Portugal & England

Question 1

How many indigenous varieties are known in Portugal?

Answer 1

Around 250

Question 2

What are the 3 quality levels of Portuguese wine?

Answer 2

Vinho - table wines
Vinho Regional - regional
DOC - Denominacao de Origem Controlada (DOP now)

Question 3

What is Portugal’s flagship red grape?

What is Tinta Amarela also known as?

Answer 3

Touriga Nacional

Trincadeira

Question 4

What is Jaen known as in Spain?

What are Tempranillo’s 2 synonyms in Portugal?

Answer 4

Mencia

Tinta Roriz or Aragonez

Question 5

Give the DOC for these Portuguese VR’s

VR Minho
VR Trasmontano
VR Duriense (x2)

Answer 5

Vinho Verde DOC
Tras os Montes DOC
Douro DOC Porto DOC

Question 6

Give the DOC for these Portuguese VR’s

VR Terras de Cister
VR Terras do Dao (x2)
VR Terras da Beira

Answer 6

Tavora Varosa DOC
Dao DOC Lafoes DOC
Beira Interior DOC

Question 7

Give the DOC for these Portuguese VR’s

VR Beira Atlantico
VR Tejo
VR Peninsula de Setubal (x2)

Answer 7

Bairrada DOC
Tejo DOC
Palmela DOC Setubal DOC

Question 8

In the Minho, what grapes are used to craft lipsmacking Vinho Verde?

Answer 8

Arinto, Azal, Trajadura, Loureiro, Alvarinho

Question 9

What organization regulates Portuguese wines?

Answer 9

CVR Comissao Vitivinicola Regional

Question 10

Match the grape to its DOC and give the color.

a) Alfrocheiro
b) Aragonez
c) Baga
d) Loureiro
e) Bical

Answer 10

a) Dao red
b) Alentejo red
c) Bairrada red
d) Vinho Verde white
e) Bairrada white

Question 11

Match the grape to its DOC and give the color.

a) Arinto
b) Encruzado
c) Touriga Franca
d) Vinhao
e) Touriga Nacional

Answer 11

a) Bucelas white, vinho verde
b) Dao white
c) Douro red
d) Vinho Verde red
e) everywhere

Question 12

Whats the wine and grape to know from Bairrada DOC?

If a producer uses only native grapes, what can they label their wine here?

Answer 12

Reds from Baga

Bairrada Classico

Question 13

What style wine is the specialty of Tavora Varosa DOC?

Answer 13

sparkling wine

Question 14

What are the 3 portions of the Douro?

Answer 14

Baixo Corgo
Cima Corgo
Douro Superior

Question 15

When was the Douro demarcated?

Answer 15

1756

Question 16

What is the grape of Bucelas DOC?

Answer 16

Arinto (min 75%)

Question 17

What is Setubal famous for? grapes, vinification,etc?

Answer 17

Its Vinhos Licorosos. Moscatel de Setubal (Alexandria) and Moscatel Roxo.
6 months of maceration, 5 years of age. Reds are fortified, Whites aren’t. Think Madeira

Question 18

What is the Dao DOC known for?

grapes?

Answer 18

Reds with structure and acid, ageing potential.

Alfrocheiro, Jaen, Touriga Nacional

Question 19

Whats the rule regarding international grapes and blending for Dao DOC?

Answer 19

gotta be less than 40%

Question 20

What styles of wine are made in Dao DOC?

Answer 20

White, Red, Rosado, Sparkling

Question 21

What do Garrafeira and Reserva dictate for Dao wines?

Answer 21

Quality designations.

Garrafeira is just a bit higher ABV
Reserva must age for 2 years

Question 22

What does Nobre mean on a Dao wine bottle?

Answer 22

Its a ‘native grape required’ tag

min 15% touriga nacional for reds
min 15% encruzado for whites

Question 23

The terroir of Dao is reminiscent of what famous wine region?

Answer 23

Priorat

Question 24

Torto, Tavora, Tedo, Pinhao, and Tua are all what?

Answer 24

tributaries of the Douro

Question 25

What is the major soil type for Douro?

Answer 25

Schist

Question 26

What is made in Tras os Montes DOC?

Answer 26

Full bodied high abv red wine

Question 27

What are the DOC'S of the Lisboa VR? (9)

Answer 27

Encostas de Aire Obidos Lourinha Alenquer Torres Vedras Arruda Bucelas Colares Carcavelos

Question 28

Where is Colares DOC (VR) and what 2 things is it famous for? (wine and soils)

Answer 28

Lisboa VR a robust tannic red from the Ramisco grape. whites from Malvasia. sandy phylloxera free soils, and chao rija, a harder soil further inland.

Question 29

What DOC in Lisboa VR is well known for its high quality red wines from a blend of native and imported grapes?

Answer 29

Alenquer DOC

Question 30

Where is Carcavelos DOC (VR) and what is the area famous for?

Answer 30

Lisboa VR robust reds made from Ramisco

Question 31

What is Barca Velha?

Answer 31

The iconic red made in Douro, only in excellent vintages. Traditional Douro grapes are used, T Franca T Nacional T Roriz.

Question 32

In England, what three grapes are used in this new wine frontier?

Answer 32

Pinot, Chardonnay, Meunier

Question 33

In what three English regions are vines planted?

Answer 33

Kent Surrey Sussex

Question 34

What soils typify English vineyards?

Answer 34

Limestone Chalk soils like Champagne

Question 35

What is the only "PDO" for English wine regions?

Answer 35

Sussex

Question 36

Name 4 producers of English wine

Answer 36

Denbies Bolney Chapel Down Hattingly

Question 37

How is viticulture possible, so far North in England?

Answer 37

Longer days help. Sussex is also England's sunniest region.

Question 38

What is Periquita?

Answer 38

A brand made by Fonseca in the Peninsula de Setubal, Portugal's first bottled red 1850. The grape is Castelao.

Question 39

Where is the Lourinha DOP? (VR) What do they make there?

Answer 39

Lisboa VR Aguardente