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What is Rancio style wine?

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Wines with a pungent aroma due to oxidation/Maderization (i.e. Madeira)

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What two prominent figures were instrumental in updating and modernizing the Rioja Region?

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Marques de Murrieta and Marques de Riscal

Introduced Barrique aging and estate bottling

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What is Quercus Alba?

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American Oak

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Name Four traditionalist producers of Rioja

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CVNE
Lopez de Heredia
Berceo
La Rioja Alta

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Where was Cava Born?

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San Sadurni d’Anoia

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What three regions saw the first Consejo Reguladores?

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Malaga
Jerez
Rioja

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What is a Consejo Reguladores?

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A governing body for a DO, controlling the laws around its production.

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What did Miguel Torres bring to Spanish Wine Production?

When and where?

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Temperature controlled Fermentation
Stainless Steel Vats
1960’s Catalonia

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Typically, what is necessary to qualify for DO Pago status?

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It requires a decade of quality wine production, and rules stricter than the DO they are within that indicate quality wine making.

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In General, what are the aging requirements for Spain?

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Crianza: 2 Years aging, with 6 months in Barrel

Reserva: 3 Years aging with 1 Year in Barrel

Gran Reserva: 5 Years aging with 18 Months in Barrel

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What are the Aging requirements for Rioja?

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Crianza: 2 Years aging, with 1 Year in Barrel

Reserva: 3 Years aging, with at least 1 Year in barrel and 6 months in bottle

Gran Reserva: 5 years aging, with 2 Years in Barrel and 2 Years in Bottle

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What are the aging requirements for Ribera del Duero?

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Crianza: 2 Years aging with 1 Year in Barrel

Reserva: 3 Years aging with 1 Year in Barrel

Gran Reserva: 5 Years aging, with 2 Years in Barrel, and 3 Years in Bottle

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Aside from Crianza to Gran Reserva, what other aging designations can appear on a bottle?

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Noble: 18 months in a cask less than 600L

Anejo: 24 Months in a cask less than 600L

Viejo: Showing a marked oxidative character

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What three Autonomias are included in North Central Spain?

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Navarra
La Rioja
Aragon

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What mountain ranges border Northern Spain?

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The Pyrenees (North East)
The Cantabrians (North West)
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What is the Main river of Rioja and what is its most important tributary?

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The Ebro runs through Rioja from the Cantabrian Mountains, and the Oja river is a tributary for which it is named.

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When did the first Spanish region become a DOCa? What was it?

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Rioja in 1991

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What is the main grape of Rioja? What are its blending partners?

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Tempranillo

Mazuelo (carignan)
Graciano
Garnacha
Maturana Tinta (approved in 2007)

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What percentage of Rioja must be approved grapes?

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85%

95% if destemmed

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What are the dominant white grapes of White Rioja?

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Viura
Garnacha Blanca
Malvasia Riojano
Maturana Blanca

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What is the minimum required red grape percentage in Rosado Rioja?

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25%

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What are the general aging requirements for Rosado and Blanco Rioja?

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Crianza: 2 Years aging, 6 months barrique

Reserva: 2 Years aging, 6 months in Barriques and the rest in bottle

Gran Reserva: 4 Years aging, 6 months in barrique, the rest in bottle

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What are the three climatic Zones of Rioja DOCa?

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Rioja Alta
Rioja Alavesa
Rioja Oriental

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Where is Joven Rioja typically from, and what style?

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Usually from Rioja Alavesa, with a bit of Carbonic Maceration

