chablais region (Vaud).

Peissy - Wine-producing village in the Mandement region (Geneva).

Perroy - Wine-producing village in the La Côte region (Vaud).