Spain Theory Flashcards
(211 cards)
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Vino Vimblanc is what kind of wine and where is it it made
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Pansa Blanca-based Vino de Licor from Montsant and Tarragona DOs
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Arribes Blanco is a minimum 60% of what grape
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Malvasia
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Albarin (red and white) are the predominant grapes of what DO
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Asturias
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Callet is a red grape grown in what DO
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Pla I Llevant DO in the Balearic Islands
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What are the 2 DOs of the Balearic Islands
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Pla i Llevante
Binissalem
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The two predominant white grapes of bierzo
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Palamino
Godello
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What is the minimum alcohol for red priorat
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13.5%
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What is rueda dorado
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Fortified wine made in an oxidative style
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Minimum aging requirements for Rueda Dorado
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4 years (2 in wood)
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Cigales DO is in what part of Spain
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Castilla y Leon (in the NW of the region)
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Conca do Barbera DO is in what region?
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Catalunya
12
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Define vino de aguja
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Semi sparkling
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Ull de Llebre is better known as what grape
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Tempranillo
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What wine would have a four pointed star in its cork
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Cava
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Define Fondillón
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Unfortified Monastrell-based dessert wine from Alicante
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Define Doble Pasta Wines
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In the SE of Spain, wines that are fermented with twice the amount of skins and pulps, resulting in deeply coloured, dense wines
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What are the 3 DOs of the Murcia region
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Yecla
Bullas
Jumilla
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A synonym for Palomino on the Canary Islands
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Listan
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Montilla-Moriles DO produces mostly what grape?
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PX
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Define Arrope
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Concentrated grape must reduced to 1/3 it’s original volume
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What is the “soleo” method
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Air drying
In Malaga sweet wines
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What are the five subregions of Navarra DO
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Tierre Estella Ribera Alta Ribera Baja Baja Montagna Valdizarbe
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A synonym for Xarel-lo
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Pansa Blanca
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Minimum ageing of Grand Reserva Cava
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30 months
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Where is the Arribes DO located
On the border with Portugal along the Duero river
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Listan Negro grows in what part of Spain
Canary Islands
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What are the 5 original Clos of Priorat
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Clos Mogador
Clos Martinet
Clos Dafi
Clos de l’obac
Clos Eramus
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The Guadalquivir river is in what region
Jerez
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Casters del Segre is located in what area
Catalonia
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Which Rias Baixas subregion allows the most Treixadura
Condado do Tea
| 70%
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What are the 5 subregions of rias baixas
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Condado do tea
Val do Salnes
O rosal
Riberia do ulla
Soutomaier
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Who produces l’Ermita
Alvara Palacios
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Rioja Gran Reserva Reds must age for how long
5 years (2 in wood)
| In rest of Spain, Gran Reserva only requires 1.5 year in oak
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Define “vi de vila”
| How many are there?
The village level wines of Priorat
| There are 12
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Ondarrabi Zuri is a grape in what region
Pais Vasco
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Which 3 Codorniu vineyards were recently qualified for Cava de Paraje Calificado
Le Pleta
La Fideuera
El Tros Nou
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Where would you find a wine labelled Summum
Ribeira Sacra
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Who produces Castillo y Gay
Marquis de Murrieta
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What are 4 DOs of Aragon
Calatayud
Carinena
Somontano
Campo de Borja
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What is the predominant white grape of Ribeiro
Treixadura
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Vino Tostado is a dried grape specialty of what region
Ribeiro
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What are the 5 subregions of Ribeira Sacra
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Amandi
Riberas do Sil
Riberas do Mino
Chantada
Quiroga-Bibei
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What is the easternmost DO in Galicia
Valdeorras
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What is vinos de tea
Wine from La Palma that is aged in Canary Island Pine Barrela
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Which region produces Ojo de Gallo
Pais Vasco
| Rosé
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What was Spain’s first DO Pago estate
Dominion de Valdepusa
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What is the most widely planted white grape in Navarra
Chardonnay
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Senorio de Arinzano is a Pago in what region
Navarra
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Where is Malvasia di Sitges grown?
