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Certified Specialist of Wine 2022 > Chapter Seventeen: Chile, Brazil, and Uruguay > Flashcards

Chapter Seventeen: Chile, Brazil, and Uruguay Flashcards

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What is the capital city of Uruguay?

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Montevideo

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What is the leading grape variety of Uruguay?

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Tannat

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What is the alternative name for Tannat, in honor of an early adopter, used in Uruguay?

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Harriague (Pascual Harriague)

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What is Chile’s cold ocean current?

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Humboldt Current

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What is the very dry desert located at the northern end of Chile’s viticultural areas?

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Atacama Desert

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What is the leading variety of Chile?

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Cabernet Sauvignon

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What are the Chilean names for the Friulano grape?

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Sauvignon Vert

Sauvignonasse

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What are the geographical terms for Chile’s wine regions, as defined east-west?

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Costa/Coast Entre Cordilleras/Between the Andes Mountains

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What is the variety previously thought to be Chilean “Merlot”?

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Carmenere

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What are the 6 main viticultural regions of Chile?

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Atacama

Coquimbo

Aconcagua

Central Valley

Del Sur (Southern Regions)

Austral

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What are the 2 subregions of the Atacama Viticultural Region?

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Copiapo Valley

Huasco Valley

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In addition to wine, many of the grapes of the Atacama Viticultural Region are used for these 2 products:

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Table grapes

Pisco

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What are the 3 subregions of the Coquimbo Region?

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Elqui Valley

Choapa Valley

Limari Valley

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What is the subregion located at one of the narrowest points of Chile?

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Choapa Valley

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What are the 3 subregions of the Aconcagua Region?

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Aconcagua Valley

Casablanca Valley

San Antonio Valley

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What is the Aconcagua subregion best known for cool-climate white varietals?

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Casablanca Valley

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What is the zone located in the San Antonio Valley known for granite soils?

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Leyda Valley

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What are the 4 subregions of Chile’s Central Valley Region?

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Maipo Valley

Rapel Valley

Curico Valley

Maule Valley

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What is the Chilean wine region surrounding the city of Santiago?

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Maipo Valley

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What are the 2 zones of Chile’s Rapel Valley?

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Colchagua Valley

Cachapoal Valley

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What is the organization supporting dry-farmed, old vine Carignan in Chile’s Maule Valley?

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VIGNO

Vignadores de Carignan

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What is the rustic style of wine produced in the Maule Valley, often made from Pais grapes?

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Pipeno

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What are the 3 subregions of Chile’s Southern Regions VR?

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Itata Valley

Bio-Bio Valley

Malleco Valley

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What are the 2 subregions of Chile’s Austral Region VR?

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Cautin Valley

Osorno Valley

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What is the unique climate feature of Chile’s Austral Region?

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The area receives far more rain than Chile’s other regions–as much as 1,800 mm/70 in a year

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What is Brazil’s leading state for wine production?

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Rio Grande do Sur

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What is Brazil’s only DO?

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Vale dos Vinhedos DO

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What are Brazil’s 6 main wine-producing regions?

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Serra Gaucha

Serra do Sudeste

Vale do Sao Francisco

Campos de Cima da Serra

Planalto Catarinense

Campanha

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