Atlantic Coast

Question 1

What was the name for Rias Baixas DO prior to its admission into the EU?

Answer 1

Albariño DO

Question 2

What are the subzones of Rías Baixas?

Answer 2

Val do Salnés
Ribeira do Ulla
Soutomaior
O Rosal
Condado do Tea

Question 3

What is the largest and most planted subregion of Rías Baixas?

Answer 3

Val do Salnés

Question 4

What is the Northernmost subzone of Rías Baixas?

Answer 4

Ribeira do Ulla

Question 5

Which subzones of Rías Baixas border Portugal?

Answer 5

O Rosal and Condado do Tea

Question 6

What is the warmest and driest subzone of Rías Baixas?

Answer 6

Condado do Tea

Question 7

What is the traditional vine training system in Rías Baixas?

Answer 7

Parral - Pergola

Question 8

What grapes in addition to Albariño are planted in Rías Baixas?

Answer 8

Loureira
Treixadura
Torrontés
Godello
Caiño Blanco

Question 9

What varietals in Rías Baixas are permitted for varietal labelling?

Answer 9

100% Albariño only

Question 10

Which grapes must a wine labelled O Rosal contain?

Answer 10

Min 70% combined Albariño and Loureira

Question 11

Which grapes must a wine labelled Condado do Tea contain?

Answer 11

Min 70% combines Albariño and Treixadura

Question 12

What red grapes are permitted in Rías Baixas?

Answer 12

Caiño tinto
Espadeiro
Loureira Tinta
Sousón
Mencía
Brancellao

Question 13

What is Blanco Barrica?

Answer 13

Requires min 11.5% alcohol and 3m in wood

Question 14

What are the DOs of Galicia?

Answer 14

Monterrei
Ribeira Sacra
Ribeiro
Rías Baixas
Valdeorras

Question 15

What poses the greatest danger to vines in Ribeiro?

Answer 15

Spring frost

Question 16

What is Vino Tostado? Where is it found?

Answer 16

Dried grape wine, similar to Vin Santo, made from white or red grapes on Ribeiro

Question 17

Ribeira Sacra sits at the nexus of what two rivers?

Answer 17

Sil and Miño

Question 18

What are the subzones of Ribeira Sacra?

Answer 18

Chantada
Ribeiras do Miño
Amandi
Ribeiras do Sil
Quiroga-Bibei

Question 19

What river do the subzones of Rías Baixas lay along?

Answer 19

The Síl

Question 20

What style of wine is most common in Ribeira Sacra?

Answer 20

Red, primarily Mencía

Question 21

What is the local name for Bastrado in Ribeira Sacra?

Answer 21

Merenzao

Question 22

What does the labelling term Summum indicate?

Answer 22

The use of at least 85% principal grapes for both red and white

Question 23

What grapes is Valdeorras best known for?

Answer 23

Godello and Mencía

Question 24

What river flows through Valdeorras?

Answer 24

The Sil

Question 25

What is the % of Mencía required for varietal labelling in Valdeorras?

Answer 25

Min 85%

Question 26

What is the % of Godello required for varietal labelling in Valdeorras?

Answer 26

100%

Question 27

Where is Monterrei?

Answer 27

South of Ribeira Sacra, along the Portuguese border

Question 28

What river runs through Monterrei?

Answer 28

The Támega

Question 29

What two regions of Galicia lie along the Northern coast?

Answer 29

Asturias and Cantabria

Question 30

When did the Basque Country loose it’s independence from the rest of Spain?

Answer 30

1937 when Franco with the aid of Hitler bombed Guernica

Question 31

What part of Rioja DOCa lies partially in the Basque Country?

Answer 31

Rioja Alavesa

Question 32

What are the 3 DO regions that lie entirely within the Basque Country?

Answer 32

Bizkaiko Txakolina
Getariako Txakolina
Arabako Txakolina

Question 33

What body of water does the Basque region lie on?

Answer 33

The Bay of Biscay

Question 34

What are the main grape varieties of the Basque Country?

Answer 34

Hondarribi Zuri (white)
Hondarribi Beltza (red)

Question 35

What is the pending DO for cider in the Basque Country?

Answer 35

Euskai Sagardoa DO - requires cider to be made from indigenous Basque apples