Argentina Law.History.Producers

Question 1

Where does Argentina rank in terms of worldwide production?

Answer 1

Fifth largest producer of wine

Seventh largest exporter of wine

Question 2

Major red grapes of Argentina?

Answer 2

Malbec, Bonarda, Cab Sauv, Syrah, Merlot, Tempranillo

Question 3

Major white grapes of Argentina?

Answer 3

Pedro Giménez (bulk), Torrontés, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc

Question 4

What are the “pink skins” of Argentina?

Answer 4

Cereza, Criolla Chica, Criolla Grande (30% of the national average)

Question 5

What are the three clones of Torrontes?

Answer 5

Torrontes Riojano (highest quality)
Torrontes Mendocino
Torrontes Sanjuanino

Question 6

What is the parentage of Torrontes Riojano and Mendocino?

Answer 6

Criolla Chica x Muscat of Alexandria

Question 7

What year did Argentina implement “reserva” and “gran reserva” labeling? What varieties are eligible?

Answer 7

2008; Premium grapes (aka no pink skins).

Question 8

What does Reserva indicate in Argentina?

Answer 8

6mos of aging for whites

1 year of aging for reds

Question 9

What does Gran Reserva indicate in Argentina?

Answer 9

1 year of aging for whites

2 years of aging for reds

Question 10

When were the first french varieties planted in Argentina?

Answer 10

1852, by botanist Michel Aimé Pouget

Question 11

Which winery pioneered quality grape growing in Argentina, and when? What specific practice did it introduce?

Answer 11

Trapiche, run by Tiburcio Benegas in 1885.

Introduced planting varieties in separate block rather than as field blends.

Question 12

How are Argentinian vine rows oriented, and why?

Answer 12

North-South, almost universally - because irrigation was via snowmelt, north-south was how the water ran.

Question 13

Name four major wineries owned by Argentinian families

Answer 13

Catena
Luigi Bosca
Zuccardi
Peñaflor

Question 14

What is Paul Hobbs’s Argentina project?

Answer 14

Viña Cobos (Lujan de Cuyo)

Question 15

Who collaborates on Altos Las Hormigas?

Answer 15

Alberto Antonini and Pedro Parra

Question 16

Who was the first to plant vineyards in Mendoza, and when?

Answer 16

Catena, 1902

Question 17

Who is the most widely exported producer in Cafayate? What prominent french winemaker consults on a project there (and what is it called)?

Answer 17

Susana Balbo (the Crios wines).
Michel Rolland; Etchart (Pernod Ricard)

Question 18

Three other key producers of Salta

Answer 18

Colomé
El Porvenir
San Pedro de Yacochuya
Michel Torino (Peñaflor)
Domingo Molina

Question 19

Name two producers in Catamarca

Answer 19

Don Diego

Tizac - Cabernet de los Andes (Luigi Bosca)

Question 20

Name two producers in La Rioja

Answer 20

Cooperative La Riojana (500 growers)
Valle de la Puerta
San Huberto

Question 21

Three producers in San Juan

Answer 21

Bodegas Callia, Finca las Moras, Graffigna

Question 22

Luján de Cuyo: Major Producers

Answer 22

Achaval Ferrer, Catena Zapata, Chakana, Bressia, Domino del Plata, Belasco de Banquedano, , Enrique Foster, Bodega Norton, Bodega Vistalba, Bodegas Weinert, Cheval des Andes, Terrazas de los Andes

Question 23

Maipú: Major Producers

Answer 23

Zuccardi, Trapiche (Peñaflor), Lopez (largest winery in Argentina)

Question 24

Uco: Major Producers

Answer 24

Clos de la Siete, O. Fournier Argentina, Saltentein, DiamAndes, Mumm Argentina, Masi Tupungato

Question 25

What is Patagonia’s most famous winery? Who is behind it?

Answer 25

Bodegas Chacra, spearheaded by Tenuta San Guido

Question 26

Neuquen: Major Producers

Answer 26

NQN, Fin del Mundo, Familia Schroeder

Question 27

Who owns DiamAndes?

Answer 27

Malartic Lagraviere

Question 28

Who owns Bodega Piedra Negra?

Answer 28

François Lurton

Question 29

Who owns Etchart?

Answer 29

Pernod Ricard

Question 30

Where is Chandon Argentina?

Answer 30

In Lujan de Cuyo; grapes come from Uco

Question 31

Who created Clos de la Siete, and what is it?

Answer 31

Michel Rolland

A single property made up of seven previously individual wineries in the Uco (Tunuyan)

Question 32

Who owns Colomé? Outside of Mendoza, where do they farm vines?

Answer 32

Hess Group

Salta

Question 33

Who is the owner and winemaker at Dominio del Plata?

Answer 33

Susana Balbo

Question 34

Who owns Graffigna?

Answer 34

Pernod Ricard

Question 35

Name three wineries owned by Grupo Peñaflor

Answer 35

Las Moras (San Juan)
Michel Torino/El Esteco (Cafayate)
Trapiche (Mendoza)
Andean Viñas (Lujan de Cuyo)
Santa Ana (Mendoza)

Question 36

La Posta is an extension of what estate?

Answer 36

Catena Zepata

Question 37

Who owns Terrazas de los Andes?

Answer 37

LVMH