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Spain’s largest region?

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Castilla y León

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Spain’s highest peak?

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Pico Teide (Canaries)

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Longest Iberian river?

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Tajo River

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Spain’s largest river basin?

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Duero River

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Spain’s longest river?

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Ebro River

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Spain’s 2nd smallest region?

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La Rioja

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Oldest demarcated regions in Spain?

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Rioja
Jerez
Malaga
Tarragona
Priorat
Penedes
Alicante
Valcencia
Utiel
Valdepañas
Cariñena
Rueda
Ribeiro
Manzanilla
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Most old vines in Spain?

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DO Cariñena

80yrs+ en vaso

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Largest city in Pais Vasco?

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Bilbao

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Wettest area of Spain?

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DO Getaria in Guipúzcoa province Pais Vasco

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Only red grape grown in Pais Vasco?

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Hondarrabi Beltza

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Smallest Basque DO?

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DO Arabako Txakolina

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Driest Basque DO?

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DO Arabako Txakolina

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Spain’s smallest province?

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Guipúzcoa in Pais Vasco

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Largest producer of white wine in Pais Vasco?

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DO Bizkaiko Txakolina

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Oldest demarcated region in Castilla y León?

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DO Rueda

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How large is Castilla y León as a demarcated region in the EU?

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3

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First known tribe in Castilla y León?

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Vacceo lived in Bergidum (Bierzo)

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Castilla y León occupies how much mainland in Spain?

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1/5

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Unofficial capital of Castilla y León ?

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Valladolid

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The DO where lone exception where Tempranillo is not an authorized grape in Castilla y León

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DO Bierzo

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DO with natural border between Castilla y León and Portugal?

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DO Arribes

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What is the Duero 2nd largest tributary?

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Pisuerga River - cuts through Cigales

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What covers the entire Castilla y León region?

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VT Castilla y León

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What is Spain's 2nd largest appellation by volume?
Ribera del Duero
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What is Spain's largest appellation by volume?
La Rioja
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Largest city in Galcia?
Vigo
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Southern most DO in Galicia?
DO Monterrei
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Eastern most DO in Galicia?
DO Valdeorras
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What is the only DO in Galicia that produces more red than white?
DO Ribeira Sacra
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Oldest Galician DO?
DO Ribeiro
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How many Colleiteiros in Galcia?
115
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Best Godello?
DO Valdeorras
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Newest subzone in Rías Baixas?
Ribeira do Ulla
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3 mountain ranges of Galicia?
S. Eixe S. Enciña S. Courel
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What is the main style of wine produced in Asturias?
Red wine
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Smallest autonomous region in Spain?
Balearic Islands
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Second Smallest autonomous region in Spain?
La Rioja
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Most populated region?
Andalucia
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2nd largest autonomous region?
Andalucia
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Oldest city in Western Europe?
Cadíz
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Highest peak on mainland Spain?
Pico Mulhacén (Sierra Nevada)
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1st Andalucia railway?
Jerez to Santa Maria
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Spain's most populated region?
Andalucía (also 2nd largest)
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Highest mountain range on Iberian peninsula?
Sistema Betico
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One of the least acidic wines in the world?
Fino Sherry
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One of the sweetest wines in the world?
PX Sherry
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Highest average elevation wine regions in Europe (760-850m)?
DO Ribero del Duero
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Spain's largest vino blanco producer?
DO Rueda (6% of overall production)
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Lowest rainfall in Castilla y Leon
DO Toro
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Oldest bodega in Rioja?
Bodegas R Lopez de Heredia Vina Tondonia
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Wettest Rioja Subzone?
Rioja Alta
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Oldest vineyards in Rioja?
Rioja Alta | Barrio de la Estacion in Haro
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Hottest, driest and most arid in Rioja subregions?
Rioja Oriental
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Highest subzone in Navarra
Tierra Estella
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Northernmost DO in Aragon?
DO Somontano Also wettest and greenest
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Youngest Cataluñan DO?
DO Monsant
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What and where is Spain's largest winery?
Bodegas Torres - DO Penedes
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1st region to adopt temperature controls?
DO Penedes
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1st organic sparkling wine
Classic Penedès- always a reserva 15m lees
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Oldest soils in Cataluña?
Llicorella in Priorat
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1st wine region to adopts "Estate Wines"?
Priorat
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What is Cataluña's oldest wine region?
DO Tarragona - 1st CE
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1st & 2nd railway
1st Andalucia. Jerez to Santa Maria 2nd Rioja - Longroño to Bilbao
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1st DO in Cataluña to introduce French grapes?
DO Costers del Segre - considered some of Spain's most unusual
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Penedes subzone with largest area of production?
Penedes Central

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