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Most important wine-producing country in South America?

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Argentina, world’s fifth largest producer, and in 2008 the world’s seventh largest exporter of wine.

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What is Zonda?

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Fierce, dusty, hot afternoon wind that blows down from the mountains in the late spring and early summer, sometimes adversely affecting flowering.

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How long Argentinian wine labeled “Reserva” has been aged?

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Reservaimplies a minimum 6 months of aging for white wines and one year for reds

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How long Argentinian wine labeled “Gran Reserva” has been aged?

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Gran Reservaindicates at least one year for whites and two for reds.

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Name four Winemaking Regions of Argentina?

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Cuyo IG; Patagonia IG; North Region; Center Region;

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Name four Winemaking Provinces in Cuyo IG Region?

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La Rioja Argentina IG; Mendoza IG; San Juan IG; San Luis (83 ha of vines in 2012).
The traditional region of Cuyo excludes La Rioja.

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Name Winemaking Provinces in Patagonia IG Region?

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La Pampa; Neuquén IG; Río Negro IG; Chubut (Only 20 ha of vines in 2012.)

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Name Winemaking Provinces in the North Region?

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Catamarca IG; Jujuy IG; Salta IG; Tucumán IG; Valles Calchaquíes IG.

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Name Winemaking Provinces in the Center Region?

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Córdoba Argentina IG; Entre Rios (Only 23 ha of vines).

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Name three Main Subregions of La Rioja Argentina IG?

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Chilecito; Famatina; Felipe Varela (90% of vineyards in 2010 were located in these three subregions.)

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What is the best subregion of La Rioja Argentina IG?

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Famatina Valley.

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What are La Rioja Argentina IG most important white grapes?

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Torrontés Riojano and Moscatel de Alejandría. Cereza is major “Rosado” grape.

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What are La Rioja Argentina IG most important red grapes?

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Cabernet Sauvignon; Syrah; Bonarda; and Malbec.

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What is climate in La Rioja Argentina IG?

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Climate is hot; semi; arid. Elevation: 935 to 1;700 meters above sea level.
Average Annual Sunshine Hours: 2;691 hours

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What are La Rioja Argentina IG key producers?

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Cooperativa La Riojana; Valle de la Puerta; San Huberto.

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Which province is the biggest producer in Argentina?

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Mendoza IG with 157;204 ha (2012) planted, Approximately three-quarters of the country’s entire wine production.

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What are Mendoza IG most important red grapes (for quality wines)?

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Malbec: 29;281 ha; Bonarda: 15;606 ha; Cabernet Sauvignon: 12;434 ha; Tempranillo: 5;933 ha; Merlot: 4;870 ha.

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What are Mendoza IG most important white grapes (for quality wines)?

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Pedro Giménez: 9;280 ha; Chardonnay: 5;372 ha; Torrontés Riojano: 3;533 ha; and Chenin Blanc: 2;108

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What is climate in Mendoza IG?

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Arid Continental; Average Annual Rainfall (City of Mendoza): 220 mm / 8.8 inches;
Average Annual Sunshine Hours: 2;872 hours.

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What are Mendoza IG Major Natural Features?

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Andes Mountains; Mendoza River; Diamante River; Tunuyán River; Atuel River.

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What are Mendoza IG Key Producers?

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Achaval Ferrer; Belasco de Baquedano; Bressia; Catena Zapata; Chakana; Cheval des Andes; Clos de los Siete; Dominio del Plata; Enrique Foster; Familia Zuccardi; Norton; O. Fournier; Salentein; Terrazas de los Andes; Trapiche; Vistalba; Bodegas Weinert.

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Name five Subregions of Mendoza IG?

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Valle de Uco IG; Northern Mendoza; Eastern Mendoza; Central Mendoza; Southern Mendoza.

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Famatina Valley is located within which region?

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La Rioja Argentina IG?

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Name Subregions of Valle de Uco IG (900 to 1400 meters)?

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San Carlos IG; La Consulta IG; Paraje Altamira IG; Tunuyán IG; Tupungato or Valle de Tupungato IG.

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Name Subregions of Northern Mendoza (580 to 700 meters)?

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Lavalle IG; Guaymallén IG; Las Heras IG.

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Name Subregions of Eastern Mendoza (640 to 730 meters)?

