Argentina

Question 1

What is the most important wine producing country in South America?

Answer 1

Argentina

Question 2

Where does Argentina stand in the realm of world production and export.

Answer 2

5 in the worlds production

7 in the world export

Question 3

Where are most of the vineyards located in Argentina?

Answer 3

The western part of the country in the foothills of the Andes.

Question 4

What is the climate of Argentina?

Answer 4

Continental

Question 5

Why do the vineyards experience a continental climate?

Answer 5

The Andes create a rain shadow effect causing the eastern side of the Andes to be quite dry.

Question 6

What is the Zonda?

Answer 6

It is a late spring, early summer wind that blows down from the Andes. Can harm bud break and blow sand.

Question 7

What kind of problems are in the vineyard?

Answer 7

Not a lot of mildew because no humid and lots of wind. Hail is common during budding.

Question 8

What is the average altitude of a vineyard in Argentina?

Answer 8

300m above sea level.

Question 9

What is one of the highest altitude vineyards in Argentina?

Answer 9

3,000m above sea level.

Question 10

What are the regions important grapes?

Answer 10

Malbec
Bonarda
Cabernet Sauvignon
Syrah
Merlot
Tempranillo

Question 11

Is the Bonarda in Argentina related to the Northern Italy?

Answer 11

No, recent studies say that it is related to the grape Corbeau from the Savoie.

Question 12

What is Argentina’s Bonarda = Corbeau referred to as in the United States?

Answer 12

Charbono

Question 13

What is Argentina’s most planted white grape?

Answer 13

Pedro Giménez - unrelated to the Spanish Pedro Ximénez.

Question 14

What is Pedro Giménez most suitable for?

Answer 14

Bulk wine production or grape concentrate

Question 15

What are the most planted from largest to smallest white grapes Argentina?

Answer 15

Pedro Giménez
Torrontes
Chardonnay
Chenin Blanc

Question 16

What chardonnay clone has become popular in Mendoza?

Answer 16

Mendoza Chardonnay clone developed at the UC Davis.

Question 17

What are the good and the bad qualities of the Mendoza Chardonnay clone?

Answer 17

It is prone to Millerandage but has a greater skin to juice ratio.

Question 18

What amount of production of the entire production happens in Mendoza located in Cuyo?

Answer 18

3/4 - 146,000

Question 19

What region is famous for Torrentes?

Answer 19

Salta

Question 20

What department in Salta is beginning to appear on the labels?

Answer 20

Cafayate

Question 21

Who is responsible for “Crios” Torrentes

Answer 21

Susanna Balbo

Question 22

What winery first brought Michel Rolland to Argentina?

Answer 22

Etchart

Question 23

What is Arnaldo Etchart’s new project?

Answer 23

Yacochuya

Question 24

What are the regions of Cuyo?

Answer 24

La Rioja
Mendoza
San Juan

Question 25

Which region of Cuyo in the most north?

Answer 25

La Rioja

Question 26

What is the most famous region in La Rioja?

Answer 26

Famatina

Question 27

What kind of wines does La Rioja make?

Answer 27

Torontes and Malbec

Question 28

What does San Juan make?

Answer 28

Pink skinned grapes historically, Syrah and Bonarda (Barbera Bonarda). A large percentage of grapes for distilling and some sherry production.

Question 29

What regions is Mendoza divided into?

Answer 29

``` Northern Central (Upper) Southern Eastern sectors Uco Valley ```

Question 30

What are the characteristics of Uco Valley?

Answer 30

It's a western sub-region. Some of the highest vineyards. Soils are loose, alluvial sand over clay, a structure that, when coupled with the gale-force Zonda wind, helps to keep phylloxera and other diseases at bay.

Question 31

Are almost all of Mendoza's vineyards planted on their own rootstock?

Answer 31

Yes.

Question 32

What is the climate like in Mendoza?

Answer 32

Desert-like?

Question 33

What sone of the techniques that the Incas invented that help keep the vines irrigated?

Answer 33

Snow melt from the Andes is directed through channels in the vineyard.

Question 34

Is there drip irrigation in Agrentina?

Answer 34

Yes

Question 35

In what other regions is Malbec found in?

Answer 35

Loire Valley, Bordeaux, Cahors

Question 36

What are the only two DOC's in Argentina?

Answer 36

``` Luján de Cuyo (Central Mendoza) San Rafael (Southern Mendoza) ```

Question 37

How much Oak does Achával Ferrer single vineyard wines see?

Answer 37

100% New Barriques

Question 38

What is the wine that tastes like Pomerol?

Answer 38

Cheval des Andes

Question 39

What are the two areas of Mendoza that provide the "best" and traditional sites for Malbec production?

Answer 39

Luján de Cuyo (DOC Malbec only) | Maipú

Question 40

Name some great producers located in the Lujan de Cuyo and the Maipu.

Answer 40

Catena Susana Balbo’s Dominio del Plata Bressia Achával Ferrer

Question 41

What other red grape in growing in acreage?

Answer 41

Cabernet Sauvignon

Question 42

What white grape do well in the higher elevation area in Mendoza Uco Valley?

Answer 42

Chardonnay and Semillon in the Tupungato Deparment in the Uco Valley

Question 43

What is the other only DOC in Argentina besides Lujan de Cuyo?

Answer 43

Chenin Blanc predominantly Southern Mendoza departments of San Rafael DOC, currently used only by Valentín Bianchi for base quality wines and General Alvear, although the region is not known for fine wines.

Question 44

What are the grapes that are used in bulk wine production that are on the decline?

Answer 44

Criolla Grande and Cereza still account for a quarter of plantings in Mendoza, but they are relegated to bulk wine and grape concentrate

Question 45

What is the region south located in the south of Agentina?

Answer 45

Patagonia

Question 46

What are the sub-regions of Patagonia?

Answer 46

Río Negro Neuquén La Pampa

Question 47

What is a famous producer located in Patagonia?

Answer 47

Bodegas Chacra - started by the Sassicaia family became famous in the mid-2000. Pinot Noir from Rio Negro.

Question 48

What kind of soils are there in Patagonia?

Answer 48

Chalk - cooler climate

Question 49

What grapes grow in Patagonia?

Answer 49

Torrontes Semillion Pinot Noir Malbec Cabernet Merlot

Question 50

Whats another producer of patagonia?

Answer 50

Bodega Noemía de Patagonia -elegant Malbec