Argentina Flashcards
Name the Provence (regions) of Argentina. North to South
North Region
Cuyo Rgion
Patagonia
What are the Sub Regions (Department IGS) of North Region ARG?
Jujuy IG
Salta Ig
Tucuman IG
Catamarca IG
Valles Calchaqules IG
What are the Sub Regions (Department IGS) of Cuyo Region, ARG?
La Rioja Argentina IG
San Juan IG
Mendoza IG
What are the Sub Regions (Department IGS) Of Patagonia, ARG?
Neuquen IG
La Pampa IG
Rio Negro IG
What is the Main Sub Region of North Region, Jujuy IG
None
What is the Main Sub Region of North Region, Salta IG
Cafayete
What is the main Sub Region of North Region, Tucuman IG?
None
What is the main Sub Region of North Region, Catamarca IG?
Tinogaste
What is the main Sub Region of North Region, Valles Calchaqules IG?
None
Name the Multi Department IG’s in North Region, ARG
None
What are the Sub Region (Departments) of North Region, Jujuy IG?
None
What are the Sub Regions of North Region, Salta, Cafayete, Arg?
Payogasta
Cachi
Molinos
Colome
Angastaco
San Carlos
Animana
Cafayete- Valle de Cafayete
Tolombon
Colalao del Valle
Aimacha del Valle
What is the Sub Region (Department) of North Region, Tucuman IG?
Tafi (Tafi de Valle)
What are the Main Subregions of Cuyo, La Rioja Argentina
Chilecito
Famatina
Felipe Varela
What is the Muti Department name for Cuyo, La Rioja Argentina?
Valles de Famatina
What are the Sub Regions (Departments) of Cuyo, San Juan, La Rioja Argentina
Arauco
CAstro Barros
Chilecito
Famatina
Feliepe Varela
General Lamadrid (Castelli District IG)
San Blas de los Sauces
Sanagasta
Vinchina
What is the Main Sub Region of Cuyo, San Juan IG?
None
What is the Multi- Department IG of Cuyo, San Juan IG?
Valle de Tulum
What are the Sub Regions (Departments) of Cuyo, San Juan IG?
25 de Mayo
9 de Julio
Albardon
Angaco
Calingaste
Caucete
Chimbas
Iglesia
Jachal
Pocito
Rawson
Sarmiento (Valle del Pedernal district IG)
Ullum
Valle Fertil
Zonda
What are the Main Subregions of Cuyo, Mendoza IG?
Valle de Uco IG
Northern Mendoza
Eastern Mendoza
Central Mendoza
Southern Mendoza
What is the Multi Department IG of Cuyo, Mendoza, Valle de Uco IG?
San Carlos
What are the subregions (Departments) of Cuyo, Mendoza, Valle de Uco IG, San Carlos IG?
Tupungato- Valle de Tupungato IG
Tunuyan IG
La Consulta IG
Paraje Altamira IG
Chilecito
What are the Multi Department IG’s of Cuyo, Mendoza, Northern & Eastern Mendoza?
None
What are the Sub Regions (Departments) of Cuyo, Mendoza, Northern & Eastern Mendoza?
Lavalle IG
Guaymallen IG
Las Heras IG
Junin IG
Rivadavia IG
San Martin IG
La Paz IG
Santa Rosa IG
Godot Cruz IG
What are the Multi Department IG’s of Cuyo, Mendoza, Central Mendoza?
Lujan de Cuyo IG/ DOC
Maipu IG
What are the Sub Regions (Departments) of Cuyo, Mendoza, Central Mendoza, Lujan de Cuyo?
Agrelo IG
Las Compuertas IG
What are the Sub Regions (Departments) of Cuyo, Mendoza Central Mendoza, Maipu IG?
Baranca IG
El Paraiso IG
Lunlunta IG
Russel IG
What are the Multi Department IG’s of Cuyo, Mendoza, Southern Mendoza?
San Rafael IG/ DOC
General Alevar IG
What are the Sub Regions (Departments) of Cuyo, Mendoza, Southern Mendoza?
None
What are the Main Subregions of Patagonia, Neuquen IG
None
What are the Multi Department IG’s of Patagonia, Neuquen IG?
None
What are the Sub Region (Departments) of PAtagonia, Neuquen IG
Anelo
Confluencia
What is the Main Subregion of Patagonia, La Pampa IG?
25 de Mayo
What are the Muti Department and Sub Regions (Departments) of Patagonia, La Pampa, 25 de Mayo?
None
What is the Main Subregion of Patagonia, Rio NegroIG?
General Roca
What are the Multi Subregion of Patagonia, Rio Negro, General Roca?
None
What are the Sub Regions (Departments) of Rio Negro, General Roca IG?
Avellaneda
General Conesca
General Roca
Pichimahuida
Name a few producers in Salta IG
Colome
El Porvenir
Bodegas Etchart
Yacochuya
Name a few producers in Catamarca
Don Diego
Tizac- Cabernet de los Andes
Name a few producers from Cuyo, La Rioja Argentina
Cooperativa La Riojana
Valle de la Puerta
San Huberto
NAme a few producers from Cuyo, San Juan IG
Bodegas Callia
Finca las Moras
Graffigna
Name a few producers from Cuyo, Mendoza, Valle de Uco IG
Achaval Ferrer
Catena Zapata
Cheval des Andes
Terrazas de los Andes
Trapiche
Vistalba
Bodegas Weinert
NAme a few producers from Patagonia, Neuquen IG
NQN
Bodega del fin del Mundo
Familia Schroeder
Name a few producers from Patagonia, Rio Negro IG
Bodega Chacra
Bodega Noemia
Humberto Canale
Infinitus
Some of the worlds highest vines are planted where?
Salta, 3000 M above sea level
What is Zonda?
A fierce, dusty, hot afternoon wind that blows down from the mountains in the late spring and early summer, sometimes adversely affecting flowering.
What are Argentinas most important red grapes grown?
Malbec
Bonarda
Cabernet Sauvignon
Syraj
Merlot
Tempranillo
Bonarda is related to what?
Savoie’s Corbeau a variety known as Charbonoin the USA.
Argentinas most planted white grape is?
Pedro Gimenez. it is unrelated to Spains Perod Ximenez.
What are Argentinas most planted white grapes?
Pedro Gimenez
Torrontes
Chardonnay
Chenin Blanc
Cereza, Criolla Chica, amd Criolla Grande occupy nearly 30% of Argentinas vineyard acreage.
Where was the Mendoza Chardonnay clonedeveloped?
At the University of California at Davis in the USA
How many months is a wine labelled Reserva spent aging?
6 months for white wine
1 year for red
How long is a wine labelled Gran Reserva spent aging?
At least 1 year for white
2 years for red.
Where is the center of Argentinas wine making located?
Mendoza.
What is the soil type of Mendoza?
Generally comprised of loose, alluvial sand over clay , a structure that, when coupled with the gale force Zonda wind, helps to keep phylloxera and other diseases at bay.
Are wines plated on original root stock?
Almost all vines are planted on original root stock. The climate is dessert like, and irrigation is necessary. in traditional (furrow irrigation) a technique developed centuries ago by Incas, in which the rivers water, swelled by Andes Snowmelt is directed through the vineyards in channels.
How are vineyards irrigated?
The climate is dessert like, and irrigation is necessary. in traditional (furrow irrigation) a technique developed centuries ago by Incas, in which the rivers water, swelled by Andes Snowmelt is directed through the vineyards in channels.
And drip irrigation