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1
Q

Which is the warmest valley of the Aconcagua Region?

A

Aconcagua Valley

2
Q

The most planted variety of Chile?

A

Cabernet Sauvignon

3
Q

This region surrounds the capitol of Santiago?

A

Maipo Valley

4
Q

The __________ Current provides a cooling effect for many of Chile’s wine regions?

A

Humboldt

5
Q

Which mountain range provides a rain shadow for most of Chile’s winegrowing regions?

A

Coastal Range

6
Q

Who is Chile’s largest exporter of wine?

A

Concha y Toro

7
Q

Where is the Maipo Valley?

A

Central Valley DO

8
Q

Chile is the world’s largest producer of which of the following grapes?

A

Carmenere

9
Q

Which Chilean wine region is famous for old vine Carignan?

A

Maule Valley

10
Q

Colchagua Valley is located in which DO?

A

Central Valley

11
Q

Where is the Leyda Valley located?

A

San Antonio Valley

12
Q

Where is the Leyda Valley located?

A

San Antonio Valley

13
Q

Carmenère is indigenous to which country?

A

France

14
Q

Name Chilean wineries that were founded in the 19th century?

A
Cousino Macul
Vina Ochagavia (first, 1851)
Santa Rita
Concha y Toro
Vina errazuriz
Vina San Pedro
15
Q

The Valle del Rapel DO region consists of which of the following DO zones?

A

Colchagua Valley

Cachapoal Valley

16
Q

Puente Alto DO is located in?

A

Valle del Maipo DO

17
Q

Montes, Neyen, and Lapostolle all call what DO zone home?

A

Colchagua

18
Q

Who produces “Casa Real?”

A

Santa Rita

19
Q

True or False: The Humboldt Current flows south along the western coast of South America?

A

False; flows north

20
Q

Viñedo Chadwick, Almaviva, and Concha y Toro’s “Don Melchior” are all produced out of what subregion?

A

Maipo Valley

21
Q

Two global synonyms for the Pais grape of Chile?

A
Mission (California)
Criolla Chica (Argentina)
22
Q

The three DO subregions of the Sur are the Malleco, Bío-Bío, and ______________ Valleys.

A

Itata (Zona Sur)

23
Q

Wines indicating a DO region in Chile must contain what minimum percentage of a variety to include it on a label? What is common, in line with EU standards?

A

a) 75%

b) 85%

24
Q

Almaviva is a collaboration between which of the following TWO wineries?

A

Barone Phillipe de Rothschild

Concha y Toro

25
Q

Concepción, Chile’s 3rd largest city, is surrounded by what Chilean wine region?

A

Itata Valley

26
Q

What is the most planted grape variety in Limarí Valley?

A

Chardonnay

27
Q

What is the minimum ABV permitted for any wine in Chile?

A

11.5%

28
Q

Like Carmenère, _________ has often been misidentified in Chilean vineyards as Sauvignon Blanc.

A

Friulano

29
Q

The Parron training method in Chile is similar to which of the following?

A

Pergola

30
Q

Until 1994, Carmenère in Chile was incorrectly categorized as?

A

Merlot

31
Q

Which Chilean winery modernized production with the introduction of new barriques, pneumatic presses, and temperature-controlled tanks?

A

Miguel Torres (1950s)

32
Q

Marchigüe, Lolol, and San Fernando are DO areas of?

A

Colchagua Valley

33
Q

Sagrada Familia, Rauco, Romeral, and Molina are DO areas within?

A

Curico Valley DO

34
Q

Lo Abarca, Rosario, and Leyda Valley are specifically located in _____.

A

San Antonio Valley (Aconcagua Region)

35
Q

In which region would you find significant plantings of Cinsault?

A

Itata Valley

36
Q

Marcelo Papa is a famous winemaker of which winery?

A

Cocha y Toro (Castello di Diablo is the sub-brand)

37
Q

Which of the following wines placed FIRST and SECOND at the Berling Tasting in 2004?

A

Vinedo Chadwick

Sena

38
Q

The Claro, Tutuven, and Loncomilla Valleys are located in?

A

Maule Valley DO

39
Q

La Sirena, Vicuño, and Paiguano are DO areas in which of the following regions?

A

Elqui Valley DO

40
Q

The Teno and Lontué Valleys are located in?

A

Curico Valley DO

41
Q

The Nahuelbuta Mountains have a strong influence on which of the following regions?

A

Bio Bio Valley

42
Q

The Peumo DO is located in?

