Argentina

Question 1

Most of the fruit that Vina Cobos sources from comes from which of the estate’s vineyards

Answer 1

Marchioness Estate, owned by Andrea Marchiori’s father (partner in winery)

Question 2

Who was Argentina’s first female winemaker of note

Answer 2

Susan Balboa

Question 3

Argentina’s oldest family owned winery, who also fought for the creation of Argentina’s first DOC (Lujan de Cuyo)

Answer 3

Luigi Bosca

Question 4

Only Mendoza region to be classified Region II on Winkler Scale

Answer 4

Uco Valley

Question 5

Name of Terrazas de los Andes single vineyard Cab Sauv

Answer 5

Los Aromos

Question 6

What famous consultant is behind Clos de los Siete

Answer 6

Michel Rolland

Question 7

IG of Lujan de Cuyo DOC (APVL-C)

Answer 7

Agrelo
Perdriel
Las Compuertas
Vistalba

Question 8

What is Charbono known as in Argentina

Answer 8

Bonarda

Question 9

In what Cuyo province is the Famantina Valley

Answer 9

La Rioja

Question 10

Cuyo IG north to south

Answer 10

La Rioja
San Juan
Mendoza

Question 11

Where is Bodegas Chacra located

Answer 11

Rio Negro in Patagonia

Question 12

What two Argentina wineries are part of Hess Group

Answer 12

Colome
Amalaya

Question 13

What vineyards are used for Cheval des Andes

Answer 13

Las Compuertas (Lujan de Cuyo)
La Consulta (Uco Valley)

Question 14

What three Pinot Noirs does Bodegas Chacra produce? what is the meaning of the names

Answer 14

Trienta y Dos
Cincinnati y Cinco
Sesante y Siete
the year the vines were planted

Question 15

Who is behind Alto Limay and where is it

Answer 15

Paul Hobbs
Patagonia

Question 16

Who collaborates with Bodegas Chacra to produce their Chardonnay

Answer 16

Jean-Marc Roulot

Question 17

What part of Argentina is Guatallary located in

Answer 17

Tupungato (within Uco Valley, Mendoza)

Question 18

Departmental IG of Uco Valley(TTSG)

Answer 18

Tupungato
Tunuyan
San Carlos
Gualtallary

Question 19

If a blend, Argentina requires a min % of what to be listed on label

Answer 19

20%

Question 20

What major river runs through Uco Valley

Answer 20

Tunuyan River

Question 21

1st Argentinian IG based on soil

Answer 21

Altamira IG in Uco Valley

Question 22

What grape is the Famantina Valley (in La Rioja) known for

Answer 22

Torrontes

Question 23

What is the southern-most vineyard in the world? Region? Producer?

Answer 23

Sarmiento
Chubut, Patagonia
Ortonia Patagonia Extrema (owned by Alejandro Bulgheroni)

Question 24

Name the winemaking regions of Argentina north to south

Answer 24

North Region
Cuyo
Center Region
Patagonia

Question 25

Subregions of Argentina’s North Region from north to south

Answer 25

Jujoy Salta Tucuman Catamarca

Question 26

Calchaqui Valley is a system of interconnecting valleys that is shared among which 4 IG of Argentina

Answer 26

Jujoy Salta Catamarca Tucuman

Question 27

Subregions of Salta (CCMS-C)

Answer 27

Cachi Cafayete Molinos San Carlos

Question 28

Only official DOC in Argentina

Answer 28

Lujan de Cuyo, Central Mendoza San Rafael, Souther Mendoza

Question 29

Mendoza subregions

Answer 29

Northern, Central, Uco Valley, Eastern, Southern

Question 30

Subregions of Patagonia, which isn’t an IG

Answer 30

La Pampa (not an IG) Neuquen Rio Negro Trevelin (within Chubut)

Question 31

Criollo Chica in Argentina is called what in Chile? USA?

Answer 31

Pais in Chile, Mission in USA

Question 32

Dominio del Plata is owned by which famed female enologist

Answer 32

Susan Balboa

Question 33

When were the first vineyards planted in Argentina

Answer 33

1556

Question 34

What two weather phenomena affect viticulture in Argentina

Answer 34

Zonda wine (foehn wind that is hot and can interrupt flowering) El Niño (can bring rot and fungal disease)

Question 35

What region of Mendoza gets the most rainfall each year

Answer 35

North Region. Mendoza gets about 9 inches of rain a year, normally in summer months and often in the form of hail

Question 36

Argentinas Bonarda has been DNA tested to be identical to which French varietal

Answer 36

Savoie’s Corbeau

Question 37

Parents of Torrontes Riojano

Answer 37

Criolla Chica x Muscat of Alexandria

Question 38

3 Finca vineyards of Achaval Ferrer

Answer 38

Finca Altamira Finca Bella Vista Finca Mirador

Question 39

Only producer of San Rafael DOC

Answer 39

Valentin Bianchi

Question 41

Highest peak in Argentina

Answer 41

Mt Aconcagua (highest mountain in souther hemisphere and Western Hemisphere

Question 42

Most planted white grape of Argentina

Answer 42

Pedro Gimenez (not related to Pedro Ximenez)

Question 43

While Torrontes Riojano is the best Torrontes, what are the other two types

Answer 43

Sanjanino and Mendocino

Question 44

What 3 pink skinned grapes occupy 30% of Argentina’s vineyard acreage

Answer 44

Cereza Criolla Chica Criolla Grande

Question 45

Where is the Valle de Tulum IG

Answer 45

Valle de Tulum is a multi-department IG in San Juan IG of Cuyo department

Question 46

Northernmost subregion of the Uco Valley

Answer 46

Tupungato - Zapata’s White Stones and White Bones are here

Question 48

Is Cab Sauv or Malbec generally better in Mendoza’s higher elevation vineyards

Answer 48

Malbec

Question 49

Most important grape of San Rafael DOC

Answer 49

Chenin Blanc