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Junin IG; Rivadavia IG; San Martín IG; La Paz IG; Santa Rosa IG.

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Name Subregions of Central Mendoza (640 to 1070 meters)?

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Godoy Cruz IG; Luján de Cuyo IG / DOC (Agrelo IG and Las Compuertas IG); Maipú IG (Barrancas IG; El Paraíso IG; Lunlunta IG; and Russel IG)

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Name Subregions of Southern Mendoza (450 to 800 meters)?

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San Rafael IG / DOC; General Alvear IG.

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Highest vineyards in Mendoza are found within which subregion?

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Valle de Uco IG

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What is furrow irrigation?

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Rivers’ water, swelled by Andes snowmelt, is directed through the vineyards in channels.

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Some notable producers in Central Mendoza?

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Catena, Susana Balbo’s Dominio del Plata, Bressia, and Achával Ferrer

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What are thet most important grapes in San Juan IG (for quality wines)?

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Syrah: 3;090 ha; Pedro Giménez: 2;541 ha; Bonarda: 2;275 ha; Malbec: 1;970 ha; Cabernet Sauvignon: 1;658 ha.

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What are San Juan IG Key Producers?

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Bodegas Callia; Finca las Moras; Graffigna.

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Name five San Juan IG subregions?

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Tulum, Zonda, Ullum, Jáchal, and Fertil Valleys.

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Valle de Uco is located within which region?

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Mendoza IG

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What is Argentina’s second-largest wine-producing province?

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San Juan IG, more than 47,000 hectares, much of this acreage has historically been devoted to Argentina’s pink-skinned varieties, although Syrah and Bonarda are capturing critical attention.

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Winemaking Provinces in Patagonia IG?

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La Pampa (not currently a legal IG area); Neuquén IG; Río Negro IG.

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Luján de Cuyo IG / DOC is located in which part of Mendoza?

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Central Mendoza (640 to 1070 meters)

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San Rafael IG / DOC is located in which part of Mendoza?

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Southern Mendoza (450 to 800 meters)

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Maipú IG is located in which part of Mendoza?

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Central Mendoza (640 to 1070 meters)

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What are Río Negro IG Major Natural Features?

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Negro River (Most vineyards are located within the Alto Valle; or High Valley; of the Negro River.)

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What are Río Negro IG Key Producers?

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Bodega Chacra; Bodega Noemia; Humberto Canale; Infinitus.

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What are most important varieties in Río Negro IG?

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Reds (60%): Merlot; Malbec; Syrah; Red Globe (table grape); Pinot Negro. Whites (31%): Torrontés Mendocino; Pedro Giménez; Torrontés Riojano.

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What are Winemaking Provinces in the North Region?

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Catamarca IG; Jujuy IG; Salta IG; Tucumán IG; Valles Calchaquíes IG.

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Cafayate or Valle de Cafayate is found within which province?

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Salta IG

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What are major varieties in Salta IG?

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Reds (59%): Cabernet Sauvignon; Malbec; Merlot; Tannat. Whites (38%): Torrontés Riojano.

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What are Salta IG Key Producers?

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Colomé; El Porvenir; Bodegas Etchart; Yacochuya

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What is Argentina most planted white grape?

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Pedro Giménez. Variety unrelated to Spain’s Pedro Ximénez; a blending grape often mainly suitable for bulk wines or grape.

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What is Mendoza soil?

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Loose; alluvial sand over clay.

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What is the highest vineyard in the world?

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Bodega Colomé; located in the Upper Calchaquí Valleys in Salta; sitting between 2300 and 3111 meters above sea level. Part of Hess Family Estates.

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What kind of impact has solar radiation on anthocyanin synthesis?

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Production of anthocyanins is partly a defense mechanism to protect the grape from ultraviolet radiation; so increased solar exposure causes increased anthocyanin production in black varieties.

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Name three Argentina`s pink varieties?

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The Criolla Grande; Criolla Chica; and Cereza. At full ripeness their skins are distincly pink; 30% of all planted vines in Argentina.

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What kind of grape is Torrontes Riojano?

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Progeny of crosses between Muscat of Alexandria and Criolla Chica. The Torrontes parentage is often noticeable in the wine in the form of grapey aromas; although not usually as intense as in Muscat itself.

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What is La Piedra?

