Chile

Question 1

What grape variety is Maipo Valley known for?

Answer 1

Cabernet Sauvignon

Question 2

Casablanca Valley is best known for the production of what style wine?

Answer 2

White Wine

Question 3

What region contains the Maipo Valley

Answer 3

Valle Central

Question 4

Colchagua Valley is located in which DO?

Answer 4

Central Valley

Question 5

Casablanca Valley is a coastal subregion within which DO?

Answer 5

Aconcagua

Question 6

By volume, Chile is one of the top 10 producers of wine in the world. T/F

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Where is the Leyda Valley located?

Answer 7

San Antonio

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Chilean Coastal Range

Question 9

Which Chilean wine region surrounds the capital of Santiago?

Answer 9

Maipo Valley

Question 10

In which century were vines first planted in Chile?

Answer 10

16th

Question 11

Chilean regions north to south

Answer 11

Atacama

Coquimbo

Aconcagua

Central Valley (Valle Central)

South Region (Sur)

Austral

Question 12

Puente Alto is located in?

Answer 12

Maipo Valley

Question 13

Carmenère is usually harvested after Cabernet Sauvignon. T/F

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Which Chilean regions is most focused on Pinot Noir production?

Answer 14

Bio-Bio Valley

Question 15

The Valle del Rapel DO corresponds to which administrative region?

Answer 15

O’Higgins

Question 16

What are the three wineries that account for 85% of domestic consumption in Chile?

Answer 16

Concha y Toro

Santa Rita

San Pedro

Question 17

Who was among the first foreign investors to arrive in Chile to take over the Colchagua estate of Los Vascos?

Answer 17

Domaines Barons de Rothschild-Lafite

Question 18

Robert Mondavi joined with Eduardo Chadwick of Viña Errázuriz to found what winery in 1995?

Answer 18

Seña

Question 19

Who was one of the first Burgundian producers to start a joint venture in the Maipo Valley in 1991?

Answer 19

Chablis’ William Fèvre -establishing William Fèvre Chile

Question 20

Who is responsible for ensuring compliance with wine labeling laws and protection of Chile’s appellations of origin?

Answer 20

Chile’s Agricultural and Livestock Service

Question 21

When was Chile’s Denominación de Origen (DO) system debuted?

Answer 21

1994

Question 22

What are the four tiers of DOs in the Chilean system?

Answer 22

Region

Subregion

Zone

Area

Question 23

In Chile, wines indicating an origin need only contain what percentage of grapes harvested in the stated region?

Answer 23

75% -The minimum 75% rule also applies to varietal and vintage labeling, but in practice this export-focused country abides by the EU’s required 85% minimums in all three categories.

Question 24

What is Chile’s oldest grape variety?

Answer 24

pais

Question 25

Which two regions were added to Chile’s official list of viticultural regions in 2012?

Answer 25

Atacama Austral

Question 26

What is the most planted wine grape variety in Chile?

Answer 26

Cabernet Sauvignon

Question 27

Carmenère was officially categorized as Merlot until what year?

Answer 27

1994

Question 28

What is the chief reason Carmenère disappeared in native France after the arrival of phylloxera?

Answer 28

Carmenère is a more difficult grape to graft, it disappeared in native France after the arrival of phylloxera but thrives in Chile.

Question 29

What is widely considered to be the best place for Carmenère?

Answer 29

Peumo -a DO area in Cachapoal

Question 30

What were the new divisions created for existing DOs based on proximity to the mountains or the ocean in 2012?

Answer 30

Costa Entre Cordilleras Andes

Question 31

Who produces “Clos Apalta?”

Answer 31

Lapostolle

Question 32

The Elqui, Limarí, and Choapa Valleys are located within which region?

Answer 32

Coquimbo