General

Question 1

True or False:
Early South American Viticulture suffered under a prohibitive 17th Century Spanish Law that restricted wine production unrelated to the church in the new world.

Answer 1

True

-in favor of Iberian producers

Question 2

Name South America’s 3 leading wine producing countries.

Answer 2

Argentina
Chile
Brazil

Question 3

What is the only major wine-making country to remain totally phylloxera-free?

Answer 3

Chile

• its geographic isolation due to the Andes
• In 1830, Frenchman Claudio Gay set up a Chilean repository of pre-phylloxera vitus vinifera vines at University of Chile’s Quint Normal

Question 4

Argentina ranks_____ in the world for wine production.

Answer 4

5th

Question 5

The Mission grape is identical to what grape found in the Canary Islands?

Answer 5

Listan Prieto

Question 6

Name the Chilean and Argentine synonyms for the Mission grape.

Answer 6

Chile: Pais

Argentina:Criolla Chica

Question 7

Prior to Malbec, what was once Argentina’s most planted grape varietal?

Answer 7

Cereza

-pink-skinned

Question 8

Torrentes Riojano is a crossing of what 2 grape varietals?

Answer 8

Criolla Chica x Muscat of Alexandria

Question 9

Name 2 other lower quality varietals that may be labeled as “Torrentes”.

Answer 9

Torrentes Mendocino: Muscat x ?

Torrentes Sanjuanino: Criolla Chica x Muscat of Alexandria

Question 10

Research has determined that much of Chile’s Sauvignon Blanc and Merlot were actually what 2 grape varietals?

Answer 10

Sauvignon Vert (Friulano)

Carmenere