Swiss wine country excursions: rolling over the hills of five cantons and overlooking three lakes, the Trois Lacs wine area of Switzerland includes 1,000 hectares of vineyards. Though small, this winemaking wonderland stretching through Cantons Neuchatel, Jura, Bern, Fribourg and Vaud is certainly beautiful.

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Swiss wine country excursions: rolling over the hills of five cantons and overlooking three lakes, the Trois Lacs wine area of Switzerland includes 1,000 hectares of vineyards. Though small, this winemaking wonderland stretching through Cantons Neuchatel, Jura, Bern, Fribourg and Vaud is certainly beautiful.

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The Trois Lacs or Three Lakes is the smallest of Switzerland's six wine-producing regions, spanning from the Lac de Neuchatel (Neuenburgersee) to the west, the Lac de Bienne (Bielersee) to the northeast and the Lac de Morat (Murtensee) to the southeast. Yet, since most of the vineyards are located on these lakes' western flanks, the bulk of this wine region lies within a 25-kilometre radius of Neuchatel City.

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Switzerland's largest wine-growing cantons, in order of size, are Valais, Vaud, Gen...

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