Penedes
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Minimum aging requirement for Cava de Paraje Calificado
3 years
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What is a synonym for Tempranillo in La Mancha
Cencibel
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Caiño is what colour grape and where is it grown
Red
| In Galicia, specially rias baixas and ribeiro
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What is Molino Real
Sweet moscatel wine from Malaga
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Who produces Real de Asua
Cune
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In what part of Spain is the Emporda DO
Catalonia, near the Pyranees
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What is the primary red grape of Uriel-Requena
Bobal
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Where is Bodegas Numanthia located
Toro
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The french grape Trousseau goes by what name in Spain
Bastardo
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What two rivers flow through ribeira sacra
Sil , minho
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What are the red grapes allowed in rosé Cava
Pinot noiR
Monastrell
Garnacha
Trepat
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What is the optimum alcohol level for the development of Flor
15.5
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What is the chalky soil of sherry
Albariza
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What are the three soil types of Jerez
Arenas
Albariza
Barros
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What are the aging classifications for Malaga Sweet Win
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Malaga Palido (max 6 months)
Malaga (6-24 months)
Malaga Noble (2-3 years)
Malaga Anejo (3-4 Years)
Transanejo (5 years)
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What is the size of a sherry butt
600 litres
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Otazu is a Pago estate in what region
navarra
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maximum % of alcohol in oloroso sherry
22%
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what is the minimum amount of solara aging for all sherry wine
2 years (reduced from 3 in 2010)
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what are the three communes of the sherry triangle
Sanlucar de Barrameda
Jerez de la Frontera
El Puerto de Santa Maria
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Finca Élez is a pago estate in what region
Castilla la Mancha
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Guijoso is a pago estate in what region
Castilla la Mancha
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What is the only Pago estate in Carinena
Aylés
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What are the two Pago of Utiel-Requena
Los Balagueses + El Terrerazo
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Florentino is a Pago estate in what region
Castilla La Mancha
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minimum R/S for varietal PX in Sherry
212 g/l
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Define VOS/VORS
Very Old Sherry/Very Old Rare Sherry
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Minimum aging of VOS/VORS sherry
20 year average
| 30 year average
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what is the pruning system in sherry
"stick and thumb"
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recommended red grapes of rias baixas
loureiro tinto
Caino Tinto
Espadeiro
souson
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Bobal is the dominant grape of what region?
Utiel Requena
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newest DO in the canary islands
Lagomera
- reds based on Listan Negro
- dry whites from Forastera Gomera
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what are the primary white grapes of Toro
min 85% Malvasia
or
min 100% Verdejo
castilla y leon region of span
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what is a botta chica
a sherry shipping pipe, measured at 500 litre
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what is the Levante
hot and dry wind in andalucia important in the production of sherry
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what is the puente
a humid wind in Andalucia important in the production of sherry
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Aalto is a producer in what region
Riberia del Duero
PS is Pagos Seleccionados
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Riberia del Duero is in what region
Castilla y Leon
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what appellations does the Douro river flow through (w to e)
Arribes, Zamora, Toro, Rueda, Ribera del Duero
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what is the name of the Vega Sicilia + Mouton collab
McCan in Rioja Orientale
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what is the old name for Rioja Orientale
Rioja Baja
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white bierzo is based on what grapes?
godello, donna paula
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Monterrei is in what part of Spain
Galicia
Whites = dona blanca, verdello(Godello)
Red = arauxa (Tempranillo), souson, caino tinto
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What are the 3 Txakolis
From west to east
Txakoli de Alava (white only)
Txakoli de Bizkaia
Txakoli de Getaria
Makes white wines based on Hondarribi Zuri and various French grapes (folle blanche, petit menseng)
Reds based on hondarribi Beltza
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In what year did Raventos leave the Cava DO
2012
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where is the town of Cipona
Andalucia
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3 DOs of the Murcia
Yecla
Jumilla
Boulas
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worst vintages of the 90s for rioja
92,93,97
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Valdespino is a producer in what region
Jerez
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when would you acidify in the Sherry process
before fermentation
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name two recent cool vintages in rioja
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| 14
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Name 3 cava producers specific bottlings
Gramona Imperial Gran Reserva2009
Recaredo Brut Nature 2011
Juve & Camps brut rose NV
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where is Cangas VCIG
Asturias
Albarin white and red
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name 3 villages that may be released as Vi de Villa
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Bellmunt del Priorat
Porrera
Poboleda
Gratallops
Le Morera de Montsant
Le Viella Baixas
Le Viella Alta
