Argentina pt. 2 Flashcards
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Where is Rivadavia IG located?
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- Eastern Mendoza - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region – Argentina
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Where is Agrelo IG located?
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Sub IG of Lujan de Cuyo DOC - Central Mendoza - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region – Argentina
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What are the sub-IG of the Eastern Mendoza?
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- Junin IG - San Martin IG - La Paz IG - Santa Rosa IG - Rivadavia IG
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Where is Calingasta Valley located?
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Argentina - Cuyo Province – San Juan IG
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Where is Santa Rosa IG located?
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- Eastern Mendoza - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region – Argentina
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Explain the landscape of Eastern Mendoza?
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- valley floor, less mountainous than the central Mendoza - Sit on the Mendoza / Tunuyàn rivers - Alluvial soil base
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Why is the Phylloxera stay away of Mendoza?
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- soil: loam and sandy/alluviale over clay + reforged by the gale force Zonda wind
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Who is Donald Hess
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The owner of Colomé estate - Higher vineyard in the world: Salta region - Argentina
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What are the sub-IG of the Catamarca IG?
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- Belen IG - Poman IG - Santa Maria IG - Tinogasta IG
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Where is General Alvear IG located?
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Southern Mendoza IG - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region – Argentina
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What is the climate of Argentina?
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Continental: - rain shadow from the Andes Mountains= dry conditions - Zonda wind: hot dry afternoon wind – often free fungal disease by dry affect
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What are the sub-IG of the Central Mendoza/primera zone?
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- Godoy Cruz IG - Lujan de Cuyo DOC: – Agrelo IG – Las Compuertas IG - Maipù IG: – Barrancas IG – Lunlunta IG – Russel IG (El Paraiso IG)
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Where is located Colomé estate? Who is the owner?
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In Salta Region - Argentina - Know as the higher vineyard of the world – owned by Donald Hess
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What are the sub-GI of Salta IG?
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- Cafayate - Cachi - Molinos - San Carlos
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Where is San Rafael DOC Located?
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Southern Mendoza IG - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region – Argentina
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Where is Maipù IG located?
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Central Mendoza - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region – Argentina Sub IG: - Barrancas IG - Russel IG (El Paraiso IG) - Lunlunta IG
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Where is Cachi IG located?
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Argentina - North Region - Salta IG
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What are the synonym of Argentina’s Bonarda?
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Savoie: Corbeau US: Charbono - Unrelated to the Italian Bonarda – 2nd most planted red GV
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Where are the highest vineyard in the world located?
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Argentina - Salta Region Over 3,000 m above the sea level
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When does the “Reserva” / “Gran Reserva” labelling term have in introduced in Argentina? What are the regulations?
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2008 Reserva - W: 6 mth - R: 12 mth GR W: 12 mth R: 24 mth
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What are the 4 mains rivers of Mendoza Region?
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- Mendoza River - (tunuyan) Uco River - Diamente River - Atuel River
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Where is Salta IG located?
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Argentina - North Region
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What is the particularity of the Mendoza Chardonnay Clone developed in UC David university?
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Grape has an higher ratio Skin-to-Juice
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What are the synonym of Argentina’s Bonarda?
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Savoie: Corbeau US: Charbono - Unrelated to the Italian Bonarda – 2nd most planted red GV
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Where is La Paz IG located?
- Eastern Mendoza - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region -- Argentina
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How are the Mendoza vineyard irrigated?
sourced from the Andes's snow-melting water. - spread over the vineyard throughout furrow irrigation -- developed by Incas centuries ago
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Where is Belen IG located?
Argentina - North Region - Catamarca IG
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What are the 2 DOCs of Argentina?
- Lujan de Cuyo (Central Mendoza) - San Rafael (Southern Mendoza): owned by Valentin Bianchi
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Where is Jáchal Valley located?
Argentina - Cuyo Province -- San Juan IG
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Where are situated the Mendoza's highest vineyard
Uco Valley
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What are the regulation for "Reserva" labelling in Argentina?
Wh: 6 mth ageing Red: 12 mth ageing Introduced in 2008
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What are the 3 most planted GV of Argentina?
1: Malbec 2: Cereza: pink-skin GV crossing of Muscat of Alexandria and Listan negro. 3: Bonarda (Corbeau - Savoie / Charbono - US)
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How is the Mendoza sub-divided?
- Northern Mendoza - Eastern Mendoza - Uco Valley (province's higher vineyards) - Central Mendoza - Southern Mendoza
- region- department - districts
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Where is San Juan province rank production wise in Argentina? How many hectares?