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Early summer hail; La Piedra; is the main risk to the vines in Mendoza.

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What is El Niño?

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Anomalous seasonal ocean current along the coast of Peru; and part of a much larger atmospheric phenomenon called the ‘southern oscillation’; which can have a substantial impact on vineyard production in several countries where climate is affected by the Pacific ocean.

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Name two Argentina DOC regions?

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San Rafael and Lujan de Cuyo.

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What is the most important wine region in Brazil?

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Serra Gaúcha located in southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, accounts for approximately 90% of Brazilian wine. Other southern regions include São Joaquim, Serra do Sudeste, and Campanha.

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What region received Brazil’s first Origin Indication in 2002?

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Vale dos Vinhedos, a subregion within Serra Gaúcha. Bordeaux and other international grapes are planted in Brazil, alongside Iberian varietals like Aragonez and Touriga Nacional.

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What is total area planted to wine grapes in Argentina?

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217,751 hectares (ha) by July 2011

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Where is located Tupungato?

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One of Mendoza’s premier wine-growing regions.

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Where is located Bodega El Esteco?

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Calchaqui Valley, which is in Argentina’s far northwest province of Salta within Cafayate Valley. Altimus is winery icon wine, blend change every vintage, predominately Malbec with CS and CF.

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Where is located Finca Las Moras?

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In the valleys of Tulum, Zonda and Pedernal in San Juan.

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Who is producing wine called Caro?

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Partnership between Domaines Barons de Rothschild-Lafite and the Catena family, blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec, single high altitude vineyard in Mendoza.

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The best Pinot Noirs in Argentina are produced in?

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The Rio Negro valley in northern Patagonia, this is coolest region in Argentina. 15-mile-wide glacial bed at about 750 m elevation in the middle of a desert. Combination of altitude and latitude, marked diurnal variation with summer nights averaging only 9 °C/48 °F that helps prolong the growing season.

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Chacra winery in Patagonia is owned by?

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family that is also producing Sassicaia in Bolgheri.

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What Argentinian region is specialized in production of Torrontes?

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Salta especially Calchaquíes Valley.

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Mendoza is divided into 4 distinctive grape-growing areas, name them?

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Lujan du Cuyo, Maipu, Uco Valley, and Eastern Mendoza.

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Argeninian vineyards rarely face the problems of insects, fungi, molds, phylloxera, and other diseases for the reasons of?

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High altitude and desert-like climate. Pesticides and herbicides are barely needed and are used sparingly.

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Main Region is Salta is called?

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Cafayate, Located over 1700 meters above sea level.

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Main Varieties in Salta are?

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Torrontés, Malbec, Cabernet, Sauvignon and Tannat

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Whithin which province is located Famatina Valley?

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La Rioja Argentina IG

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Famatina Valley is most famous for which grape variety?

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Torrontés from La Rioja. High altitudes, grapevines receive intense sunlight irradiation during the day and experience cool nights, prolonged growth period, grapes develop complexity in flavors and acidity.‘La Riojana’ Cooperative is the dominant force in wine production in Famatina Valley.

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Vine-growing in San Juan is distributed in five valleys, name them?

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Tulum, Ullum, Zonda, Pedernal and Calingasta.

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In San Juan one grape variety has positioned itself as the region’s typical varietal?

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Syrah. However, Malbec from San Juan holds interesting and notable differences with those of other regions.

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What is the best micro-region located within Luján de Cuyo?

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Agrelo, exceptional Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon,

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The most outstanding wine region in Cafayate is called?

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Calchaquíes Valley (70% of the vineyards).

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Which micro region produces wines and grapes of the highest quality in San Juan?

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Pedernal.

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Name best microregion located within Central Mendoza?

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Barracas is located in Maipú. Located in Luján de Cuyo are Agrelo, especially Alto Agrelo; Perdriel; Las Compuertas; Vistalba; Ugarteche;

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Name different departments found within Eastern Mendoza?

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San Martín, Rivadavia, Junín, Santa Rosa and La Paz.

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Name different departments found within Uco Valley?

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Tunuyán, Tupungato and San Carlos

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Name best micro-region located within San Carlos department in Uco Valley?

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Paraje Altamira IG which is located within also famous La Consulta IG.

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Name different departments found within Southern Mendoza?

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San Rafael IG / DOC and General Alvear IG.

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