Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay

Question 1

What is the name of the wind pattern that brings Argentina, fierce, dusty, hot afternoon winds that blow down the mountains in late spring and early summers.

Sometimes this wind adversely affects flowering

Answer 1

Zhonda

Question 2

Yacochuya and Etchart are located in what wine region?

Answer 2

North Region
-Salta IG
-Cafayete (subregion)

Yacochuya - a joint venture with Arnaldo Etchart and Michel Rolland

Question 3

What two types of irrigation are used in Argentina?

Answer 3

Furrow and Drip
Furrow is a method of laying out the water channels in such a way where gravity plays the role of providing just enough water for suitable plants to grow. It is usually made by the planned placement of ridges and furrows. It is a kind of surface irrigation system.

Question 4

This mountain range provides a rain shadow for Argentina

Answer 4

The Andes

Question 5

If labeled Gran Reserva in Argentina what aging requirements must be met for red and white

Answer 5

White - 1 year of aging
Red - 2 Years of aging

Question 6

If labeled as Reserva in Argentina what aging requirements must be met for red and white

Answer 6

White - 6 months aging
Red - 1 year aging

Question 7

What are the three major regions of Argentina?

Answer 7

North Region
Cuyo
Patagonia

Question 8

What are the three major regions within the North Region of Argentina?

Answer 8

Salta
-Cafayate
Tucumán
Catamarca

Question 9

What are the three major regions in Cuyo?

Answer 9

La Rioja
San Juan
Mendoza

Question 10

Hierarchy of Mendoza

Answer 10

Region
-Department
–District

Question 11

What is the western most region in Mendoza?

Answer 11

Uco Valley IG

Question 12

What are the major regions of Patagonia

Answer 12

La Pampa
Neuquén
Rio Negro

Question 13

Who invested in the project known as Bodegas Chacra?

Who helps them with their Chardonnay?

Answer 13

The Family behind Tuscany’s Sassicaia.
Piero Incisa della Rocchetta is the grandson of Marchese Mario Incisa della Rocchetta, creator of Sassicaia.

Jean-Marc Roulot is now making Chardonnay with Bodegas Chacra in Patagonia.

Question 14

What is the national average elevation for vineyards in Argentina

Answer 14

900 meters.
Some of the world’s highest vines are 3,000 meters above sea level

Question 15

Argentina’s Bonarda is genetically distinct from the Northern Italian grape of the same name.
What is it called in the following regions
-Savoie
-United States

Answer 15

Savoie - Corbeau
USA - Charbono

Question 16

What is the most planted white grape in Argentina?

Answer 16

Pedro Gimenez - No relation to Ximenez

Question 17

Name two prominent producers in Cafayate

Answer 17

Etchart
Yacochuya - a Michel Rolland project.

Question 18

Who is the proprietor of “Crios”

Answer 18

Susana Balbo.
Crios is a widely exported hallmark style of Torrents from Salta

Question 19

Famatina Valley is located in what region?

What is the most cultivated grape?

Answer 19

La Rioja, The northernmost of the three Cuyo Provences.

Torrents is the most cultivated grape

Question 20

Best examples of Malbec from Mendoza

Answer 20

Achával Ferrer
Cheval des Andes

Question 21

Best traditional sites for Malbec in Mondoza

Answer 21

Luján de Cuyo DOC
Maipú

Question 22

Highly regarded estates in Mendoza

Answer 22

Catena
Susana Balbo’s Dominio del Plata
Bressia
Archival Ferrer

Question 23

What are Mendoza’s two DOC regions

Answer 23

Luján de Cuyo DOC
Located in Primera Zona

San Rafael DOC
Located in South Mendoza
Chenin Blanc is the principal grape

Question 24

Patagonia. Name the 3 provinces from North to South. Which one is producing the least amount?

Answer 24

La Pampa
Neuquén
Rio Negro

La Pampa is slowly emerging. Río Negro has notable producers and acclaim

Question 25

What is Cereza?

Answer 25

A pink skinned variety. It is a natural crossing between Muscat of Alexandria X Listan Negro (Criolla Chica)

Question 26

What are the two most planted red grapes in Argentina?

Answer 26

1st most - Malbec
2nd most - Bonarda

Question 27

What are the two most planted white grapes in Argentina?

Answer 27

1st most - Pedro Giménez
2nd most - Torrontés
3 - Chardonnay
4 - Chenin Blanc

Question 28

What two grapes account for about 20% of the plantings in Mendoza?

Answer 28

Criolla
Grande Cereza
Both pink skinned varieties

Question 29

What is the most planted Vitus Vinifera Grape in Uruguay?

Answer 29

Tannat.
Here they call is “Harriague” after Don Pascual Harriage the frenchman who introduced the grape to Uruguay.

Question 30

What region in Brazil is so tropical that the region can have two harvests a year?

Answer 30

São Francisco Valley IP

Question 31

What was the first IP in Brazil (2002) that later was promoted to Brazil’s first DO?

Answer 31

Vale dos Vinhedos DO.

This is a subregion within Serra Gaúcha.

Question 32

What are the two types of Geographical Indicators in Brazil?

Answer 32

Indication of Origin (IP) = regions that have become renowned in wine production
Denomination of Origin (DO) = wines have qualities or characteristics that are essentially due to the geographical environment, including natural and human factors.

Question 33

A quarter of Brazil’s output is this style of wine

Answer 33

Sparkling! Moet et Chandon makes a Sparkling wine that comes out of the Serra Gaúcha Region! it was founded in 1973!