A

Cachapoal Valley (Carmenere)

43
Q

What is the minimum vine age required for VIGNO wines?

A

30 years

44
Q

What is the most planted red variety in Itata Valley?

A

Pais

45
Q

Match the following producers to their home regions:

a) Miguel Torres
b) Vina Falernia
c) Casa Marin
d) Matetic
e) Kingston Family Vineyards

A

a) Curico Valley
b) Elqui Valley
c) Lo Abarca (San Antonio Valley)
d) Rosario (San Antonio Valley)
e) Casablanca

46
Q

Match the following wineries to their founder(s):

a) Los Vascos
b) Casa Lapostolle
c) Sena
d) Almaviva

A

a) Lafite-Rotschild
b) Gran Marnier
c) Robert Mondavi & Vina Errazuriz
d) Baron Phillipe de Rothschild & Concha y Toro

47
Q

This country in South America exports more wine to the US than any other?

A

Chile

48
Q

The first of the South American countries to be planted to wine vines?

A

Peru

49
Q

Most Peruvian vineyards were converted to this type of production in the 1700’s?

A

Brandy (Pisco)

50
Q

What is “chicha?”

A

A cooked, partially fermented beverage in Chile

51
Q

Chile first modern winery?

A

a) Vina Ochagavia

52
Q

What is MOVI? Name two members?

A

a) Movimiento de Vinateros Independientes; a collective of 12 small scale wineries formed in 2009 with the intention of crafting quality-driven wines on a more human scale
b) Garage Wine Co.
Kingston Family Vineyards

53
Q

These three wineries are responsible for 85% of domestic consumption in Chile?

A

Concha y Toro
Santa Rita
San Pedro (and associated brands)

54
Q

Was Chile ever affected by phylloxera?

A

No

55
Q

Vina Acquitana is a collaboration of these two Bordeaux chateau?

A

Cos d’Estournel

Chateau Margaux

56
Q

This French mainstay came to the Maipo Valley in 1991?

A

William Fevre

57
Q

Two other Burgundian producers consulting in Chile?

A

Louis-Michel Liger-Belair

Jacques Prieur

58
Q

Chile stretches between these lines of latitude?

A

17deg and 53deg

59
Q

The five geographic sectors of Chile? Which is home to most of Chilean viticulture?

A
a) Norte Grande
Norte Chico
Zona Central
Zone Sur
Zona Austral
b) Zona Central
60
Q

How many administrative regions is Chile divided into?

A

15

61
Q

Zona Central comprises these four administrative region’s where the majority of Chilean wine is produced?

A

Valparaiso
Santiago
O’Higgins
Maule

62
Q

Zona Sur includes three wine producing regions?

A

Bio Bio
Araucania
Los Lagos

63
Q

Describe the climate type for the three following zones:

a) Norte Chico
b) Zona Central
c) Zona Sur

A

a) Arid, desert-like
b) Warm, Mediterranean
c) Cool, rainy, maritime

64
Q

This year saw the advent of the Chilean DO system?

A

1994

65
Q

Chilean viticulture is divided amongst there three longitudinal columns? Their common soil types?

A

a) Coast - granite
b) Entre Cordillera - clay, loam, alluvial gravels
c) Andes - limestone, volcanic

66
Q

The four tiers of DOs according to 1994 wine law in Chile?

A

Viticultual Region
Sub Region
Zone
Area

67
Q

The six regions of Chilean viticulture?

A
Atacama
Coquimbo
Aconcagua
Valle Central
Valle Sur
Valle Austral
68
Q

In 2012, __________ and ____________ were added as official viticultural regions?

A

Atacama

Austral

69
Q

In order for a wine to be labeled “Costa” or “Andes” etc., a minimum of ______ of the fruit must come from that sector?

A

85%

70
Q

Name, in order, the four most planted red and two most planted white grapes of Chile?

A

a) Cabernet, Merlot, Carmenere, Syrah

b) Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay

71
Q

It was only in 1994 that Chilean “___________” was correctly identified as Carmenere?

A

Merlot

72
Q

What was the primary reason Carmenere disappeared from France?

A

Carmenere is incredibly difficult to graft; phylloxera required grafting to American rootstocks hence it was phased out

73
Q

The parentage of Carmenere?

A

Cabernet Franc

Gros Cabernet

74
Q

Carmenere is typically harvested before or after Cabernet Sauvignon in Chile?

A

After

75
Q

This DO is where more than one third of Chilean Cabernet is planted?

A

Colchogua DO

76
Q

What type of training is “parron?”