31,960 ha Ha 2nd largest production district of the country after Mendoza
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Who is Donald Hess
The owner of Colomé estate - Higher vineyard in the world: Salta region - Argentina
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Where is Godoy Cruz IG IG located?
Central Mendoza - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region -- Argentina
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What is the 5th largest producer of wine in the world?
Argentina
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Whereis the Zonda the strongest?
San Juan -Zonda Valley
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What are the sub-IG of the Uco Valley IG?
- Tupungato IG (El Peral IG ) -
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- Tunuyàn IG -- Vista Flores IG -
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- San Carlos IG -- La Consultana IG -- Paraje Altamira IG
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Explain the soil type of the Mendoza?
Loam and sandy soil over clay
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What are the most important pink-skinned grape varieties of Argentina?
- Cereza - Criolla Chica - Criolla Grande
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Where is Lujan de Cuyo DOC located?
Central Mendoza - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region -- Argentina sub IG: - Agrelo IG - Las Compuertas
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What is the most important wine country producer in Southern America?
Argentina -- Follow by Chile and Brazil
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Where is Felipe Valera IG located?
Argentina - Cuyo Region - La Rioja IG
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What are the IG of the Patagonia region? What is the most planted?
La pampa(notan IG)
neuquen (most planted)
rio nego
Chubut IG (contains Sarmiento/Trevelin IG)
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What are the most important red GV of Argentina?
Malbec, Bonarda, CS, Syrah + Merlot, Tempranillo
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Where is Tinogasta IG located?
Argentina - North Region - Catamarca IG
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What is the altitude range of the Northern Mendoza?
580-700m above the sea level
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What is the sub-regions of La Pampa?
25 de Mayo
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Where is Guaymallèn IG located?
Northern Mendoza - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region -- Argentina
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Where is Tafi located?
Argentina - North Region - Tucumán IG
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What is the climate of Argentina?
Continental: - rain shadow from the Andes Mountains= dry conditions - Zonda wind: hot dry afternoon wind -- often free fungal disease by dry affect
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What are the 7 valleys sit into the Juan Region?
- Tullum - Ullum - Zonda - Jáchal - Calingasta - Pedernal - Fertil
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Where is Russel IG located?
Sub IG of Maipú - Central Mendoza - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region -- Argentina
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What is the first Vitis vinifera grape to be shipped to America?
Criolla Chica - Listran Prieto in Canary Island - Païs in Chile - Mission Grape in California
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What is the most important wine country producer in Southern America?
Argentina -- Follow by Chile and Brazil
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What are the regulation for "Gran Reserva" labelling in Argentina?
Wh: 12 mth ageing Red: 24 mth ageing Introduced in 2008
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What is the name of the hot argentinian wind affect the late spring / early summer times? Where does it come from?
Zonda wind - It is sourced from the andes mountains
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Where is Catamarca IG located?
Argentina - North Region
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Where is Tucuman IG located?
Argentina - North Region
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What style of wine show best on the San Juan in Argentina?
Historically based in pinked-skin GV Although Syrah and Bonarda presents well with the hot summers Dry climate give chance for brandy / fortified sherry like wines
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What is the main GV of the Central Mendoza?
Malbec and Cab Sauv too
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Is irrigation classical in Argentina? Why?
Yes Dry climate and intensified by the Zonda wind. -- Water sourced from the snow melting of the andes mountains
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Is irrigation classical in Argentina? Why?
Yes Dry climate and intensified by the Zonda wind. -- Water sourced from the snow melting of the andes mountains
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Where is Vista Flores, san pablo, and los chacayes IG located?
- sub IG of Tunuyan IG - Valle de Uco IG - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region -- Argentina
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What are the IG of the Center Region
- Cordoba Argentina IG -- Colon -- Cruz del Eje -- San Javier - Entre Rios
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Where is located Colomé estate? Who is the owner?
In Salta Region - Argentina - Know as the higher vineyard of the world -- owned by Donald Hess
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What is the sub-IG of Rio Negro IG?
Subregions (Department IGs): Alto Valle de Río Negro, Avellaneda, General Conesa, General Roca, Pichimahuida
Main Subregion: General Roca
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Where is Zonda Valley located?
Argentina - Cuyo Province -- San Juan IG
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Where is Barrancas IG located?
Sub IG of Maipú - Central Mendoza - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region -- Argentina
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What are the 4 provinces (regions) of Argentina?
