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What is the name of the large raised plateau in Central Spain?

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Meseta

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What is the mountain range along the north coast of Spain that helps shield Spain from storms?

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Cantabrian Cordillera

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What indigenous white grape is used mostly for brandy and bulk wine?

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Airen

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Tempranillo in Toro is known as _________.

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Tinta de Toro

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Tempranillo in Ribera del Duero and Cigales is known as _________.

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Tinta del Pais

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Tempranillo in Ribera del Duero is known as _________.

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Tinto Fino

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Tempranillo in Catalonia is known as _________.

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Ull de Llebre

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Tempranillo in La Mancha and Valdepenas is known as _________.

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Cencibel

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Tempranillo in Portugal is known as _________.

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Aragonez

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Tempranillo in Douro (Portugal) is known as _________.

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Tinta Roriz

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What is the primary grape in Priorat?

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Garnacha

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Mourvedre is known as ______ in Spain.

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Monastrell

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Macabeo is known as ______ in Rioja.

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Viura

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The authorized grapes for Sherry are:

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Palomino, Pedro Ximenez, Moscatel

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How many DO’s are there in Spain?

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67

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What are the DOCa’s of Spain?

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Priorat and Rioja

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Single vineyards in Spain that produce excellent wine and are made and bottled at the winery or municipal area can be designated ___________.

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Vinos de Pago

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Each DO has a _____ that controls local production areas and practices.

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Consejo Regulador

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A Spanish wine that has spent a minimum of 18 month in barricas or bottle may be termed _____.

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Vino Noble (noble wine)

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A Spanish wine that has spent a minimum of 24 month in barricas or bottle may be termed _____.

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Vino Anejo (aged wine)

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A Spanish wine that has spent a minimum of 36 month in barricas or bottle in a strongly oxidized environment may be termed _____.

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Vino Viejo (old wine)

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What are the three PDO aging designations in Spain?

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Crianza, Riserva, Gran Riserva

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What are the aging requirements for Crianza red wines?

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6 months barrel, 2 years total

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What are the aging requirements for Rioja Crianza red wines?

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12 months barrel, 2 years total

