Spain Flashcards
Spain is ranked where in the world in regards to wine production
3rd
True or False
France has more vineyard acreage than Spain?
False - Spain has the most acreage in the world for Vineyards
Denominaciones de Origen (DO) is the wine laws for what country?
Spain
The Spain DO laws are based upon whose wine laws?
The French AOC laws
What country has around 3 million acres of vineyards planted in their country?
Spain
When did Spain get hit with phylloxera?
The 1890’s through the early 1900’s
What saved Spain from as much disaster in regards to the spread of Phylloxera?
The grafting of the Vines that can fight phylloxera had been discovered
True or False
Spain flourished during the French phylloxera era?
True - Spain flourished, Spanish winemakers were able to sell their wines with little or no competition
Note:
Many French winemakers moved to Spain for work during the period, spreading their knowledge and practices to Spanish winemakers
Civil war and two world wars ravaged what country’s wine regions?
Spain
How did the world pass up Spain in regards to quality of wine?
Spain never used modern technology or techniques and the world passed them up
When did Spain began to modernize in the wine industry?
After joining the European Union in 1986
What does the Spanish DO’s stand for?
Denominaciones de Origen Laws
Who are the consejo reguladores?
The wing of the Spanish government that oversees the DO’s laws
Vino de Mesa is called what?
A Spanish table wine
- has lax production standards and can be made grapes grown anywhere in Spain
Vino de la Tierra is a subregion of what classification?
Vino de Mesa
- these are known as country wines
- restrictions are stricter and the grapes must be grown in one of a handful of large recognized areas
What Spanish Classification must produce grapes grown with in specific recognized region?
The production laws are strict in this category, with specific regulations regarding:
- permissible grapes varietals
- yields
- winemaking practices
Labels will say “ Vino de a calidad de” followed by the specific region or origin
Vino de Calidad con Indicación Geogràfica
What Spanish Classification has the following:
- covers select areas throughout Spain and the wines have to be made following strict guidelines involving:
- approved grapes
- reduced yields
- permissible winemaking practices
- minimum age requirements
- This Classification is responsible for more of Spain’s production than any other region in Spain, composing more than 50 percent of the total
- They are labeled by their region of origin
Denominación de Origen
Denominación de Origen has how many regions in Spain?
70
What Spanish Classification has the following?
- the top Classification in Spanish winemaking
- refers to qualified designations of origin and is only granted to regions that have had DO status for more than a decade along with a track record of historically top - quality wine
- Viticulture and Viniculture practices are the stiffest in these areas due to the reputation it affords the region
- Only 3 places in Spain have been awarded this Appellation status
DOCa - Denominación de Origen Califcada
What does the regions of Priorat and Rioja have in common?
The only three regions in Spain that have the label DOCa
In Spanish, these are known as estate bottled
- awarded only to single estate wines that have a top quality reputation
- these wines must be made and bottled on the wineries estate
Vino de Pago
Roughly how many vineyards have the title Vino de Pago?
Roughly less than 10
Spanish word for red wine?
Vino Tinto
