The wines of the world characterized & classed : with some particulars respecting the beers of Europe / By Henry Vizetelly.

  • Vizetelly, Henry, 1820-1894.
Date:
1875
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Credit: The wines of the world characterized & classed : with some particulars respecting the beers of Europe / By Henry Vizetelly. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Hallauer and the white Siblingener, Aargan simply some common table wines, whereas the canton of Ticino, although viticulture and vinification are but in their infancy there, already yields such promising red wines as those from Mendrisio, Locarno, Bellinzona, and Lugano. A fine field exists here for a person of enterprise who would give his attention to the culti- vation of the grape and the making of wine on scientific principles, now that railway communication with Interlachen is on the eve of being assured.” The area of vine cultivation in Switzerland is estimated at 80,000 acres, and comprises L60 per cent, of the land under tillage. In the canton of Ticino alone there are nearly 20,000 acres of vineyards, and in those of the Vaud and Zurich upwards of 14,000 and 13,000 acres respectively. The greatest altitude of any Swiss vineyard is 3,000 feet above the level of the sea. The annual yield of wine ranges from 26,000,000 to 30,000,000 of gallons, representing a value of from ,£1,100,000 to £1,350,000. The best wines command about half-a-crown per bottle retail. Excepting the hTeuchatel Champagne scarcely any Swiss wine is exported, the production, in fact, falling short of home require- ments, which are supplied to the extent necessary from France. Prior to the recent war between France and Germany, Switzer- land was the best customer that Alsace and Lorraine had for their wines.