History

Question 1

Name of the Frenchman that set up a Chilean repository of pre-phylloxera Vitis vinifera vines at the University of Chile’s Quinta Normal department in 1830?

Answer 1

Claudio Gay

Question 2

Modern DNA research has revealed that the Mission grape is identical to what other grape?

Answer 2

Listán Prieto (found in the Canary Islands)

Question 3

What is the Chilean synonym for the Mission grape?

Answer 3

País (most planted grape in Chile until the 21st century)

Question 4

What is the Argentinian synonym for the Mission grape?

Answer 4

Criolla Chica (played a similarly important role to Pais in Chile in historical viticulture, although plantings are not prevalent in Argentina today)

Question 5

What are two grapes related to Criolla Chica?

Answer 5

the pink-skinned Cereza and Criolla Grande

Question 6

Torrontés Riojano, is a unique, highly aromatic crossing of which two parent varieties?

Answer 6

Criolla Chica x Muscat of Alexandria

Question 7

Besides Torrontés Riojano, what are two other Torrontés varieties?

Answer 7

Torrontés Mendocino
Torrontés Sanjuanino

Question 8

Ampelographical research determined that much of Chile’s Sauvignon Blanc was actually which two varieties?

Answer 8

Sauvignon Vert or Friulano