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Humagne Blanche or Humagne is a white
Swiss wine Swiss wine is produced from nearly of vineyards, and the wines are mainly produced in the west and in the south of Switzerland, in the cantons of Geneva, Neuchâtel, Ticino, Valais and Vaud. White grape varieties are grown on 43% of the country' ...
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planted primarily in the
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region. The total Swiss plantations of the variety in 2009 stood at .Office fédéral de l’agriculture OFAG: Das Weinjahr 2009 / L'année d'viticole 2009
The grape produces a full bodied wine that is richer than Amigne and Petite Arvine, but more neutral in flavour than the latter.J. Robinson ''Jancis Robinson's Wine Course'' Third Edition pg 112 Abbeville Press 2003
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in Italy established that Humagne Blanche is not related to the red Swiss variety Humagne Rouge.


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