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Argentina Flashcards

1
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What is the climate of Argentina?

A

Continental

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2
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What is Zonda?

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

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What estate has some of the worlds highest vines at 3,000 meters above sea level in Salta?

A

Donald Hess Colomé estate

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4
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What is the average national elevation for vineyards in Argentina?

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Approximately 900 meters above sea level

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5
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What are the most important red grapes in Argentina?

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Malbec

Bonarda

Cabernet Sauvignon

Syrah

Merlot

Tempranillo

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What is Argentina’s second most planted grape varietal?

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Bonarda

Also identified as Savoie’s Corbeau-A variety known as Charbono in the United Sates

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7
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What is Argentina’s most planted white grape?

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Pedro Giménez

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What are the white grape varietals in Argentina?

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Pedro Giménez, Torrontes, Chardonnay, and Chenin Blanc

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9
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What does Reserva imply on a wine label in Argentina?

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A minimum of 6 months aging for white wine and a minimum of 1 year for red wine

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What does Gran Reserva imply on a wine label in Argentina?

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At least 1 year aging for white wine and 2 years for red wine

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11
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Where was the Mendoza Chardonnay clone developed?

A

University of California at Davis

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12
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The winemaking areas of Argentina are divided among what northwestern provinces?

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Central province Cuyo (three quarters of the country’s wine production occurs here)

Southern province Patagonia

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What cooler mountain climate is to the north of Cuyo and Patagonia?

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Salta

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What department within Salta is increasingly appearing on bottles of Torrontes?

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Cafayate

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15
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Who produces the Torrontes wine “Crios”?

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Susana Balbo

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16
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What two prominent producers based in Cafayate that are Arnaldo Etchart’s new project?

A

Michel Rolland

Yacochuya

17
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What province is directly south of Salta?

A

Catamarca

18
Q

What are the three provinces of Cuyo?

A

Mendoza

La Rioja

San Juan

19
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La Rioja:

A

The northernmost province of Cuyo. Its most famous wine region is the Famatina Valley.

Torrontes is the most cultivated grape

20
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San Juan:

A

Argentina’s second largest wine producing province.

The 7 Valleys:

Tulum

Zonda

Ullum

Jachal

Calingasta

Pedernal

Fertil

21
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Where is Bonarda sometimes called Barbera Bonarda?

A

San Juan

22
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What are the subregions of Mendoza?

A

Valle de Uco

Northern Mendoza

Eastern Mendoza

Central Mendoza

Southern Mendoza

23
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What is the soil and climate of Mendoza?

A

Soil is loosed alluvial sand over clay

Zonda wind helps keep phylloxera and other diseases at bay

The climate is desert like, irrigation is necessary in the traditional form of furrow irrigation

24
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What is Furrow Irrigation?

A

A technique developed by the Incas, in which the rivers water, swelled by Andes snowmelt, is directed through the vineyards in channels-or by modern methods of drip irrigation.

25
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What two departments in Central Mendoza provide some of the best traditional sites for Malbec?

A

Luján de Cuyo

Maipú

26
Q

Chardonnay and Semillon are successful in what department of the Uco Valley?

A

Tupungato

27
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What two Southern Mendoza departments is Chenin Blanc the principal grape?

A

San Rafael

General Alvear

28
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South of Mendoza, what are the three provinces of Patagonia?

A

La Pampa

Rio Negro

Neuquén

Torrontes and Semillon perform well here with chalky soils and a cooler climate

29
Q

What southern state in Brazil does most of the country’s viticulture activity take place?

A

Rio Grande do Sul

On the Argentinean border

30
Q

Within Rio Grande do Sul, what region accounts for approximately 90% of Brazilian wine?

A

Serra Gaúcha

31
Q

Name three other southern wine regions in Brazil:

A

Sao Joaquim

Serra do Sudeste

Campanha

32
Q

What tropical wine growing region in Brazil are wine growers able to harvest twice a year?

A

Sao Francisco

33
Q

In what year did the subregion of Vale dos Vinhedos within Serra Gaúcha receive its first Orgin Indication?

A

2002

34
Q

What country is South America’s fourth largest producer?

A

Uruguay

35
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What grape varietal did the Frenchman Don Pascual Harriague introduce to Uruguay?

A

Tannat-rechristened Harriague

The dominate red varietal for quality wines

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