Argentina Flashcards
Who was Juan Cedron?
The Priest credited with bringing the first vines to Argentina. He crossed the Andes with Criolla Chica and Moscatel de Alejandria.
6 Crossings of Criolla Chica and Moscatel de Alejandria?
Cereza, Criolla Grande, Pedro Gimenez,
Torrontes Riojana + Mendocino + San Juanino
Who was Michel Aime Pouget?
French Ampelographer who brought European Varietals to Argentina in 1850’s. Malbec, Semillon Cabernet
What event stunted Mendoza wine industry in March 1861?
7.2 magnitude earthquake. No wineries survive and killed 4000 plus people.
Mendoza wine boom of 1855 was due to what?
Railway linking Mendoza and San Juan to Buenos Aires.
How did the Railway contribute to expansion of wine Industry in Mendoza?
Delivered materiales and peoples to Mendoza and wine to Buenos Aires. 1883 3,000 ha, 1914 over 70,000. Other regions without railway access were left in the dust.
Argentine wine crisis of the 1980’s?
Mafioso Hector Greco loss of control of wine industry and bank led to economic collapse. Dirty war and Falklands war.
3 wineries that survived the 1980’s
Bodegas Norton, Cavas Weinert and Trapiche, Catena
What are Acequinas?
15th Century Irrigation channels Engineered by the Incas, dug by the Huartes and improved by the Spanish.
Cuyo
La Rioja Argentina’s #1 producing subregion?
Chilicito (5,200 of 6,500 ha in La Rioja)
Mountain ranges of La Rioja Argentina?
Famatina and Velasco
Most planted Grape of La Rioja
Torrontes
Sub Regions of San Juan?
Pedernal, Tulum, Ullum, Zonda Calingasta
Soil and Altitude of Pedernal?
Limestone soils at 1100-1500 masl
Largest producing Subregion of San Juan?
Tulum