- North Region - Cuyo Region - Pentagonia - Centre region
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How are the Mendoza vineyard irrigated?
water sourced from the Andes's snow-melting spread over the vineyard throughout furrow irrigation -- developed by Incas centuries ago
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Where is Tinogasta IG located?
Argentina - North Region - Catamarca IG
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What is the particularity of the Mendoza Chardonnay Clone developed in UC David university?
Grape has an higher ratio Skin-to-Juice
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Where is San Carlos IG located?
Argentina - North Region - Salta IG
Argentina - cuyo - mendoza - uco valley
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What are the viticultural issues present in Central Mendoza?
Hail and frost Semi arid climate
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Where is Lavalle IG located?
Northern Mendoza - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region -- Argentina
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Is the fungus disease pressure important in Argentina?
No Dry climate, and important Zonda Wind helps to dry out the vineyard
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What are the most important GV of the Rioja Argentina?
- Torrontes - Malbec
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Where is Tullum Valley located?
Argentina - Cuyo Province -- San Juan IG
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Where is Las Compuertas IG located?
Sub IG of Lujan de Cuyo DOC - Central Mendoza - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region -- Argentina
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What are the 2 Argentinian's project of Michel Rolland?
- Etchart - Yacochuya
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How is Argentina rank in production wise worldwide?
5th
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What are the IG of the La Rioja Argentina province? What two mountain ranges are they within?
- **Famatina IG - Chilecito IG **- Felipe Valera IG
Famatina and Velasco
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What is the Zonda wind? where is it the most prominent ?
Hot Argentinian wind, from the Andes mountains: Flow in late afternoon, in late spring / early summers -- Helps to maintain a dry condition, with less diseases pressures.
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What are the sub-IG of the Northern Mendoza?
- Lavalle IG - Guaymallèn IG - Las Heras IG
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Where are the highest vineyard in the world located?
Argentina - Salta Region Over 3,000 m above the sea level
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Where is Junin IG located?
- Eastern Mendoza - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region -- Argentina
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Name some famous winery of Central Mendoza? Uco?
- Chakana - Cheval des Andes - Vistalba - Bressia - Terranzas de los Andes- Catena Zapata- Vina cobos
Luca, Cuvelier de los andes, zuccardi,
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Where is Santa Maria IG located?
Argentina - North Region - Catamarca IG
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Where is Ullum Valley located?
Argentina - Cuyo Province -- San Juan IG
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Where is Tunuyan IG located?
- Valle de Uco IG - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region -- Argentina Sub-IG: Vista Flores
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What is the sub-IG of Nequèn IG?
- Añelo IG - Confluencia IG
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Where is San Martin IG located?
- Eastern Mendoza - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region -- Argentina
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What are the IG of Southern Mendoza?
- San Rafael DOC - General Alvear IG - Malargüe IG
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What is the particularity of the Mendoza Chardonnay Clone developed in UC David university?
Grape has an higher ratio Skin-to-Juice
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Where is Fertil Valley located?
Argentina - Cuyo Province -- San Juan IG
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Is the fungus disease pressure important in Argentina?
No Dry climate, and important Zonda Wind helps to dry out the vineyard
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Where is Tupungato IG located?
- Valle de Uco IG - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region -- Argentina
Gualtallary is also here which is where the Adrianna vineyard is
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Where is La Consultana IG located?
- Sub-IG of San Carlos - Valle de Uco IG - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region -- Argentina
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What are the valley located within the San Juan IG?
- Valle de Tulum - Valle de Zonda - Valle de Ullum - Valle de Pedernal - Calingasta - Iglesia - Jachal
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Where is Las Heras IG located?
Northern Mendoza - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region -- Argentina
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How is Argentina rank in production wise worldwide?
5th
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Where is Pedernal Valley located?
Argentina - Cuyo Province -- San Juan IG
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Where is Chilecito IG located?
Argentina - Cuyo Region - La Rioja IG
in-betweent he Famatina and Velasco mountains
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Where is Cafayate IG located?
Argentina - North Region - Salta IG
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What are the 3 provinces of the Cuyo Region?
- La Rioja Arentina - San Juan - Mendoza
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What is the 5th largest producer of wine in the world?
Argentina
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Where is El Paraiso IG located?
Sub IG of Maipú - Central Mendoza - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region -- Argentina
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What is the Zonda wind? where is it the most prominent ?
Hot Argentinian wind, from the Andes mountains: Flow in late afternoon, in late spring / early summers -- Helps to maintain a dry condition, with less diseases pressures.
