Chile Laws and History

Question 1

Three terms used to define three different environments within growing regions in Chile
(decree #464, which also added Atacama and Austral to DO system)

Answer 1

Costa
Entre Corilleras
Andes

Question 2

Reserva categories for Chilean wine

Answer 2

Reserva and Reserva Especial 12% abv
Reserva Privada 12.5% abv

Gran Reserva and Reserva Privada spend mandatory time in oak

Question 3

percentage of varietal required for a bottle of Chilean with a DO region listed

Answer 3

75%

85 exports

Question 4

Claude gay brought French cuttings to Chile in the 1830s and planted them here

Answer 4

Santiago Quinta normal agricultural station

Question 5

this man is referred to as the father of Chilean wine

Answer 5

Silvestre Ochagavia

founded Vina Ochagavia in 1851 still in operation (Santiago)

Question 6

American winemakers with Chilean Projects

Answer 6

Paul Hobbs
Randy Ullom
Byron Kosuge
Keu
Bernardo

Question 7

french wine makers with a Chilean projects

Answer 7

William Fevre (william fevre chile) Maipo 1991
Martin Prieur (Domaine Jacques Prieur, consults for Cono Sur)
Pascal Marchand: Dos Andes Veranda, Michel Liger Belair. Consults for Errasuriz

Question 8

What is law 18,455 (Chile)

Answer 8

Passed in 1985 lays down rules for production grapes from vitis vinifera 11.5% abv min

Question 9

What are the tiers of DO largest to smallest in Chile

Answer 9

464 established four tiers of DO:

Viticultural Region
Subregion
Zone
Area

Question 10

As of 2012 you may name Costa Entre Cordilleras or Andes to a wine provided this % of fruit is from this region

Answer 10

85%

Question 11

most planted grape in Chile and the world

Answer 11

Cabernet Sauvignon

Question 12

what year was DO system introduced in Chile

Answer 12

1994

Question 13

this grape was often mistaken for Sauvignon Blanc in Chile

Answer 13

Friulano (Sauvignon Vert)

Question 14

cool vintages of chile

Answer 14

2011

2013

Question 15

Is there Entre Cordellieras in Elqui

Answer 15

NO

Question 16

most planted white grape in Chile

Answer 16

Chardonnay

Question 17

Chile is never wider than this kilometers

Answer 17

350 km

Question 18

Continental mainland of chile spans these latitudes

Answer 18

17 to 53 degrees

Question 19

earliest wineries of chile

Answer 19

Cousino Macul (1856)
Vina San Pedro (1865)
Vina Errasuriz (1780)
Santa Carolina (1875)
Santa Rita (1880)
Concha Y Toro (1883)
Undurraga (1885)

Question 20

Traditional aging vessels of Chile

Answer 20

Rauli beechwood

Question 21

the Andes can be this high on the eastern border of Chile

Answer 21

6000 m

Question 22

Question 23

This tasting put Chilean wines on the map

Answer 23

2004 Berlin Tasting put Errázuriz on the map with “Viñedo Chadwick” 2000 placing first and “Seña” 2001
placing second ahead of Lafite and Margaux.

“Seña” is a collaboration between Errazuriz and Robert Mondavi, with the first vintage in 1995.

Question 24

1 exporter by volume and value to the United States of any South American Country

Answer 24

Chile

Question 25

Spanish vines first arrived in this South American country

Answer 25

Peru

Question 26

How did Pisco get its name

Answer 26

From the name of the Port from where it was shipped, Pisco

Question 27

What is an arroba

Answer 27

measurement of weight, in Spain, not of volume. Equivalent to 8 liters

Question 28

These religious orders were exempt from embargoes on trade in South America

Answer 28

Dominicans Franciscans Jesuits

Question 29

This Spanish King issued an edict banning the planting of new vineyards in the Americas to encourage imports

Answer 29

1595 King Phillip II of Spain

Question 30

Spain did these things to stymie wine production in the Americas and increase imports, resulting in an underground Market for wine and brandy

Answer 30

Forbid Use of Native Labor Raised taxes on South American Wine and aguardiente Planting ban in 1654

Question 31

What is a Hacienda

Answer 31

Agricultural plantation in early chile

Question 32

Two early winegrowing estates in Chile that replaced vineyards with French cuttings, ripping out spanish grapevines

Answer 32

Vina La Rosa (Cachapoal 1824) Carta Vieja (Loncomilla Valley, 1825)

Question 33

Chiles densest region of french immigration and the center of Chiles early vineyards

Answer 33

Concepcion (Sur region)

Question 34

Three Chilean Brands that dominate 85% of domestic consumption

Answer 34

Concha Y Toro Santa Rita San Pedro

Question 35

What is MOVI

Answer 35

2009, 12 wineries Movimiento de Vinateros Independientes Owner and winemaker the same: winemaker pours the wine, garagiste, personal projects Garage Wine Co Montsecano Von Siebenthal Sigla Kingston Garcia and Schwaderer

Question 36

What year did Barons de Rothschild-Lafite arrive in Chile

Answer 36

1988 Took over Los Vascos in Colchagua

Question 37

These winemakers are creating more restrained styles of Chilean wine

Answer 37

Marcelo Papa (Concha Y Toro) Francisco Baettig (Errazuriz) Felipe Muller (Tabali) Rodrigo Soto (Veramonte) Marcelo Retamal (DeMartino)

Question 38

Five geographic sectors of Chile

Answer 38

Norte Grande Norte Chico Zona Central Zona Sur Zona Austral

Question 39

Commercial winegrowing takes place in these nine Administrative regions of Chile (there are 15 in total) Listed North to South:

Answer 39

Atacama Coquimbo Valparaiso Santiago O' Higgins Maule Bio Bio La Araucania Los Lagos

Question 40

DO boundaries of Chile are based on this geological formation

Answer 40

River Valleys running West from the Andes

Question 41

The two most important tectonic plates affecting Chile

Answer 41

South American Plate Oceanic Nazca Plate

Question 42

The Andes Mountains is on this volcanic arc

Answer 42

Pacific ring of fire

Question 43

soil of the coastal range of Chile

Answer 43

horizontal layers of granite, schist and slate overlaid by red clay

Question 44

Some of the Andes high elevation vineyards have limestone due to accretion from tectonic action, but the majority is this kind of soil

Answer 44

Volcanic Extrusive rock like Basalt and Andesite

Question 45

Which range is older: the Andes or the Coastal range

Answer 45

Coastal range "soils of Pangea" formed when the continents were one

Question 46

Who famously said "Chile is three columns"

Answer 46

Cecelia Guzman (winemaker) Haras de Pirque