El Lloar
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what is the min alcohol of Vino Tostado
Tostado: min. 20.6% potential, 13% acquired
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what is the min r/s of Vino Tostado
120 g/l
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what grapes are used for Vino Tostado
Trexideira/Loueiro
| caino tinto, ferron
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recommended white and red grapes for Le Palma
Listan negro, Negramoll, Castallana Negra
| Albillo Criolla, barmajuela, Forastera blanca
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in the canary island, what DOs are on the island of Tenerife (5)
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Abona
Ycoden-Daute-Isora
Tacaronte-Acentejo
Valle de Guimar
Valle de la orotava
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in the canary islands, what do's are not specifically on the island of tenerefe (5)
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El Hierro
La palma
La Gomera
Lanzarote
Gran Canaria
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Ayles is a Pago estate in what region
carinena
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What subzones are the following towns in
Haro
Alfaro
LaBastida
Haro - Alta
Alfaro - Oriental
LaBastida - Alvasa
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who produces the cuvee Pesus and where is it made
vina sastre ribeira del duero
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who produces the cuvee Janus and where
Tinta Pasquera ribeira del duero
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who produces Maleollus and where is it produced
Emilio Moro Ribeira del duero
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name two priorat villages that may affix their name to the bottle
Porrera
| Escaladei
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elevation range for Alt-Penedes
500-850m
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what year was the area of Rioja first regulated
1902 (consejo regulador created in 1926)
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when did rioja get its DOCa status
1991
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what are the requirements for a DOCa designation
1) having been a DO for 10 years
2) produced/bottled in region
3) average cost is double that of other DOs
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How many pago estates are there
19
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what is the primary soil type of galicia
granite
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what river bisects the Monterrei DO
Tamega
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what would the term "superior" mean on a label of Monterrei DO
it is at least 85% of an indigneous variety
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what are the two subzones of Monterrei
valle de Monterrei
| Ladera de Monterrei (hillside vineyards)
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what grape goes by the name Arauxa in Galicia
Tempranillo
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what Rias Baixas subzone has the highest production
val de salnes (also the flattest and coldest subzone)
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what is the warmest subzone in Rias Baixas
Candado do Tea
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what is the only DO in Galicia that produces more red wine than white
Ribeira Sacra
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Min amount of Mencia in Ribeira Sacra Tinto
70%
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what is the oldest DO in Galicia
Ribeiro
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the val de salnes is on what river
umia
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what is the primary grape of Ribeiro
Treixadura
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what is a colleiteiros
a small winery in Ribeiro that produces no more than 60,000 litres of wine a year.
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how many subzones are there in Valdeorras
8
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what is the primary white/red grape of Valdeorras
godello/mencia
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what is the primary red grape of VC Cangas
Mencia/Albarin Tinto
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who invented the gold netting that goes around a bottle of rioja
marq de riscal
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in what year did Rioja become a DOCa
1991
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what is spain's largest river
Ebro
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The Cierzo wind most affects what spanish wine region
Rioja
| beneficial dry wind
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what are predominant soil types of Rioja
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Chalky Clay (alavesa)
Alluvium
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describe the vara y pulgar training method
stick and thumb
two sided, where one side forms the spur for next year and one side forms the cane for this year. it alternates left and right each year
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Maturana Tinta is known by what name in France
Trousseau
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is tempranillo early ripening or late ripening
early
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define generico
the lowest quality level of rioja wine
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what are the zonal classifications for rioja
vinedo singular (104 registered)
vino de municipo
Vino de zona
generico (no zone)
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rules for Vinedo singular in rioja
35 year old vines
20% lower yields
hand harvesting
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aging categories for sparkling rioja
standard 15 months
reserva = 24 months
gran anada = 36 months
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what is the largest subzone in Navarra
Ribera Alta
| overlaps with eastern rioja
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name three pago estates in navarra
otazu
irache
arinzano
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what two DO in Aragon may produce Cava
Campo de Borja and Carinena
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match the Priorat producer to the founder
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Martinet
mogador
eramus
dofi
l'obac
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jose luiz perez
rene barber
daphne glorian
alvaro palacios
carlos pastrana
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what is the max sugar for Cava semi secco
50
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what is the smallest DO in spain
La Gomera, Canary Islands