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Where is Paraje Altamira IG located?
- Sub-IG of San Carlos - Valle de Uco IG - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region -- Argentina
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What are the most important red GV of Argentina?
Malbec, Bonarda, CS, Syrah + Merlot, Tempranillo
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Where is Famatina IG located?
Argentina - Cuyo Region - La Rioja IG
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Where is Jujuy IG located?
Argentina - North Region
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Where is Poman IG located?
Argentina - North Region - Catamarca IG
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What is the sub IG of Tucumàn?
Tafi IG
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Where is Malargüe IG located?
Southern Mendoza IG - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region -- Argentina
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Where is San Carlos IG located?
- Valle de Uco IG - Mendoza IG - Cuyo Region -- Argentina Sub-IG: -- San Carlos -- Paraje Altamira
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What are the 3 most planted GV of Argentina?
1: Pedro Gimenez (unrelated to PX of Spain) 2: Bonarda: (Corbeau - Savoie / Charbono - US) 3: Cereza: pink-skin GV
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What is the name of the hot argentinian wind affect the late spring / early summer times? Where does it come from?
Zonda wind - It is sourced from the andes mountains
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Three most planted grapes in salta and what sub IG is the highest?
1 Malbec
2 Torrontez
3 Cab
Molinos
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what factors enable high quality grapes in Cafayate
the 40-60 degree diurnal shift caused by elevation
intense solar radiation due to elevation causes the grepaes to devolp thicker skins/along with the zonda wind
free draining soils also causes grapes to devolp thicker sklins
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What’s the humidity level in salta?
High
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The Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia (National Harvest Festival) that is held in March to celebrate the harvest, and combines parades and sound and light shows where?
Mendoza
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what century was malbec brought to argentina by Michel Aimé Pouget?
19th
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who makes Estiba Reservada?
catena zapata
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'Who makes the wines 'Finca Piedra Infinita Altamira,' 'Finca Los Membrillos,' and 'Finca Piedra Infinita Gravascal?'
Zuccardi
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What winery is credited with being the first to plant in the Uco Valley?
Rutini
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what region of mendoza has the highest alttitude?
Uco valley
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what is an acequia?
Irrigation channel that funnels snow melt to the vineyards of mendoza
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* What is the the 'La Piedra?'
The massive pieces of hail that fall and destroy vineyards in mendoza
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two crus of catena zapata
Nicasia Vineyard / adrianna vineyard
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where is the adrianna vineyard
Tupangato / guatallery
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what are acequia and tomeros?
Irrigation channels and workes of said channels
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Name three producers of salta
colome / etchart / susan balboo
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vale de vinedos and Altos de Pinto Bandeira are located in what country and produce what style of wine?
Brazil / sparkling
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Parentage of malbec and torontes
prunelard x magedine noire de charantes
muscat x criolla chica
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Where is the most cereza planted?
san juan
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What is Vino Patero?
Foot crushed jug wine
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What region is referred to as the seven valleys?
San Juan
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Where makeups the Calchaqui valley?
SALTA / CATAMARCA / Tucuman
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What is the term for the workers who man the acequios?
Tomeros
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Uco Valley elevation
1-2000 meters
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what are the two most important districts of Lujan de Cuyo
Agrelo / Pedrial
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how does argentina malbec differ in appearance on the vine when compared to cahors malbec
smaller clusters and tighter clusters / smaller berries / thicker skins
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what's the dirunal swing in salta?
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between 32-37 degrees
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around how many sunlight hours does mendoza get?
2500-3000
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What are the Los Piedros in argentina?
major hail storms
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how did malbec get to argentina
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento hired Miguel Pouget to bring malbec from France
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where is the most gravel base soil concentrated in Mendoza?
Maipu
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what two rivers influence the San Rafael DOC? Largest viti hazard?
atuel / diamante - where most chenin b is too / hail
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Where are Gualtallary and La Carrera and what is their elevation?
Uco Valley - Tupungato (up to 2000m)
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What district is paraje altamira nested within and what river influences it?
La Consulta - Tunuyan
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what was the first sub-app of mendoza?
Lujan de Cuyo
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who makes the following wines:
estiba reservada
volturno
Finca Piedra Infinita' Supercal
estiba reservada - catena z
volturno - vina cobos
Finca Piedra Infinita' Superca - Zuccardi
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name three icon bottlings of Achaval Ferrer
Finca Altamira / Bella Vista / Mirador
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