BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss government will allow winemakers to continue selling 70 cl bottles of wine within the country, but the price per decilitre must be indicated, starting later in 2012, it announced 5 September.

The new regulation will help consumers compare prices, but wine producers don’t need to show the per/dl price on the bottle: it can be posted on store shelves, for example.

Most Swiss wine is sold in 75cl bottles and all wine for export to the European Union must be in 75cl bottles.

Some regions’ traditional wines are bottled in the smaller, older style bottles.