{"id":88872,"date":"2026-06-21T08:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T08:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/88872\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T08:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T08:30:12","slug":"swiss-wine-import-limits-come-under-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/88872\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss wine import limits come under fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1009ce81869a4b94067cc799dd2182e24b2b890f-91623287.jpg\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" alt=\"New wine import rules come under fire\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                New wine import rules come under fire            <\/p>\n<p>            Keystone-SDA        <\/p>\n<p>        A Swiss government plan to support wine production by restricting imports has met with strong opposition from wine merchants and trade associations.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Listen to the article        <\/p>\n<p>            Listening the article        <\/p>\n<p>                Toggle language selector            <\/p>\n<p>                            English (US)                        <\/p>\n<p>                            English (British)                        <\/p>\n<p>            Generated with artificial intelligence.        <\/p>\n<p>        This content was published on    <\/p>\n<p>        June 21, 2026 &#8211; 10:02\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/about-us\/swissinfo-ch-newsletter_newsletter-subscription\/42152624\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">+Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A consultation on the proposed revision of the Wine Ordinance concluded on June 18. The Federal Council proposes to reserve wine import tariff quotas for businesses that purchase and process Swiss grapes.<\/p>\n<p>The measure is supported by some 1,000 winegrowers, as well as by VignobleSuisse, who cite the sector\u2019s economic difficulties. <\/p>\n<p>Conversely, several trade organisations, including the Swiss Wine Trade Association, oppose the measure. They fear it will distort competition and lead to higher prices.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Council plans to make a decision in the autumn based on the results of the consultation.<\/p>\n<p>\n    More<\/p>\n<p>    <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/355671589_highres.jpg\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\" alt=\"vineyards\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        More    <\/p>\n<p>        Swiss wine growers seek to limit European imports    <\/p>\n<p class=\"teaser-wide-card__excerpt\">\n<p>                        This content was published on                    <\/p>\n<p>                        Feb 1, 2026                    <\/p>\n<p>                Falling consumption, cheaper imports, overproduction and quality gaps are squeezing the country\u2019s producers.            <\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"teaser-wide-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/various\/swiss-wine-growers-seek-to-limit-european-imports\/90867355\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>            Read more: Swiss wine growers seek to limit European imports<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Translated from French, sub-edited by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/author\/matthew-allen\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mga<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        Articles in this story    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New wine import rules come under fire Keystone-SDA A Swiss government plan to support wine production by restricting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[101,5461,368,312,114,100,69,103,41,17],"class_list":["post-88872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-article","tag-beat-swiss-democracy","tag-beat-trade-policy","tag-beat-various","tag-business","tag-latest-news","tag-politics","tag-production-type-deepl-autotranslation","tag-swiss","tag-switzerland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116787165855505546","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}