Neuchâtel

Canton with capital of the same name in the near the border with . The viticulture is documented from the year 998. The winegrowing area belongs to the so-called (see there). The vineyards cover 605 hectares of vines, mostly on Lâc de Neuchâtel (Lake Neuchâtel), as well as Lac de Bienne (Lake Biel) with a small part of the north-western shore in the canton of Neuchâtel and most of it in the canton of . They lie in a 40 kilometre long band between the two municipalities of Le Landeron and Vaumarcus on mostly calcareous soil on southern slopes on the foothills of the Jura.

In 1993, an AOC statute was adopted and the wine-growing communes with this status are Auvernier, Bevaix, Boudry, Corcelles-Cormondrèche, Cornaux, Cortaillod, Cressier, Fresens, Gorgier, Hauterive, Le Landeron, Neuchâtel (with suburbs), Peseux, Saint-Aubin-Sauges, Saint-Blaise and Vaumarcus. The white wine varieties are mainly Chasselas, as well as Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer, Pinot Gris Müller-Thurgau (here Riesling-Sylvaner) and Sauvignon Blanc. The red wine varieties are Pinot Noir, Gamaret and Garanoir. A speciality is the salmon-coloured Rosé , which is also available in white as Blanche. The Neuchâtel Blanc is a sparkling white wine from Chasselas (also "Sternliwein"), which is also produced with (French: sur lie). Well-known producers are , Festiguet, Domaine Grisoni, , and .

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