A

Pergola training

77
Q

Name three grapes from which Chilean Pisco is distilled from?

A

Moscatel (Muscat of Alexandria)
Moscatel Rosado
Pedro Ximenez

78
Q

This DO in Cachapoal may be the single best location for Carmenere?

A

Peumo

79
Q

Name two of Chile’s top single varietal Carmenere-based wines?

A

Vina Errazuriz “Kai”

Concha y Toro “Carmin de Peumo”

80
Q

What are Chilean “Pipenos” made from?

A

Pais Grape (often frizzante)

81
Q

The ingredients of a traditional Pisco Sour? How does the Chilean recipe differ from the Peruvian recipe?

A

a) Pisco (brandy from Pais grapes), lemon juice, egg white, simple syrup
b) omit the egg

82
Q

The three growing areas of the Coquimbo region?

A

Elqui Valley
Limari Valley
Choapa Valley

83
Q

The Valle de Elqui is home these three subregions?

A

La Serena
Vicuna
Paiguano

84
Q

This valley features the highest growing regions in all of Chile?

A

Elqui Valley

85
Q

The benchmark example of Chilean Syrah from Elqui?

A

Vina Falernia “Alta Tierra”

86
Q

This white grape shows promise in La Serena?

A

Sauvignon Blanc

87
Q

The Valle de Limari’s specialty for white wine?

A

Chardonnay

88
Q

The least planted DO of Coquimbo?

A

Valle de Choapa DO

89
Q

The corresponding administrative region to the Aconcagua Region?

A

Valparaiso

90
Q

The Aconcagua encompasses these three sub-regions?

A

San Antonio Valley
Casablanca Valley
Aconcagua Valley

91
Q

The highest peak in Chile?

A

Mt Aconcagua (Aconcagua, Valparaiso)

92
Q

The Aconcagua Valley’s most significant producer?

A

Vina Errazuriz

93
Q

Vina Errazuriz partnered with ___________ to make _________, a Bordeaux-style blend in the mid 90’s.

A

a) Robert Mondavi

b) Sena

94
Q

The 2004 Berlin Tasting pitted these two Chilean wines against these two first-growths?

A

a) Vinedos Chadwick, Sena

b) Lafite, Margaux

95
Q

Casablanca’s climate falls where on the Winkler scale? IN which sector does all of Casablanca fall?

A

a) Region I

b) Costa

96
Q

The two most successful white grapes of Casablanca?

A

Chardonnay

Pinot Noir

97
Q

Valle de San Antonio DO’s one official subzone? Two unofficial subzones of the region?

A

a) Valle de Leyda

b) Lo Abarca, Rosario

98
Q

The first producer to plant in Lo Abarca?

A

Casa Marin

99
Q

The sole producer of Rosario? Their signature red?

A

a) Matetic

b) Syrah

100
Q

The Central Valley includes these four signigicant growing regions?

A

Maipo Valley
Rapel Valley
Curico Valley
Maule Valley

101
Q

The warmest region of the Central Valley?

A

Rapel Valley

102
Q

Santiago is surrounded to the east by the?

A

Maipo Valley

103
Q

These two important areas are classified as Maipo Andes?

A

Puento Alto

Pirque

104
Q

____________ is king in the Maipo Valley?

A

Cabernet Sauvignon

105
Q

Puento Alto is home to these three superstar producers?

A

Almaviva
Vinedos Chadwick
Don Melchor

106
Q

The Valle del Rapel is divided amongst these two DOs?

A

Colchagua DO

Cachapoal DO

107
Q

Name four key players in the Colchagua Valley DO.

A

Lapostolle
Montes
Los Vascos
Neyen

108
Q

Old vine Carignan is a specialty of this DO?

A

Maule Valley DO (Maule Region)

109
Q

This organization is vying for Chile’s first DOC?

A

VIGNO

110
Q

Itata DI is most planted to?

A

Pais

111
Q

The two DOs of the Bio-Bio administrative region?

A

Itata Valley DO

Bio-Bio Valley DO

112
Q

60yr old examples of these vines are not uncommon in Itata?

A

Moscatel de Alejandria (Muscat of Alexandria)
Cinsault
Pais

113
Q

The Bio-Bio Valley specializes in?

A

Chardonnay
Sauvignon Blanc
Pinot Noir

114
Q

Valle de Malleco DO is found in which region?

A

Zona Sur

115
Q

The two southernmost DOs of Chilean viticulture? Producing?

A

a) Valle de Osorno DO, Valle de Cautin DO

b) Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir