The best wines of Zürich

Discover the best wines of Zürich as well as the best winemakers of Zürich and estates of Zürich to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Zürich and the best vintages to taste in this region.

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Top wines of Zürich by region

Looking for a good wine of Zürich among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Zürich. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Zürich with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Zürich

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Zürich

Red wines from the region of Zürich go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of savoyard matafans, veal chop with mushrooms or duck breast with honey sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Zürich

On the nose the red wine of the region of Zürich. often reveals types of flavors of licorice, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of the region of Zürich. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in red wine of Zürich

  • 2018With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.87/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Zürich

  • Pinot Noir
  • Merlot
  • Gamaret
  • Diolinoir
  • Cornalin
  • Marechal Foch

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Zürich

A wine route planned in the region of Zürich? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Zürich.

Discovering the wine region of Zürich

Zurich is a Swiss cantonal wine region covering all winegrowing sub-regions and vineyards within the borders of the Zurich canton. It is one of the more productive cantonal appellations in the German-speaking Northern Part of Switzerland. The main viticultural area here arches to the north, above the city of Winterthur, stretching up to Schaffhausen and even crossing the Rhine briefly around Eglisau, Rafz, Rudlingen, Wil and Huntwagen. This area is generally known as Zurcher Weinland, although as an area it is not precisely demarcated.

To the east is Thurgau, the birthplace of Dr Hermann Müller, so it is perhaps not surprising that his Muller-Thurgau crossing is the most widely planted Grape variety in Zurich vineyards. Here in Switzerland, though, the variety is often still referred to as Riesling-Sylvaner, revealing its genetic identity. As is standard for the northern, German-speaking part of Switzerland, red wines made from Pinot Noir constitute the majority of the region's production. They are not dissimilar in style to those made just to the north across the Rhine, in Germany's most southerly region, Baden.

The Gamay x Reichensteiner crossings Gamaret and Garanoir are also grown here, as are the alliterative trio Dunkelfelder, Dornfelder and Diolinoir. Winterthur is Switzerland's sixth-largest city, but the landscape just to the north is a Dense patchwork of fields and forests. The region is divided by the Thur river, which eventually flows into the Rhine just north of Rudlingen.

Great white wines of Zürich

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Zürich

White wines from the region of Zürich go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chicken supreme with morels, gloom and doom or cassoulet.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Zürich

On the nose the white wine of the region of Zürich. often reveals types of flavors of tropical, apples or minerality and sometimes also flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of the region of Zürich. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in white wine of Zürich

  • 2019With an average score of 4.11/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2020With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.98/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Zürich

  • Riesling
  • Chardonnay
  • Sylvaner
  • Pinot Noir
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Pinot Gris

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Zürich

A wine route planned in the region of Zürich? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best white wine of Zürich.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot blanc

Pinot Blanc is a grape variety that originated in Burgundy, mutated from Pinot Gris. Today, it is grown in Alsace where it is called klevner when blended with auxerrois. The continental climate, with its cold winters and hot summers, is particularly suited to pinot blanc. It is resistant to frost in winter and in summer, the roots draw the minerals it needs from the warm soil. Its bunches are made up of small berries with thick skins and melting pulp that produce fruity, spicy wines, balanced between acidity and alcohol. pinot blanc is also used for crémants and sparkling wines. Pinot Blanc is also used for Crémant and sparkling wines. It is widely grown in Italy, where it covers almost 7,000 hectares, and is also found in Germany, Austria, Canada and South Africa.

Great sparkling wines of Zürich

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Zürich

Sparkling wines from the region of Zürich go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chicken and sausage stew with carrots, roast pork with milk or prime rib with chervil butter.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Zürich

On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Zürich. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of Zürich

  • 0With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.55/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Zürich

  • Pinot Noir
  • Riesling
  • Sylvaner
  • Chardonnay
  • Muscatel
  • Pinot Blanc

The word of the wine: White winemaking

White wines are obtained by fermentation of the juice after pressing. A pre-fermentation maceration is sometimes practiced to extract the aromatic substances from the skins. White wines are normally made from white grapes, but can also be made from red grapes (blanc de noirs). The grapes are then pressed as soon as they arrive at the vat house without maceration in order to prevent the colouring matter contained in the skins from "staining" the wine.

Great pink wines of Zürich

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Zürich

Pink wines from the region of Zürich go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast veal with milk and rosemary, banh mi sandwich or venison leg marinated in white wine and grand marnier.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Zürich

On the nose the pink wine of the region of Zürich. often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, citrus fruit or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit.

The best vintages in pink wine of Zürich

  • 2019With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.93/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Zürich

  • Pinot Noir
  • Blauburgunder
  • Cabernet Jura
  • Weissburgunder

The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Zürich

A wine route planned in the region of Zürich? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best pink wine of Zürich.

Discover the grape variety: Acolon

Great sweet wines of Zürich

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Zürich

Sweet wines from the region of Zürich go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of paupiettes of veal, beef stew or quick duck breast with honey.

The best vintages in sweet wine of Zürich

  • 2011With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.36/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.23/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.10/5

The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Zürich

  • Pinot Noir
  • Riesling
  • Sylvaner
  • Blauburgunder
  • Silvaner
  • Räuschling

The word of the wine: Blanc de blancs (champagne)

Champagne made only from the Chardonnay grape. The expression has been somewhat overused by the intensive use made of it by certain large distributors of white table wines (or sparkling wines) who were thus seeking to promote their product.

Great unknow wines of Zürich

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Food and wine pairing with a unknow wine of Zürich

Unknow wines from the region of Zürich go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Discover other regions and appellation of Zürich

    A wine route in the region of Zürich ? Visit the most beautiful wine towns and villages

    • Benken zh
    • Berg am irchel
    • Grüningen
    • Hornussen
    • Lindau
    • Meilen
    • Niederweningen
    • Ossingen
    • Schwyz ch
    • Stationsstrasse
    • Stäfa
    • Teufen
    • Uerikon
    • Uster
    • Watt
    • Wiesendangen
    • Wil
    • Winterthur
    • Zweidlen-dorf