Spain

Question 1

What are the aging requirements for Blanco and Rosado wines in Rioja?
Crianza, Reserva, and Gran Reserva.

Answer 1

Crianza: 18 months
Reserva: 2 years
Gran Reserva: 4 years.
ALL must spend 6 months in oak.

Question 2

What is the only white grape allowed in Ribera del Duero?

Answer 2

Abillo Mayor

Question 3

What are the lees aging requirements for Cava

Answer 3

9 Months.
18 months for reserva.
30 months for gran reserva.

Question 4

What is En Espatilera

Answer 4

Trellis training system.

Question 5

What are the major grapes of the following regions?
1. Rias Baixas
2. Ribero
3. Riberio Sacra
4. Valdeorras
5. Monterrei

Answer 5

1. Albarino
2. Treixadura
3. Mencia (90% of plantings)
4. Godello
5. Dona Branca (Blanco) Mencia (Tinta)

Question 6

What are the subregions of Rias Baixas?

Answer 6

Val do Salnes
Ribeira do Ulla
Soutomaior
O Rosal
Condado do Tea

Question 7

What are the DOs of Catalunya?

Answer 7

Terra Alta
Terragona
Montsant
Priorat
Costers del Segre
Conca de Barbera
Penedes
Alella

Question 8

What are the DOs of Aragon?

Answer 8

Campo de Borja
Calatayud
Carinena
Somontano

Question 9

Where is Arlanza DO?

Answer 9

Castilla-y-Leon
North of Ribera del Duero

Question 10

In which region is Pingus made?
What is the grape?
When was the first vintage?

Answer 10

Ribera del Duero
Tempranillo
1995

Question 11

What is Tempranillo in Ribera del Duero?

Answer 11

Tinta del Pais
Tinta Fino

Question 12

What are the islands of Balearic Islands?

Answer 12

(East to West)
Ibiza
Formentera
Mallorca
Menorca

Question 13

Who makes Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial?
What is the grape?

Answer 13

Marques de Murrieta
Termpranillo dominant blend w/ Mazuelo.

Question 14

In Rioja, what white varietals cannot be trained using double guyot?

Answer 14

Viura
Malvasia
Garnacha Blanc

Question 15

What are the subzones of Txalolina?

Answer 15

Getariako
Bizkaiko
Arabako

Question 16

What producer started Clos Magador?

Answer 16

Alvaro Palacios.

Question 17

What are the provinces of Ribera del Duero?

Answer 17

Valladolid
Burgos
Soria
Sergovia

Question 18

What are the alcohol ranges for Priorat Blanco, Rosado, and Tinto?

Answer 18

Blanco/Rosado: 11-15%
Tinto: 12-15%

Question 19

Name two producers from Valencia

Answer 19

Bodegas Volver
Bodegas Murviedro (in Alicante)
Bodegas Primitico Quiles (Fondillon)

Question 20

Name a red wine producer from Rias Baixas.

Answer 20

Forjas del Salnes
Red blend w/ Espadeiro, Loureiro Tinta, Caino Tinta, and Finca Genovena.

Question 21

What is the minimum ABV for white and red wines from Rioja?

Answer 21

Blanco: 10.5%
Tinto: 11%

Question 22

1. Joven
2. Roble
3. Noble
4. Anejo
5. Viejo

Answer 22

1. Young with little to no oak.
2. Also young with little or no oak.
3. Minimum 18 months in oak.
4. 2 years total in oak or bottle.
5. Minimum 3 years in oak w/ marked oxidative characteristics.

Question 23

What is Rioja’s highest elevation vineyard?
Which subzone is it in?

Answer 23

Labastida
Rioja Alavesa

Question 24

What is Vino Palido?

Answer 24

Biologically aged wine made in Rueda.
Made with Palomino Fino
Minimum 3 years in wood.

Question 25

Where is Argonda?

Answer 25

Subzone of Madrid. - Largest subzone in Madrid. -Mostly Tempranillo

Question 26

What is the average annual rainfall for: Rias Baixas? Valdeorras

Answer 26

Rias Baixas: 70-75 inches (1786-1918 mm) Valdeorras: 33-39 inches (850-1000 mm)

Question 27

Where are Amandi and Chantada?

Answer 27

Ribiera Sacra

Question 28

What is Fondillon?

Answer 28

Late-harvest Monastrell. Made is Alicante DO- Valencia.

Question 29

What is En Vaso?

Answer 29

Bush vine training.

Question 30

Where are Haro and Lograno?

Answer 30

Rioja

Question 31

Where are Haro and Lograno?

Answer 31

Rioja Alta

Question 32

What is the main river of Rioja?

Answer 32

The Ebro

Question 33

What are permitted vine training techniques of Rioja?

Answer 33

Single cordon Double Cordon Bush Vine (En Vaso) Stick and Thumb (Vara y Pulgar) Double Guyot

Question 34

What is the current release for Rioja Gran Reserva Tinto?

Answer 34

2018

Question 35

What is sobremadre?

Answer 35

"With the mother" Mostly found in Madrid DO 25% of solids remain in the wine after fermentation. Wines are then bottled directly from the vessel w/o filtration.

Question 36

Where is Granada DO?

Answer 36

Andalucia- DO furthest east along the coast.

Question 37

What are the DOs of Galicia?

Answer 37

Rias Baixas Ribeiro Ribeira Sacra Valdeorras Monterrei

Question 38

Where are Binissalem and Pla L Llevent?

Answer 38

Mallorca- Balearic Islands

Question 39

What are the common vine training techniques used in Ribera del Duero?

Answer 39

Bush and Goblet

Question 40

Where is Somontano?

Answer 40

Aragon

Question 41

What region is Rioja makes use of carbonic maceration?

Answer 41

Rioja Alavesa

Question 42

What size casks are used for Noble and Anejo wines?

Answer 42

600 Liter

Question 43

Where is Alicante DO? What is the prominent varietal?

Answer 43

Valencia- Monastrell

Question 44

What are the red grapes of Rioja?

Answer 44

Tempranillo Garnacha Mazuelo Graciano Maturana Tinta

Question 45

What are the DOs of Valencia?

Answer 45

Alicante Utiel-Requera Valencia

Question 46

What is Samso?

Answer 46

Carignan in Priorat

Question 47

What is the average rainfall in Priorat?

Answer 47

20 inches per year

Question 48

What is the varietal composition of a white wine from Ribera del Duero?

Answer 48

75% Abillo Mayor

Question 49

Who and where are Unico and Pintia produced?

Answer 49

Unico: Ribera del Duero Pintia: Toro

Question 50

What is soleo?

Answer 50

Leaving clusters of grapes to dry in the sun on mats in a field