ARGENTINA

Question 1

What is the common elevation for most of the vineyards in the Andes?

Answer 1

around 600m

Question 2

What is the elevation of the vineyards located in Salta?

Answer 2

2000m

Question 3

What farming practice is heavily used in Argentina? Why?

Answer 3

Irrigation is commonly practiced due to the vineyard sites laying in the rain shadow of the Andes, water is scarce

Question 4

What is the local name for a Pergola system in Argentina?

Answer 4

Parral

Question 5

What does a pergola system or Parral do in grape growing?

Answer 5

A parral lifts grapes away from the heat of the ground, while providing shade protection for the grapes in high heat from the leaf canopy

Question 6

What grape is a parral training system commonly used for?

Answer 6

Torrontes

Question 7

What practice was commonly used in vineyard sites in Argentina? What was it replaced with and why?

Answer 7

Flood irrigation was heavily used from glacial water in the Andes. It was replaced with a drip irrigation system as it uses water more efficiently

Question 8

What are the growing challenges in Argentina?

Answer 8

Spring frosts are an occasional problem, hail is a regular hazard

Question 9

Where is hail a regular hazard in Argentina?

Answer 9

Mendoza

Question 10

What are the 2 most widely planted black grape varieties in Argentina?

Answer 10

Malbec is Argentina’s most widely planted grape, with the most plantings worldwide.

Bonarda is the second most widely planted variety in Argentina

Question 11

What is the difference between low yield and high yield Bonarda?

Answer 11

Deep coloured, high tannin and acid in low yields.

In high yields, can be an easy-drinking wine, and fruity

Question 12

What international grapes are planted in Argentina?

Answer 12

Cabernet S, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cab F, Syrah

Question 13

What are Argentina’s popular white varieties?

Answer 13

Torontes is Argentina’s most popular white variety, followed by Chardonnay