Canary Islands

Question 1

Canary Islands

Proximity to Northern Africa’s Morocco

Question 2

According to legend, in the 2nd century CE, Romans found packs of wild dogs inhabiting what island of the Canaries?

Question 3

Winegrowing on the Canary Islands began around what time?

Question 4

Canary sack

Question 5

Canary Islands

Latitude

Question 6

Canary Islands

Vineyard elevation

Question 7

Canary Islands

Main soil type

Question 8

Canary Islands

Most planted variety

Question 9

Listán Blanco

Synonym (aka)

Answer 9

Where do you most often find this grape on mainland Spain?

Question 10

How does Marmajuelo compare stylistically to Listán Blanco?

Question 11

Canary Islands

One white grape also cultivated in Sicily

Question 12

Malvasía Volcánica is a cross of what two grapes?

Question 13

Canary Islands

Three grapes also cultivated in Madeira

Answer 14

Grape also known as Diego on the eastern island of Lanzaroted

Question 15

Are Listán Negro and Listán Prieto related? Which of these grapes is native to the Canaries? Which grape from the Spanish mainland?

Question 16

Canary Islands

Trousseau synonym (aka)

Question 17

Canary Islands

Largest island

Question 18

Active volcano at the center of Tenerife

Answer 18

How does this mountain affect the growing conditions on Tenerife?

Question 19

suertes

Question 20

5 DOs of Tenerife

Question 21

Oldest and largest DO of Tenerife

Answer 21

Where is this DO located on Tenerife?

Question 22

trenzado

Answer 22

Name a DO where vines are historically trained in this method.

Question 23

DO of Tenerife that is hotter, wetter, and sandier than other neighboring DOs

Question 24

Most planted grape in Ycoden-Daute-Isora DO

Question 25

Range in elevation for top sites of Valle de Güímar DO

Question 26

Most planted grape in Valle de Güímar DO

Question 27

DO of Tenerife with Europe's highest vineyards, scaling beyond 1,600 meters

Question 28

Canary Islands Easternmost island

Question 29

*ceniza*

Question 30

Time period when Lanzarote experience a 6-year eruption that covered the island in volcanic ash and lava

Question 31

Number of active volcanoes are found on Lanzarote

Question 32

*hoyos*

Question 33

Westernmost island of the Canaries

Question 34

The first to plant vines in El Hierro

Question 35

DO of the Canaries also known as "the beautiful island"

Answer 35

Why?

Question 36

Besides grapes, the other major crop of La Palma

Question 37

La Palma Subzones

Answer 37

Need to line up correct subzone with description 1. Fuencalientea. Center west, known for reds 2. Norte de Palmab. South and center east, island’s best whites, especially Malvasía Volcánica 3. Hoyo de Mazoc. Vineyards reach as high as 1,000 meters

Question 38

*vino de tea*

Question 39

Canary Islands DO best recognized for the grape Forastera Blanca

Question 40

Canary Islands DO known for tinto del monte, or “mountain wine”, made from the Negro Común grape

Answer 40

What is Negro Común also known as?