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What are the soil types of Rioja's three Climatic zones?
Alavesa/Alta: High proportion of Calcareous Clay Oriental: Alluvial Soil, ferrous clay
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Generally, when Rioja wines are made and blended, what does each Climatic zone contribute to the blend?
Alta: Acidity and Structure Oriental: Alcoholic Warmth Alavesa: Freshness
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Describe Bodegas Ysios wines.
Pure Tempranillo from estate vineyards in Alavesa
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Where is Bodegas Ysios? Who designed it?
Laguardia | Santiago Calatrava
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What are the 4 main single vineyards of Lopez de Heredia?
Vina Tondonia Vina Bosconia Vina Cubillas Vina Zaconia
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How long does the Vina Tondonia from Lopez de Heredia stay in Oak before release?
10 Years
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Who designed the estate of Marques de Riscal? What else did he design?
Frank Gehry | The Guggenheim in Bilbao
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Who designed the new addition to Lopez de Heredia's estate?
Zaha Hadid
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When was single vineyard bottling allowed as an additional designation for Rioja?
2017 | Vinedos Singulares may appear from 2018 onward
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What are the regulations for Vinedos Singulares in Rioja?
35 Year old Vines Estate must have worked it for 10 years Hand Harvesting 20 Liters per hectare less than the region allows
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What is Vino Espumosa de Calidad
Traditional method sparkling wine from Rioja
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What are the styles allowed for Vino Espumosa? (sweetness)
Brut Nature, Extra Brut, and Brut
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What are the requirements for Vino Espumosa's aging designations? Other requirements?
15 months on lees for Regular Reserva: 24 months Gran Reserva: 36 Months Handharvested, estate bottles
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When was Lopez de Heredia started?
1877
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What cooperage does Lopez de Heredia use?
They have their own
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Who opened Lopez de Heredia?
Don Rafael Lopez de Heredia y Landeta
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Where is Lopez de Heredia located?
Haro
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When was La Rioja Alta started?
1890
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What are the Top bottlings of La Rioja Alta?
Gran Reserva 890 Gran Reserva 904 Vina Ardanza
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Where is Vega Sicilia located? When was it founded?
Valladolid | 1864
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Who opened Vega Sicilia? Who now owns it?
Don Eloy Lecanda Chaves The Alvarez Family since 1982
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What are the top bottlings of Vega Sicilia?
Unico Valbueno no.5 Alion Pintia
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Where is Bodegas Muga? Who opened it and when?
Haro 1932 Isaac Muga Martinez
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What are the top bottlings of Bodegas Muga?
Prado Enea | Torre Muga
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What famous Ribera del Duero producer is Biodynamic?
Dominio de Pingus
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What are the top bottlings of Bodegas Marques de Murrieta?
Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial | Capellania Reserva
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What is Dalmau?
A Marques de Murrieta bottling with Cabernet Sauvignon blended with Tempranillo
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What does CVNE stand for ?
Compania Vinicola del Norte de Espana
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What are the wineries of CVNE?
Imperial Vina Real Contino
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What is the CVNE Monopole white?
a 100% Viura wine first bottled in 1915
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What is the top bottling for Bodegas Remelluri
La Granja Remelluri Gran Reserva
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Where is Bodegas Remelluri located?
Labastida
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What vintages was Bodegas Remelluri's best wine made in?
``` 1996 1997 2005 2009 2010 2011 2012 ```
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When was Bodegas Remelluri first opened and by who?
Jaime Rodriguez Salis | 1967
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Which Rioja house left the Consejo Reguladores of Rioja in 2015?
Artadi
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What are the three single vineyard wines of Artadi?
La Poza de Ballesteros El Carretil Valdegines
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What are the two old vines bottlings from Artadi?
Pagos Viejo's | Grandes Anades
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What is notable about the Artadi wine making style?
100% Tempranillo from high elevation vineyards focusing on soil expression.
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Where is Bodegas Numanthia located?
In Zamora, in Toro
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What are the Top bottlings of Bodegas Numanthia?
Numanthia: 70-100 year old ungrafted Tempranillo vines, 18 months french oak, 100% tempranillo Termanthia: 140 year old Ungrafted Tempranillo vines, 100% Tempranillo from Teso de Los Carriles. 200% new french oak, unfiltered and unfined.
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How was Bodegas Roda named? When was it started?
Mario ROttland and Carmen DAurela combined their names in 1987 to make it.
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What are the top bottlings of Roda?
Roda I Roda (formerly Roda II) and Cirsion
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What are the top bottlings of Faustino?
Gran Reserva Faustino I | Reserva Faustino V
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When was Faustino Established?
1861
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When did Faustino Begin exporting its wine?
1960's
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What Region adjacent to Rioja is famous for Rosado Bottlings?
Navarra DO
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What is the most prominent white variety in Navarra?
Chardonnay
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What are the 5 Subzones of Navarra DO?
``` Valdizarbe Baja Montana Tierra Estella Ribera Alta Ribera Baja ```
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What three Estates gained DO Pago status in Navarra?
Senorio de Arinzano Prado Irache (Both in Tierra Estella) Bodegas Otazu (in Valdizarbe)
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What is Vino de Licor made from?
Moscatel Grapes, with a 15% alcohol
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When was Marques de Riscal founded? Where?
1858 in Elciego
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What is the top wine of Marques de Riscal?
Baron de Chirel
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What are the 4 Subregions of Aragon?
Catalayud Campo de Borja Carinena Somontano
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What is the most planted grape in Campo de Borja?
Garnacha (2/3rds of all plantings)
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What does Somontano mean?
Beneath the mountain
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What is the ancestral home of the Carignan/Mazuelo Grape?
Carinena DO
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What are the main local varietals of Somontano DO?
Alcanon | Paralleta
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What Autonomia's generally belong in the Green Spain region?
Galicia Asturias Cantabria Pais Vasco
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What is a Rias?
An estuary
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What are the 5 DO's of Galicia?
``` Rias Baixas Ribiero Valdeorras Ribeira Sacra Monterrei ```
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What are the 5 Subzones of Rias Baixas?
``` Condado de Tea Val do Salnes O Rosal Soutomaior Ribeiro do Ulla ```
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If a wine is labelled Rias Baixas Albarino, how much of the wine must be Albarino?
100%
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If a wine is from Val do Salnes or Ribeiro do Ulla, what are the grapes in it?
A minimum 70% must be Albarino, Treixadura, Loureiro, or Caino Blanco
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If a wine is from O Rosal or Condado do Tea, what is the blend?
A minimum of 70% Albarino blended with Loureiro or Treixadura
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How much of Rias Baixas is dedicated to Albarino?
90%
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What are the Red grapes of Rias Baixas?
Caino, Espadeiro, Mencia
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What are the grapes preferred for the region of Ribeiro/ What river is it along?
Mino River White from Treixadura Red from Caino
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What is the local specialty wine of Ribeiro DO? Describe it.
Vino Tostado, made from dried grapes, with a minimum of 350g/l must weight and a final sugar of 120g/l. Must be dried three months, with 6 months in oak and three months in bottle.

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