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Vaud

Vaud is a wine region in Switzerland, home to 36 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines, known for Lavaux, Dezaley.

Vaud at a glance: white-leaning; known for Lavaux, Dezaley; wines range from AOC to AOP.
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Vaud's 36 wineries lean white but make plenty of red too; Merlot is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry AOC, AOP designation.

Most common single-grape wines

When Vaud wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:

Wine profile

Vaud leans white (about 63% of its wines) but makes meaningful red too.

106 distinct Vaud wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.

  • White67 · 63%
  • Red36 · 34%
  • Rose3 · 3%

Types: Sparkling, Still.

Representative Vaud wines

Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.

  • Les Freres Dutruy — Les Romaines Grande Reserve Chardonnay
  • Basile et Pierre Monachon — St Saphorin Les Manchettes
  • Le Rosey — Gamaret
  • Blaise Duboux — Haut Pierre Grand Cru
  • Domaine de Crochet — Cuvee Charles Auguste Grand Cru
  • Domaine Caillates — Tartegnin Grand Cru
  • Pierre-Luc Leyvraz — St-Saphorin Plant du Rhin Grand Cru
  • Phusis — Clos du Mormont Pinot Noir

Sub-regions & appellations

Within Vaud, these appellationsA legally-defined smaller growing area within a wine region, often with its own grapes and rules. are smaller growing areas, often with their own character:

  • La Cote
  • Lavaux
  • Dezaley
  • Chablais
  • Calamin
  • Cotes-de-l'Orbe

Quality designations

Wines here span quality tiers from everyday AOC to the strictly-controlled AOP — you'll find both accessible and prestige bottles.

  • AOCFrance's protected-origin designation (Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée) — controls where and how a wine is made.
  • AOPThe EU protected-origin label (Appellation d'Origine Protégée) — the modern equivalent of AOC.

Estate classifications

  • Grand CruA top vineyard/estate ranking — typically the highest quality classification in its region.
Understanding the wine data
Designation
The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
Classification
An additional quality, hierarchy, vineyard, site, ageing or producer classification where supplied. Its meaning varies by country — it is not a universal quality score.
How this ranking is built

Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.

Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.

How to choose a good Vaud wine

For everyday drinking, AOC bottles are the accessible choice; for something special, AOP signals the region's most tightly-controlled, prestige wines.

FAQs

How are wineries and producers selected for Vaud?
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
How are representative Vaud wines selected?
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Vaud?
The current regional catalogue contains 106 linked wines from 36 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.

Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.