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South America Flashcards

1
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Where is Mauipo Valley

A

Central Valley, Chile

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2
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What unique grape provides Salta’s most distinctive white wines?

A

Torrontès

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3
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What is the most planted grape in Chile?

A

Cabernet Sauvignon

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4
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Where is Colchagua?

A

Rapel Valley, Chile

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5
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True or False

San Juan is located in Patagonia?

A

False it’s located in Middle Central Argentina

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6
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True or False

The majority of Chilean wine is red?

A

True

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7
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True or False

Carmenère is the most planted grape in the Maipo Valley?

A

False - Cabernet Sauvignon is the most planted grape

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What is considered the classic region for Malbec?

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Mendoza

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9
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What Argentnean province produces a majority of the country’s wines?

A

Mendoza - 70%

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10
Q

True or False

Casablanca is a coastal subregion within the Aconcagua DO?

A

True

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11
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Argentina ranks _________ in the world in terms of overall wine production?

A

5th

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12
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____________________ are believed to have been the first to plant wine grapes in Argentina in the late 1500’s

A

Spanish Monks

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13
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True or False

Argentina has a unique population for South America, with the vast majority of its population having some European heritage?

A

True - Italian

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14
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If a region is listed on a bottle of Argentine wine, then at least _______ of the grapes used to produce that wine must have been grown in that region?

A

85%

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15
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True or False

Argentine winemakers label most of their wines by grape variety

A

True

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16
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The most important grape grown in Argentina is ____________ .

A

Malbec

17
Q

Torrontès is one of the most important _________ grapes.

A

White

18
Q

The vast majority of Argentina wines is produced in ________________.

A

The temperate foothills of the Andes Mountains

19
Q

The most important wine region of Argentina, where more than 70% of the country’s total wine production takes place, is _____________.

A

Mendoza

20
Q

True or False

Overall, Argentina’s wine regions are relatively dry and arid a result of being located in the rain shadow of the Andes Mountains

A

True

21
Q

The most important red grape variety grown in Chile is _____________.

A

Cabernet Sauvignon

22
Q

True or False

Chile is one of the most isolated countries in the world?

A

True

23
Q

Chile is one of the worlds smallest wine producing countries.

A

False -actually is ranked 10 in world wine production

24
Q

The first wine grape planted in Chile in the 1500’s and the most widely planted still today is:

A

Pais

25
Q

True or False

The European country that has had the largest influence on Chilean winemaking is Spain, as Chile used to be a Spanish Colony

A

False - the French have the greatest influence

26
Q

Which important Chilean grape variety is called the “Lost Grape of Bordeaux”

A

Carmenère

27
Q

If a label of Chilean wine listed Sauvignon Blanc as the grape used in its production, what percentage of the grapes used to produce this wine must be the listed varietal by Chilean Law (assuming that the wine is intended for export)?

A

85%

28
Q

The wine regions of Chile are located in the river valley nestled between coastal mountain ranges and:

A

The Andes Mountains

29
Q

True or False

Phylloxera and powdery mildew wiped out many of the vineyards of Chile in the mid to late 1800s, causing the winemakers there to replant higher quality grape varieties

A

False - Phylloxera never hit Chile due to its climate, Chilean vines are some of the purest vines in the world

30
Q

When did winemaking arrive in the new world and who brought it

A

16th Century by the Spanish

31
Q

Where were the earliest viticulture in the Americas

A

Mexico

32
Q

When did Vines reach Peru, Child and Argentina

A

By 1560

33
Q

When did Vines reach Brazil

A

1532

34
Q

What put a halt to the growth of Vines early in South America

A

The 17th Century restriction of wine production. Wine was only to come from the Iberian Peninsula

35
Q

What are the leading wine producers of South America

A

Argentina

Chile

Brazil

36
Q

Who was Claudio Gay

A

He set up pre Phylloxera Vitis Vinifera Vines at the University of Chile Quinta Normal Department in 1830

  • these Vines plus Chile geographic isolation prevented Phylloxera from entering Chile

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