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What are Spain’s three most-populated cities?

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Madrid
Barcelona
Valencia

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When was the original Consejo Regulador Spanish Denominación de Origen Jerez-Xeres-Sherry system established?

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1932

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The current Denominación de Origen system was established in which year?

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1970

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To which organization does each Consejo Regulador report?

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Instituto Nacional de Denominaciones de Origen (National Institute)

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To be considered for a promotion to DOCa/DOQ, how many years must a region be a DO?

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Minimum ten

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What are four quality standards set by the Consejo Regulador to become a DO?

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Grape varieties
Production levels
Aging
Winemaking methods

(GPAW)

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How many years must a Vino de Calidad con Indicación Geográfica (VC) exist before applying for promotion to DO status?

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Five

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Under Vino de Pago (VP), a Pago has the ability to set its own production rules and standards. True or False?

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TRUE

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What additional piece of information must be present on a label for a sparkling wine over a still wine?

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Sugar content

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What is Spain’s highest peak?

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Pico del Teide (Tenerife-Las Islas Canarias)

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What are the two significant lowland areas in Spain?

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Ebro Basin & Andalusian Plain

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What is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula?

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The Tajo River (Tagas)

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Which major river flows into the Mediterranean Sea rather than westward into the Atlantic?

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The Ebro River

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What are the three main climate types on mainland Spain?

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Maritime
Continental
Mediterranean

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What is the climate of Las Islas Canarias?

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Subtropical

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Spain is composed of how many autonomous communities?

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17

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Which three autonomous regions in Spain produce approximately 60% of the wine?

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Castilla-La Mancha
Cataluña
Rioja

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Name the three most common vine training systems used in Spain.

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Parral (pergola)
En Vaso (gobelet)
Espaldera (VSP)

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Which vine planting method utilized a chessboard-like pattern?

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Marco real

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What is the primary purpose of “marco real?”

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Minimize hydric (water) stress

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Which method of trellising allows drip irrigation to be installed?

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Espaldera (VSP)

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What are Spain’s top five most-planted grape varieties?

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Airén (#1 White)
Tempranillo (#1 Red)
Bobal (Red)
Garnacha Tinta
Macabeo/Viura

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What is the name of the clay jars historically used to ferment grape must.

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Tinajas

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What is the time before release for a traditional Reserva vino rosado?

