North and South America - MA Questions 23.05.20

Question 1

Who founded Buena Vista winery?

Answer 1

Agoston Haraszthy

Question 2

What is the most important grape in Missouri?

Answer 2

Norton

Question 3

Where is Vinifera Wine Cellars ? Who founded it?

Answer 3

Finger Lakes, New York. Dr. Konstantin Frank.

Question 4

What is the percentage of fruit required for single vineyard labeling?

Answer 4

95%

Question 5

To which grape is Zinfandel linked to?

Answer 5

Crljenak Kastelanski from Croatia.

Question 6

Which AVA is bordering Stag’s Leap District AVA to the West?

Answer 6

Yountville.

Question 7

Where would you find the following producers: Hirsch, Marcassin, Peay?

Answer 7

Sonoma Coast.

Question 8

Which producer is famous for sparkling wine in Green Valley AVA?

Answer 8

Iron Horse.

Question 9

What is the warmest AVA in Sonoma County?

Answer 9

Knights Valley AVA.

Question 10

Which Champagne and Cava houses set sparkling wine estates in Carneros in the 1980s?

Answer 10

Taittinger and Codorniu.

Question 11

What is the restriction of Mendocino Ridge AVA?

Answer 11

Vineyards must be at least 1200 feet above sea level where Zinfandel can thrive above the fog line.

Question 12

What are the AVAs of San Benito?

Answer 12

Pacheco Pass AVA, Cienega Valley AVA, Mt. Harlan AVA, Lime Kiln Valley AVA, Paicines AVA.

Question 13

Name the notable AVAs in Central Valley.

Answer 13

Capay Valley AVA, Dunningan Hills AVA, Clarksburg AVA, Merritt Island AVA.

Question 14

Where is Fiddletown AVA?

Answer 14

Sierra Foothils, California.

Question 15

Where is San Pasqual AVA?

Answer 15

South Coast, California.

Question 16

Which AVAs are not contained within Columbia Valley in Washington?

Answer 16

Puget Sound AVA and Columbia Gorge AVA.

Question 17

What is Niagara?

Answer 17

Vitis labrusca crossing of Concord and Cassady. It has a large following in Finger Lakes.

Question 18

Where would you find Bell Mountain AVA ?

Answer 18

Texas

Question 19

In which State would you find Old Mission Peninsula and Leelanau Peninsula AVAs?

Answer 19

Michigan.

Question 20

What is the percentage of fruit required for a wine labeled with the State?

Answer 20

California 100%, Washington 95%, Oregon 100%, the rest all 75%.

Question 21

What is the latest AVA in New York ?

Answer 21

Upper Hudson AVA added in 2019.

Question 22

Where would you find San Vicente Valley and Tecate wine production areas?

Answer 22

Baja California, Mexico.

Question 23

Which Californian wines placed first ahead of first growth from Bordeaux and grand cru from Burgundy in the 1976 Paris blind tasting?

Answer 23

Red - Stag’s Leap Cabernet Sauvignon ; White - Chateau Montelena Chardonnay

Question 24

Who is producing Madrona Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon and Thorevilos Cabernet Sauvignon? In which AVA?

Answer 24

Abreu in Napa Valley.

Question 25

Who is producing Three Sisters Vineyard Pinot Noir and Blue-Slide Ridge Vineyard Pinot Noir? In which AVA?

Answer 25

Marcassin in Sonoma Coast AVA.

Question 26

In which AVA would you find Masut Vineyard and Winery?

Answer 26

Eagle Peak AVA, Mendocino County.

Question 27

Where can you find Martha's Vineyard AVA?

Answer 27

Massachusetts.

Question 28

Where would you find Tidal Bay region?

Answer 28

Nova Scotia, Canada.

Question 29

In which county are Tracy Hills AVA and River Junction AVA located?

Answer 29

San Joaquin County, Central Valley, California.

Question 30

Where can you find Richelieu River Valley ?

Answer 30

Quebec, Canada.

Question 31

What are the DO regions of Atacama?

Answer 31

Valle de Huasco, Valle de Copiapó.

Question 32

What are the DO of Valle de San Antonio?

Answer 32

Lo Abarca, Valle de Leyda.

Question 33

When did the Berlin Tasting took place ? Who is the main person behind it ?

Answer 33

2004, Eduardo Chadwick.

Question 34

Which wines came 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the Berlin Tasting ?

Answer 34

Viñedo Chadwick 2000, Seña 2001, Château Lafite 2000.

Question 35

Where would you find the Panquehue DO area ?

Answer 35

Valle de Aconcaga, Aconcagua, Chile.

Question 36

Where is Puente Alto DO area ?

Answer 36

Valle de Maipo, Central Valley.

Question 37

Where would you find the DOs areas Apalta and Marchigue ?

Answer 37

Valle de Cochagua in Rapel Valley, Central Valley.

Question 38

What are the DO regions of Austral ?

Answer 38

Valle de Cautin, Valle de Osorno.

Question 39

What are the IG provinces of Cuyo ?

Answer 39

La Rioja Argentina, Mendoza, San Juan, San Luis.

Question 40

What are the 2 DOC in Mendoza ?

Answer 40

Lujan de Cuyo, San Rafael.

Question 41

What are the IG departments of Uco Valley ?

Answer 41

Tupungato, Tunuyan, San Carlos.

Question 42

What are the districts of Lujan de Cuyo ?

Answer 42

Agrelo, Perdriel, Las Compuertas.

Question 43

What does Reserva indicate on an Argentinian wine label ?

Answer 43

min ageing : 6 months for whites and 1 year for reds.

Question 44

What are the IG provinces of the North Region?

Answer 44

Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, Tucuman.

Question 45

What are the IG departments of Salta ?

Answer 45

Cachi, Cafayate, Molinos, San Carlos.

Question 46

What are the regions of Rio Grande do Sul?

Answer 46

Serra Gaúcha (Vale dos Vinhedos sub-region), São Joaquim, Serra do Sudeste, and Campanha.

Question 47

What is the synonim for Tannat in Urguay ?

Answer 47

Harriague.

Question 48

Where would you find Bodega Garzón ?

Answer 48

Uruguay.

Question 49

Where would you find Bodegas Chacra ? Which famous family is behind the project ?

Answer 49

Rio Negro, Patagonia making super premium Pinot Noir. Della Rochetta familly, owners of Sassicaia.

Question 50

Where would you find Famantina Valley ?

Answer 50

La Rioja Argentina, Cuyo Region.