Other South America

Question 1

What is Singani? What is it produced from?

Answer 1

It is the national liquor of Bolivia. It has DO and GI status from the Bolivian government. It is eau-de-vie (classified as Brandy for International trade) distilled from Muscat of Alexandria grapes

Question 2

Where is the majority of wine production in Bolivia?

Answer 2

Production is concentrated high in the Andes in the south of Bolivia in the Tarija Region (5,580-7,875 ft)

Question 3

What are pampas?

Answer 3

Extensive treeless plains

Flatlands

Question 4

What are the three wine regions of Bolivia from North to South?

Answer 4

Valles Crucenos
Cinti
Tarija (Main region)

Question 5

Where is Tarija in Bolivia?

Answer 5

Tarija is located high in the Andes, in the South of Bolivia, at altitudes of 5,580-7,875 ft

Question 6

Name a wine producing estate in Bolivia?

Answer 6

Campos de Solana (Tarija)

Uvairenda (1750)

Question 7

Who makes Coleccion de Altura? What is the blend?

Answer 7

Campos de Solana

Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Malbec

Question 8

What country ranks 3rd in South America behind Argentina and Chile with the amount of acres planted to vineyards?

Answer 8

Brazil

Question 9

What is the most common variety planted in Brazil?

Answer 9

Isabella (American Hybrid)

85% of all vines

Resistant to rot/mildew

Question 10

How much of Brazil’s production is of sparkling wines?

Answer 10

25% of total production is sparkling wines, made in a similar style to Italian spumante

Question 11

What is the name of Moet et Chandon’s estate in Brazil? When we it created? In what region?

Answer 11

Moet et Chandon created Chandon Brazil in 1973 in Serra Guacha

Question 12

In what state in Brazil does most of the viticultural activity take place in?

Answer 12

Rio Grande do Sul

Located on the Argentinean border

Question 13

What are the six wine regions of Brazil from North to South?

Answer 13

Val do Sao Francisco
Planato Catarinense
Campos de Cima Da Serra
Serra Guacha
Serra do Sudeste
Campanha (Campanha Guacha)

Question 14

What is the wine capital of Brazil?

Answer 14

Bento Goncalves

Question 15

What is unique about Origin Indications in Brazil?

Answer 15

Origin Indication in Brazil is unique among New World countries; both yields and grape varieties are restricted in the manner of European appellations

Question 16

Where is the Val do Sao Francisco region located ? In what state?

Answer 16

Val do Sao Francisco is located 625 miles south of the equator in a river valley in north eastern Brazil, in the Bahia state

Question 17

What is very unique about the harvests in the Val do Sao Francisco?

Answer 17

Many vineyards produce TWO annual vintages rather than one in the semi-arid tropical climate!

Question 18

Binibrazil Rio Sol, Miolo, and Terranova are estates located in what region?

Answer 18

Val do Sao Francisco

Question 19

What is the most important river in north-eastern Brazil?

Answer 19

The Sao Francisco river

Question 20

Reliable volumes of what three grapes are produced in the Val do Sao Francisco?

Answer 20

Cabernet Sauvignon
Shiraz
Moscatel

Question 21

The Planato Catarinense wine region is located in what state?

Answer 21

Santa Catarina

Question 22

What region is located immediately north of the Rio Grande do Sul state?

Answer 22

Planato Catarinense

Question 23

The Serra Geral mountain range impacts what wine region?

Answer 23

Planato Catarinense in the state of Santa Catarina

Question 24

Villaggio, Perico, Villa Francioni, and Quinta de Neve are estates located in what region?

Answer 24

Planato Catarinense

Question 25

90% of Brazilian wine production takes place it what state?

Answer 25

Rio Grande do Sul Mainly from Vitis Labrusca and hybrid grapes like Isabella and Concord

Question 26

What are the four winegrowing regions in the Rio Grande do Sul state from North to South?

Answer 26

Campos de Cima de Serra Serra Guacha Serra do Sudeste Campanha (Campanha Guacha)

Question 27

Where is the Vale dos Vinhedos subregion located?

Answer 27

Vale dos Vinhedos is located in the Serra Guacha region of the Rio Grande do Sul state

Question 28

What region was the recipient of Brazil's first Origin Indication? When did this occur?

Answer 28

Val dos Vinhedos received Brazil's first Origin Indication in 2002 Promoted to DO in 2011

Question 29

What region in Brazil is sometimes referred to as 'Little Italy'?

Answer 29

Serra Guacha

Question 30

Where is Bento Goncalves located?

Answer 30

Bento Goncalves is located in the Serra Guacha region of the Rio Grande do Sul state

Question 31

Where is the Pinto Bandeira GI and what style of wine is it famous for?

Answer 31

The Pinto Bandeira GI is located in Serra Guacha and is famous for tradition-method sparkling wines

Question 32

What region is North of Campanha and South of Serra Guacha?

Answer 32

Serra do Sudeste

Question 33

Ancelota is a red or white grape?

Answer 33

Red

Question 34

What is Brazil's most southerly wine-producing region, located on the border with Uruguay?

Answer 34

Campanha (Campanha Guacha)

Question 35

What wine group is located in Campanha and has Michel Rolland as a consulting winemaker?

Answer 35

Miolo Wine Group

Question 36

What region is sometimes referred to as Fronteira?

Answer 36

Campanha (Campanha Guacha)

Question 37

Most viticulture in Campanha takes place around what two communes?

Answer 37

Santana do Livramento (center of region) Pinheiro Machado (eastern end)

Question 38

What are the soils found in Campanha?

Answer 38

Sandy soils of limestone and granite

Question 39

Miolo Wine Group, Casa Valduga, and Salton Intenso are wine estates located in what region?

Answer 39

Campanha (Campanha Guacha)

Question 40

What is a Serra?

Answer 40

Low mountain ranges

Question 41

What are Guachos?

Answer 41

Cowboys of the Brazilian pampas

Question 42

What does DO stand for in Brazil?

Answer 42

Denominacao de Origem

Question 43

What grapes/styles of wine are produced in the Vale dos Vinhedos DO?

Answer 43

Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot for Red Chardonnay for Whites Chardonnay and Pinot Noir for Sparkling Wines

Question 44

What style of wine is a specialty of Bento Goncalves?

Answer 44

Sparkling wine (spumante)

Question 45

What famous region is located in the Pedrinho River Basin?

Answer 45

Vale dos Vinhedos DO is located in part of the Pedrinho River Basin

Question 46

What is significantly higher in Brazil than most famous wine regions?

Answer 46

Rainfall Growers use particular methods of vine-training to lessen the risk of mildew

Question 47

Cave Geisse (Mario Geisse) is a sparkling wine producer located in what region?

Answer 47

Pinto Bandeira

Question 48

Who makes Terroir Nature?

Answer 48

Cave Geisse in Pinto Bandeirra

Question 49

Who makes Quinta do Seival?

Answer 49

Miolo Wine Group

Question 50

Who pioneered modern thinking about wine in Peru?

Answer 50

Emile Peynaud

Question 51

What similarities do the Tacama vineyards in Peru have with the Central Coast of California?

Answer 51

The Tacama Vineyards in the Ica province are also impacted by the cold Pacific, much like the vineyards of the Central Coast

Question 52

Where are most vineyards located in Peru?

Answer 52

Most vineyards are located on the Central Coast, around Pisco and Ica