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24 months

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What are the two primary grapes used for vinos rosados?
Garnacha Tinta and Tempranillo
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What is the Spanish term for the mixture of yeast and sugar used to initiate a second fermentation in a vino espumoso?
Licor de tiraje
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Name the DO exclusively dedicated to vinos dulces.
DO Málaga
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Where in Spain is the largest expanse of Malvasía vineyards in Europe?
DO Lanzarote (Las Islas Canarias)
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Who started Vega Sicilia (in 1864) with cuttings of Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, and Merlot?
Eloy Lecanda
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Where was the use of drip irrigation pioneered in the 1970s?
Estate of Marqués de Griñón in Toledo (VP Dominio de Valdepusa)
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What is En Vaso?
Gobelet
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What did the Phoenicians introduce to the Iberian Peninsula?
Iron Olive Oil Vitis Vinifera Viti/Vini Amphorae
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What is Vinnum Ceretensis?
Roman "Mega Purple"
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What is Nabibi?
Sweet Wine made from Raisins (8th century)
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What was the Reconquista?
Symbolic name for the series of campaigns whereby Christian states began to recapture territory from the Moors.
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Who created the first cava?
Raventós, Josep of Codorníu in 1872
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By royal decree, in what year was Rioja’s first supervisory board created?
1926
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What are the five primary rivers of Spain? (In length)
Tajo (Tagas) Ebro Duero Guadiana Guadalquivir (TED Gs)
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What is the longest river in Spain? The Iberian Peninsula?
Spain =Ebro Iberian = Tajo (Tagas)
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What are the three primary soil categories in Spain?
Metamorphic Sedimentary Volcanic
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What is llicorella?
Metamorphic slate of Priorat in Cataluña
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What is the name of the soil of Priorat?
Llicorella
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What is albariza?
Chalky soil of Jerez
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What is the chalky soil of Jerez?
Albariza
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What is the eastern most island of the Islas Canarias?
Lanzarote
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What is the primary soil of Rías Baixas?
Granite
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What is the Leveche?
Valencia Alicante Hot, dry, dust-laden southwest wind from North Africa strongly affecting Valencia and Alicante
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What wind affects Valencia and Alicante?
Leveche from North Africa
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What is the Levante?
Aka Solana Hot, easterly wind that is funneled between Cordillera Penibética and Atlas Mountains of North Africa Blows over the Andalusian Plain
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What is the Poniente?
Humid westerly through Jerez and Sanlucar
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What is En Cabeza?
The head of the vine is trained downward to avoid sunburn
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What is the cross for Cabernet Franc?
Morenoa Hondaribbi Beltza
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What is Gros Cabernet?
Hondarribi Beltza x Fer
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Carmenere is a cross of…
Cabernet Franc Gros Cabernet (HBeltza x Fer)
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What zones lie within The Meseta?
Castilla-La Mancha Castilla y León Communidad de Madrid Extremadura Aragón (in part) Navarra (in part)
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What French wine region was once part of Aragon?
Roussillon
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What is Solana?
Synonym for Levante (Wind) Has A’s
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Number of months for Noble?
18 Months
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Number of months for Noble?
18 Months
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Number of months for Añejo?
24 Months (Mature)
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Number of months for Viejo?
36 Months (Old)
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What is the Spanish equivalent to the term gyropalette?
Girasol
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What is a Girasol?
Spanish “gyropalette”
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What producer is able to riddle in one hour?
Freixenet
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What is a Vino Generoso?
Fortified Wine
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What is the Spanish term for fortified wine?
Vino Generoso
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What are the only three grapes allowed in sherry production?
Palomino Moscatel PX
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What is destilado?
Distilled wine, usually Airén from La Mancha
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What is the largest autonomous region in Spain?
Castile y Leon
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What is the smallest autonomous region of Spain?
Islas Balearas
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What is the highest peak of Tramuntana?
Puig Major
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Where and what the tallest mountain range of the Iberian Peninsula?
Sistema Betico Southern Range of Andalucia
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What is the only river to flow eastward into the Mediterranean?
Ebro
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What is the longest river on the Iberian Peninsula? Spain?
Iberian = Tajo Spain = Ebro
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Where does the Duero River originate?
Sistema Ibérico
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Where does the Ebro River Originate?
Codillera Cantabrica (Longest river in Spain, drains into Mediterranean)
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What rivers empty into the Gulf of Cadiz?
Guadiana Guadalquivir
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1925/26 - 1st Supervisory Board of Rioja (Official in '50s) as a DO 1932 - Consejo Regulador de la Jerez-Sherry-Xeres 1970 - Regulations of DO System Approved 1970 - Rioja Vint. of Cent. 1978 - Constitution including all 17 Autos 1986 - Joined Eur. Econ. Community (EEC) 1993 - EEC became EU 1996 - Irrigation Legalized (Pioneered in '70s)
1925/26 - 1st Supervisory Board of Rioja (Official in '50s) as a DO 1932 - Consejo Regulador de la Jerez-Sherry-Xeres 1970 - Regulations of DO System Approved 1970 - Rioja Vint. of Cent. 1978 - Constitution including all 17 Autos 1986 - Joined Eur. Econ. Community (EEC) 1993 - EEC became EU 1996 - Irrigation Legalized (Pioneered in '70s)
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In Europe Spain is the _________Largest? Mountainous? In Elevation?
Third Largest Third Mountainous Second Elevation
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Spain is _______% of the Iberian Peninsula?
85%
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What is the highest point of the Pirineos?
Aneto in Aragon
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Where is/are Picos de Europa?
Cordillera Cantabrica (Crosses all 4 of Green Spain's Autos)
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What Sistema separates The Meseta from the Ebro Valley?
Ibérico
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What are the two ranges of the Sistema Central?
Sierra Guadarrama Sierra de Gredos (Home of Pico Almanzor, Highest in Central)
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Where is Montes Toledo?
"On" the Meseta in -La Mancha -Extremadura
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What range is on the southern border of the Meseta?
Sierra Morena in Northern Andalucia
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What sistema resurfaces as Islas Baleares?
Sistema Betico
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What are the sub-divisions of the Sistema Betico?
Prebetica Subbetica Penibetica
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What three Autos does the Sistema Betico cross?
Andalucia> Murcia> Valencia
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Where is Sierra Nevada?
Andalucia> Sistema Betico in the subdivision Penibetica
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What is Mulhalen?
The highest peak of the Sierra Nevada
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What land formation covers 1/5 of Spain?
Ebro Basin
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What ranges surround the Ebro Basin?
Cantabria Ibérico Pirineos
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What is the name of the lower basin of the Andalusian Plain?
La Camiña
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What ranges surround the Andalusian Plain?
Sierra Moreno Sistema Betico
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What is the heart of the Andalusian Plain?
Guadalquivir River Basin
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What are the three primary bodies of water in Spain?
Bay of Biscay Atlantic Ocean Mediterranean (Balearic) Sea
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When was irrigation legalized?
1996
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Where is metamorphic soil found?
Cordillera Cantabrica Sistema Iberico Cordillera Cost. Catalans (The 3 Ebro Basins) _In Parts_ Rioja, Aragon and Navarra
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What layers make up Llicorella?
Devonian Slate Carboniferous Slate/Shale
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Where are sedimentary soils found?
Coastlines The Meseta
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What two areas are most well known for volcanic soil?
Lanzarote (Eastern Most Canary) Rias Baixas (Granite)
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What are Motillas?
Manmade mounds of stone and mud. Oldest form Collecting Ground Water (2200 BCE)
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What are the top five planted grapes in the world?
1. Cab Sav 2. Merlot 3. Tempranillo 4. Airen 5. Chardonnay
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What is Doble Pasta?
Think Double Pass/Pulp Add crushed grapes to a vat that has been partially bled after two days of fermentation. Big Ole Tannin and Color
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What DO's are known for Doble Pasta?
Utiel-Requena (Valencia) Manchuela (Castilla La Mancha) _Not in Glossary_ Alicante (Valencia) Jumilla & Yecla (Murcia)
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What is the largest AUTO region?
Castilla y Leon
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What grapes make up the Honarribi Zuri 'grape'?
Courbu Blanc Crouchen Noah (Hybrid)
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What is the largest river basin of the Iberian peninsula?
Duero River Basin

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