2 - Green Spain

Question 1

What is the climate of Galicia?

Answer 1

Maritime

Question 2

What is the Galician word for “bodega”?

Answer 2

Adega

Question 3

Which Rías Baixas sub-zone produces only varietal Albariño?

Answer 3

Soutomaior

Question 4

What is the warmest sub-zone in Rías Baixas?

Answer 4

Condado do Tea

Question 5

What is the primary grape of Rías Baixas?

Answer 5

Albariño

Question 6

What does “Ribeira Sacra” mean in English?

Answer 6

Sacred Rivberbank

Question 7

What is the name for the submerged river valleys open to the sea in Galicia?

Answer 7

Rías

Question 8

What are the three primary mountain ranges of the Macizo Galaico/Galician Massif?

Answer 8

Serra do Eixe

Serra da Enciña da Lastra

Serra do Courel

Question 9

Which four autonomous regions make up Green Spain?

Answer 9

Galicia

Asturias

Cantabria

País Vasco

Question 10

Which is the easternmost and wettest DO of País Vasco?

Answer 10

DO Getariako Txakolina/

Txakoli de Getaria/

Chacolí de Getaria

Question 11

Which is the newest sub-zone in Rías Baixas?

Answer 11

Ribeira do Ulla

Question 12

What is the primary grape variety of DO Ribeiro?

Answer 12

Treixadura

Question 13

Which topographical feature marks the southern border of País Vasco?

Answer 13

Ebro River

Question 14

Which sub-zone of Rías Baixas is the oldest and is known as the birthplace of Albariño?

Answer 14

Val do Salnés

Question 15

In which País Vasco province did producers form the Txakoli Winemakers’ Association in the 1980’s?

Answer 15

Vizkaya/Biskaia

Question 16

What is the name for boutique estate wineries in DO Ribeiro?

Answer 16

Colleiteiros

Question 17

What is the Spanish term for pergolas in Rías Baixas?

Answer 17

Parrals

Question 18

What are the names of the three provinces of País Vasco?

Answer 18

Álava/Araba,

Vizcaya/Bizkaia,

Guipúzcoa/Gipuzkoa

Question 19

What is the term for warm and drying winds on the leeward side of a mountain?

Answer 19

Foehn effect or Foehn winds

Question 20

The País Vasco coastal provinces of Vizcaya and Guipúzcoa are largely continental with some maritime influence.

True or False?

Answer 20

False

(both are maritime)

Question 21

What is the name of the DO Valdeorras designation for wines produced with a minimum of 85% preferred varieties?

Answer 21

Valdeorras Castas Nobles

Question 22

Which is the smallest and driest DO in País Vasco?

Answer 22

DO Arabako Txakolina/

Txakoli de Álava/

Chacolí de Álava

Question 23

What is the name of Galicia’s capital, which is famous for its Christian pilgrimage?

Answer 23

Santiago de Compostela

Question 24

The vineyards of DO Ribeiro border which three rivers?

Answer 24

Miño

Avia

Arnoia

Question 25

What is the most important red grape in Galicia?

Answer 25

Mencía

Question 26

What is the main white grape of the three Basque DOs?

Answer 26

Hondarribi Zuri

Question 27

Approximately what percentage of wine made in the three Basque DO's is white?

Answer 27

95%

Question 28

What is the special designation in Ribeira Sacra for red wines with a minimum 85% of preferred varieties?

Answer 28

Ribeira Sacra Summum | (also requires a minimum of 60% Mencía)

Question 29

What are the two most important rivers in Galicia?

Answer 29

Miño River Sil River

Question 30

What is the sole red grape authorized in the three Basque DOs?

Answer 30

Hondarribi Beltza

Question 31

What is the dominant grape variety of DO Ribeira Sacra?

Answer 31

Mencía

Question 32

Wines produced in Asturias are primarily red. True or False?

Answer 32

True

Question 33

The majority of grape varieties grown in Galicia are indigenous to the region. True or False?

Answer 33

True

Question 34

Which topographical feature forms a natural border between Asturias and Cantabria to the north and Castilla y León to the south?

Answer 34

Cordillera Cantábrica