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three bottlings of Lopez de Heredia
Gravonia
Tondonia
Bosconia
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what are the two grand reservas for Le Rioja Alta
890 (named after first vintage)
| 904 (named in honour of purchase of Arlanza estate)
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two bottlings of Tinta Pasquera
Janus
| Millenium Gran Reserva
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what is the name of the single vineyard wine of Pingus
Amelia (100 year old vines, aged in a single Darnajou barrel)
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what is Murriata's white wine
Capellania Reserva (viura from namesake vineyard, oaked)
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Three wineries under the CVNE moniker
Vina Real (alavesa)
Contino (alavesa)
Imperial (alta)
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the Sierra de Tolono vineyards abut what wine region
rioja
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what was the first estate in rioja to do estate bottling
Remelluri
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in what year did Artadi leave the Rioja appellation
2015
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what is the smallest DO in the Castilla y Leon
Arlanza
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what styles of wine are made in Cigales
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white
rose
red
sweet
sparkling
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what do they call petit manseng in Pais Vasco
Izkiriata
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what spanish region border Banyuls
Emporda
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jamon serrano is from what part of spain
extramadura
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what is the name for a gyropalette
girasol
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who is daphne glorian
producer of clos eramus
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what are the three vineyards of clos eramus
escales
aubagues
socarrats
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Turo d'en Mota
Racaredo
single vineyard, 100% xarello, 120 months on lees
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min aging time for Brandy de Jerez Solara Grand Reserva
3
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what is Supurados
traditional dried grape wines from Rioja
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who produces La Faraona
Descentientes de J Palacios
in Bierzo
single vineyard
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foil colours of Cava
Green
Silver
Gold
Antique Gold
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two bottlings of Commando G
Bruja de Rozas
La Brena 1er Cru
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who is Fernando Garcia
owns Command G
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what is a Marchamo
like a facetta in italy
sticker on bottle from DO
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belondrade y Lurton is a producer where
Rueda
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ideal temp for a sherry bodega
18 degrees 75% humidty
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what is the only DO in Castille y Leon that tempranillo isn't recommended
Bierzo
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what two moutain ranges are directly north of Rioja
Montes Obarenes
Sierra de Tolono
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average rainfall in rioja
300-600mm
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longest river in spain
ebro
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major soil types of rioja
alluvial (45%) (Oriental)
calcaereous (30%) (Alavesa)
Ferrous clay (25%)
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who produces the wine "1902, Tossal d'e Bou"
Mas Doix
single vineyard, 100% carinena
Gran Vinya Classificada
vines planted 1902
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Vall Llach is a producer where
Priorat
produces Mas de la Rosa
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who owns Valdepusa
Marquis de Grignon
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Name 3 regulations for Gran Vinya Callificada designation in Priorat
90% Garnacha and/or Carignan
single vineyard
80% of the vines must be at least 35 years old, 10 years old for the remaining 20%
must be owned or long term lease (7 years min)
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min aging for rioja blanco riserva
2 years (6 oak)
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What is the name of the decomposed granite soils found in Galicia
Xabre
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Min vine age for Gran Vino de Rueda
30 years
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min age for Calatyud VV? Superior
35
50
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The Moncayo Mountain Range affects what DO of Aragon
Campo de Borja
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principal white grapes of Rias Baixas
Albarino
Godello
Dona Blanca
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min vine age of Conca del Riu Anoia
10 years
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El Vicario and Los Cerrillos are pago estates where
La Mancha
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who produces the wines Vina Pomal, Vina Zaca and La Vicalanda
Bodegas Bilbainas
founded in Haro 1901
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Name 3 Rioja producers working in Rioja Alavesa
Contino
Macan
Ysios
Valdemar
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what are hoyos
moon shaped pits in lanzarote. vines are planted inside them to maximize water retention and prevent against wind
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min aging for Corpinnat
18 months
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red grapes authorized in Condado de Huevla
syrah, tempranillo, bordeaux grapes
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where is Campo de Calatrava
La Mancha
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what is the unique training method on the island of Tenerfe
Tranzado (unique to Oratava)
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The Ieza, najerilla and jubera are all tributaries of what river
ebro
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who produces the wines La Pleta and El Trou Nou
Cordineau
100% chard, 100% pinot
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the Suriana river runs through what DO
Priorat
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what is an alquitara
a spanish copper still
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what is escanciar
asturian tradition of pouring cidre from a high elevation into the glass, aerating it and activating co2
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