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Despite a 3.3% decline in total wine consumption, the Swiss are drinking more local brands. The Federal Office for Agriculture reports a 2.3% increase in Swiss wine consumption, pushing its market share to 37.5%.
Swiss President Guy Parmelin, a winemaker, is pushing a plan to oblige merchants to buy Swiss grapes to be able to import foreign wine, a move critics label a protectionist 'cartel system'.
The canton of Geneva has proposed a novel plan to pay winegrowers CHF 18,000 per hectare annually to maintain their plots without the obligation to produce grapes, aiming to preserve the region's vineyard landscape.
To combat a crisis in Swiss winegrowing, the canton of Geneva is proposing a plan to pay winegrowers CHF 18,000 per hectare annually to maintain their vineyards without an obligation to produce grapes, aiming to preserve the region's landscape and production facilities.
Amid falling domestic consumption and competition, Swiss agricultural groups are gaining political influence. Wine growers are now leading a charge to reintroduce a system linking import rights to the sale of domestic wine, a protectionist move that could disrupt trade with EU producers.
Swiss agricultural research institute Agroscope has unveiled seven new grape varieties bred over 17 years to be resistant to fungal diseases. The innovation aims to significantly reduce pesticide use and better equip viticulture for the challenges of climate change.
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