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What are the aging requirements for Riserva red wines?
12 months barrel, 3 years total
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What are the aging requirements for Gran Riserva red wines?
18 months barrel, 5 years total
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What are the aging requirements for Rioja Gran Riserva red wines?
24 months, 5 years total
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What are the aging requirements for Crianza white wines?
6 months barrel, 1 year total
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What are the aging requirements for Riserva white wines?
6 months barrel, 2 years total
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What are the aging requirements for Gran Riserva white wines?
6 months barrel, 4 years total
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The term used for PDO wine released a year after it was made, and if oak aged at all, aged for a shorter period than Crianza is
Joven
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Green Spain refers to what autonomous region?
Galicia
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Rias Baixas is known for what white grapes?
Albarino, Loureira and Treixadura
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The white grape of Ribeiro is
Albarino
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Valdeorras DO is located in what autonomous region?
Galicia
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Toro, Cigales, Rueda and Ribero de Duera are all DOs in the ______ Valley and what autonomous region.
Duero, Castile-Leon
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Toro DO primarily makes red wine from what grape?
Tempranillo aka Tinta de Toro
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Rueda DO is mostly known for it's white wine from what grape?
Verdejo
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Cigales produces mainly red and rosado wines. T or F
True
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Ribera del Duero's reds must be at least ____% of _____ aka _______.
75% Tempranillo aka Tinto Fino or Tinta del Pais
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Ribera del Duero's red wines are on par with _____ for quality.
Rioja
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The region in Spain with a challenging climate of extreme cold and hot and with one of the highest elevations is
Ribera del Duero
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The cities of Lograno and Haro are located in what subregion of Rioja?
Rioja Alta
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What is the river that flows through Rioja?
Elba
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Macabeo is known an Viura in what region?
Rioja
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Rioja wines tend to be tannic. T or F
True
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White Rioja must contain ____% or ______.
51% Viura
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What region is located in the mountainous region just west of Barcelona?
Priorat
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What red grape is the backbone of Rioja's fine red wines?
Tempranillo
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What kind of oak barrels does Rioja use for aging?
American oak
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Rioja Rosado is often produced using a majority of what grape?
Garnacha
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Priorat is known for it's _______ soils.
Ilicorella
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What are the two main red grapes in Priorat?
Garnacha and Carinena
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What Catalonian DO produces mostly full-bodies aromatic white wines?
Tarragona DO
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What is the town considered to be the spiritual home of Cava?
San Sadurni de Noya
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What are the three classic grape varieties for Cava?
Parellada, Xarel-lo, Macabeo
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The grape that is the basis for most Cava blends is
Xarel-lo
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What are the Three Cava aging designations?
Cava, Cava Riserva, Cava Gran Reserva
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The production requirments for basic Cava are:
Min. 9 mths on lees in bottle, any sweetness level
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The production requirments for Cava Reserva are:
Min. 15 mths on lees in bottle, brut or drier
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The production requirments for Cava Gran Reserva are:
Min. 30 mths on lees in bottle, brut or drier
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What are the two basic forms of Sherry?
Fino and Oloroso
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What form of Sherry ages under flor?
Fino
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What kind of Sherry is produced in Sanlucar de Barrameda?
Manzanilla
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What are the 3 grapes authorized for Sherry producation?
Palomino, Pedro Ximenez, Moscatel
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What grape is the primary grape in Sherry?
Palomino
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What grape is used as a principal sweetening agent in the sweeter styles of Sherry?
Pedro Ximenez
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Fino Sherries are usually dry on the palette. T or F
True
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The Sherry grape, Palomino, grows best on what soil?
Albariza (brilliantly white)
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The Sherry grape, Pedro Ximenez, grows best on what soil?
Barro (Clay)
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The Sherry grape, Moscatel, grows best on what soil?
Arena (sandy)
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Manzanilla Sherry is often described as ______.
Briney
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The least alcoholic of the fortified Sherries is
Fino Sherry
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What style of sweetened Sherry originated in Bristol?
Pale Cream
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What style Sherry started as a fino and was aged under a layer of flor but lost is protective flor after a few years?
Amontillado
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What style of Sherry has the characteristics of both Fino and Oloroso sherries?
Amontillado
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What style of Sherry has a nutty characteristic as well as a slight flor aroma?
Amontillado
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What style of Sherry begins with a fino base but never develops it's flor but has the color and full body of an oloroso sherry?
Palo Cortado
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Amontillado and Palo Cortado are what style of sherries?
Hybrid
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What style sherries are fortified to a higher alcoholic strength in order to keep flor from developing, thus aging in the presence of oxygen with oxidation being a part of it's characteristics?
Oloroso
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What style sherry is a Palomino based Sherry aged in partially filled barrels without flor and with considerable oxication?
Olorosa
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What style sherry is a sweetened version of an Olorosa Sherry?
Cream Sherry
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What style sherry is produced by harvesting the grapes at a high level of sugar and then allowing the grapes to dry on straw mats in the hot sum?
Pedro Ximenez
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What style sherry are solera-aged in wood barrels after fortification resulting in wines that are quite viscous, darn and naturally very sweet?
Pedro Ximenez PX
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What are the two Sherry designations based on exceptionally old and rare wines?
Sherry with Age Classification | Sherry with Certified Age
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What are the two designations under the classification of "Sherry with Certified Age"?
VOS and VORS
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The designation VOS is reserved for Sherries that have at least _____ of solera aging.
20 years
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The designation VORS is reserved for Sherries that have at least _____ of solera aging.
30 years
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The Montilla-Moriles DO uses what grape varieties to produce a naturally sweet high alcohol dessert wines.
Pedro Ximenez and Moscatel

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