Ticino has a long tradition of winemaking, being the southernmost region of Switzerland. Wine has been produced there since the Roman era. The region is known for its Merlot, which was introduced in the early 20th century. Bianchi di Merlot, produced from red merlot grapes by minimizing skin contact during vinification, is a distinctive style characteristic of the region.
From the Wikipedia article Ticino (wine region), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ticino is a wine region, Switzerland. We track 352 of its wines in stock at 8 shops, from 54 wine houses, from € 9.22; mostly red, white.
- Country
- Switzerland
- In our wines
- Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, Sauvignon Blanc
- Styles
- Red 267 · White 64 · Rosé 7 · Sparkling 5
- Prices
- from € 9.22 · median € 32.53 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotso far +3.3 °C · 1,665 GDD · 71 % rain |
| 2025 | 50 | € 10.30 | € 20.60 | 89.0 (1 wine) | hotwetwet harvest +1.0 °C · 1,291 GDD · 144 % rain |
| 2024 | 50 | € 13.01 | € 27.11 | 91.3 (4 wines) | hotwetwet harvest +1.0 °C · 1,294 GDD · 152 % rain |
| 2023 | 76 | € 10.30 | € 33.49 | 91.0 (1 wine) | hotwet +1.5 °C · 1,432 GDD · 130 % rain |
| 2022 | 64 | € 9.22 | € 35.24 | 91.0 (3 wines) | hot +2.3 °C · 1,589 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 2021 | 42 | € 10.84 | € 39.47 | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,114 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 2020 | 26 | € 17.89 | € 44.73 | – | warm +0.6 °C · 1,220 GDD · 119 % rain |
| 2019 | 9 | € 24.40 | € 39.03 | 89.0 (1 wine) | warm +0.9 °C · 1,299 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 2018 | 2 | € 38.49 | € 61.27 | – | hotdry harvest +1.8 °C · 1,465 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 2017 | 2 | € 57.47 | € 85.40 | – | warm +0.9 °C · 1,269 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2016 | 8 | € 18.98 | € 34.98 | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,105 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2015 | 4 | € 45.00 | € 54.49 | – | warm +0.5 °C · 1,196 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,013 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,054 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,211 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.7 °C · 1,222 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.9 °C · 968 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.6 °C · 1,208 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.5 °C · 1,059 GDD · 131 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,105 GDD · 107 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.8 °C · 1,272 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,160 GDD · 72 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,103 GDD · 76 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.0 °C · 1,423 GDD · 66 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 975 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,069 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | averagewet −0.3 °C · 1,063 GDD · 138 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,096 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,116 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 1,039 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.2 °C · 863 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.8 °C · 969 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,149 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.7 °C · 996 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,067 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,120 GDD · 76 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,148 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.9 °C · 998 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,039 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,016 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,057 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,031 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | coldwet harvest −2.1 °C · 763 GDD · 119 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,048 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,100 GDD · 90 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Ticino's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the region. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
Gialdi 23 · Brivio 21 · Tenimenti dell'Or Agriloro 16 · Delea 13 · Chiericati 11 · Kopp Von der Crone-Visini 11 · Valsangiacomo 11 · Azienda Mondò 10 · Tenuta Sasso Chierico 10 · Cantina alla Maggia 10 · Pelossi Vitivinicola 10 · Cantina Giubiasco 8 · La Costa 8 · Trapletti Vinicola 8 · Tamborini 7 · Matasci 7