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What is the famous food of Valencia

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Paella, Oranges, rice

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What is the Parpallo Cave?

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Gandia, NE Valencia
20,000BC
Decorated limestone

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What was the prehistoric indigenous tribe of Valencia who brought wine

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Iberians - brought wine!

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Who was the tribe who invaded Valencia before the Romans

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Carthagians

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Which 2 powers was the treaty of the Ebro in 226BC

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Romans and Carthagians
To avoid conflict
Rome took North
Carthagians took South

Did not last!

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When was Valencia founded

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Romans 138BC

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Who rules between the Romans and the Moors

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Visigoths

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When did Valencia become an independent province under the Crown of Aragon

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13c

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Name some things that the Moors contributed to Valancia

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Oranges
Sugar cane
Cotton
Apricots
Almonds
Safffron
Rice

Fertilizer
Pest control
Grafting

IRRIGATION
Tribunal of Waters

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In 1469 which was the most populous city on the Iberian peninsula

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Valencia

Wine exports increased

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When was the first regulatory board to oversee Valencian wines

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16-17c

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Which 3 conflicts were notable in Valencia 17-19c

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1 Persecution of Jews and Moors
2 War of Spanish Succession
3 Carlist Wars

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13
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Valencia replanted after phylloxera with indigenous varieties T or F

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Partly true - vineyards in west not affected but coastal replanted with Bobal, Monastrell Tempranillo but also international or never replanted

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Which were the 2 last provinces to hold out to Franco

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Valencia and Alicante

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15
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When was Valencia given autonomous status

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1982

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16
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When was Valencia given ‘historic nationality’

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2006

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17
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What is the location of Valencia

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N=Catalonia, Aragon
E= Med
S=Murcia
W= Castilla La Mancha

Capital = Valencia

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18
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In order of size of Spain’s largest cities, where does Valancia come

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3rd

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19
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How many provinces does Valencia have

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3
Castellon
Valencia
Alicante

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What type of climate does Valancia have

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Med

Continental inland

Sea breezes

Most rain - autumn and winter

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What is the name of the wind originating in N Africa that affects Valencia

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Leveche
Spring
warm wind

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What is the topography of Valencia

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Fertile plain by coast
Eastern portions of
Sistema Iberico (N)
Sistema Betico (S)

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What is the highest point of Valencia

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Pico Calderon 1838m

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What are the 2 main rivers of Valencia

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Jucar

Segura

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What is the main characteristics of the soils of Valencia
Diverse Limestone and loamy sand
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Which are the red grapes of Valencia
Bobal and Monastrell
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What are the white grapes of Valencia
None significant - Moscatel de Valencia?
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DO Alicante - Date
1957 EARLY | Much prized historically pre phylloxera
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DO Alicante - Wine style
Tinto 68%, Blanco 22% ++ Was much bulk wine Monastrell (>80% for tintos) Fondillon Moscatel of Alexandria
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DO Alicante - soils
Limestone and clay
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DO - Alicante - climate
Med 250mm dry
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DO Alicante - topography
Coastal plain 600m 10,379ha
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DO Alicante has a special wine. What is it called and what is it made from?
``` Fondillon Sweet Protected status as 'traditional' Over-ripe Monastrell grapes 16%abv No fortification 10 yrs in solera to oxidise only 8 wineries ```
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DO Alicante - which is the best area for Moscatel
La Marina
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DO Utiel-Requena - Date
1957 Early Historical status Working towards UNESCO status for vineyards Many label as DO Valencia
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DO Utiel-Requena - Wine style
TINTO 78% ++ BOBAL - old vines CAVA
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DO Utiel-Requena - soils
Limestone
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DO Utiel-Requena -climate
Med | 400mm
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DO Utiel-Requena -topography
West of Valencia 900m 34,510ha= BIG
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DO Utiel-Requena - what is the special method used for vinifying Bobal
Doble pasta Skins and pulp from rosado added into fermenting Bobal must => double maceration dark, full-bodied Spanish wine produced by running off a proportion of fermenting must after two days and adding more crushed grapes to refill the vat. The ratio of skin to pulp is effectively doubled, producing wines with a deep, black colour and very high levels of tannin.
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DO Utiel-Requena - how many wineries looking to get Vinos de Pago status
3 - only ones in Valencia | Terrarazo, Balagues, Vera de Estanas
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DO Valencia - OCW
Valencia, Spain’s biggest port and third largest city, also lends its name to an autonomous region and one of five wine denominations (see do) in the Comunidad Valenciana region (see map under spain). The vineyards are well away from the city, inland from the fertile market gardens and paddy fields bordering the Mediterranean. Production of white wine exceeds red. Neutral dry whites are made from the merseguera grape, although the local Moscatel Romano (muscat of alexandria) produces some good, pungent dessert mistelas. monastrell and the dark-fleshed Garnacha Tintorera (alicante bouschet) together produce rather coarse red wines, although the latter can produce some fresh, dry rosé. Five large producers dominate Valencia and the surrounding DOs.
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DO Utiel - Requena -OCW
Utiel-Requena, large, workmanlike Spanish wine region producing some sturdy reds, and mostly rosés, in the hills inland from valencia in south-east Spain (see map under spain). Utiel-Requena is the coolest of the five wine regions of the levante and was once famous for its heavy doble pasta reds. Consequently the region is dominated by the sweet, dark bobal grape variety although the tempranillo vine has become important this century, followed by Syrah, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon. Utiel-Requena produces large amounts of grape concentrate.
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Bobal - OCW
Bobal — a very important Spanish dark-skinned grape variety which produces deep-coloured red wines and even grape concentrate in south east Spain, substantially but by no means exclusively for bulk wine production. In 2011 its plantings still totalled 67,411 ha/166,505 acres, making it Spain’s second most planted red wine grape after Tempranillo. Its reputation has been growing as producers such as Mustiguillo have managed to fashion velvety reds from high-elevation vineyards in utiel-requena. It retains its acidity better than monastrell, which tends to be grown in slightly warmer, more southerly parts of Spain, and is notably lower in alcohol. It is allowed in four do areas: Utiel-Requena, valencia, manchuela, and ribera del júcar. Drought-resistant, and always grown as unirrigated bush vines, Bobal is extremely sensitive to springtime cold spells. Young vines may ripen unevenly. Although more rustic than the internationally famous Grenache and Monastrell, Bobal wines are fresher, with fine colour, a good dark berry component, and an ability to transmit terroir.
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Which DO claims Bobal as indigenous
DO Utiel-Requena
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What is the name of the traditional DO Utiel-Requena winemaking process that produces highly extracted tannic wines
Doble pasta
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Some DO Utiel-Requena wines can be labelled with a different DO. which one
DO Valencia
48
Which 2 grapes dominate vinos Tintos in Valencia
Bobal and Monastrell
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The soils of Communidad Valencia are dominated by granite and schist. T or F
False - varied
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What is the name of the sweet oxidised wine made from Monastrell in DO Valencia
Fondillon
51
Name the warm Southerly wind which affects the central Med coast
Leveche
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Which is the favoured white grape in DO Alicante
Muscat of Alexandria
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Many of the regions best red wines are produced from which 2 varieties
Monastrell and Bobal
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Bobal is native to which DO
Utiel-Requena

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