Chile Expanded

Question 1

What year were the earliest recorded vinifera vines brought to Chile and by whom?

Answer 1

1521 - Hernan Cortez - Arrives and plants vines

1519 - Law decrees that all spanish ships bring vine cuttings to the new world

Question 2

Who was Juan Cedron and what did he do? When?

Answer 2

1556 - Brought first recorded vinifera vines to Argentina from La Serena in Chile

Question 3

What did Miguel Torres do for Chilean winemaking and when?

Answer 3

Miguel Torrez brought similar moderization/advancements to Spain as he did to Catalonia

• Stainless Steel Fermentation (temperature controlled)
• new french barriques
• pneumatic presses

Question 4

Who is Claude Gay?

Answer 4

A French Naturalist that brought French vinifera vine clippings to Chile for for the first time and studied how the reacted at the Chilean soils/climate.
He then made french vinifera vines widely available for the first time

Question 5

Who is Silvestra Ochagavia?

Answer 5

Considered the godfather of Chilean wine.
He gathered his own French Vinifera Hybrids and created the first modern day winery that still produces today; Ochagavia Winery.

Question 6

Name some of the founding wineries of Chile and their founding dates:

Answer 6

Ochagavia - 1851
Vina San Pablo - 1865
Vina Errazuriz - 1870
Santa Carolina - 1875
Santa Rita - 1880
Concha y Toro - 1883
Undurraga - 1885

Question 7

What year was Errazuriz founded?Who is their wine maker?

Answer 7

1870 - Eduardo Chadwick

Question 8

What are the geographical features that isolate Chile on all sides?

Answer 8

East - Andes
North - Atacama Desert
South - Cordilliera del Piane, crenellated coastline, fjords, glaciers
West - Pacific ocean

Question 9

What are the 5 Geographic Sectors of Peru?

Answer 9

North Grande
North Chico
Zona Central
Zona Sur
Zona Austral

Question 10

What chicha?

Answer 10

A Chilean cooked and partially fermented beverage

Question 11

What two wineries introduced the first French Vinifera vines to Chile and when?

Answer 11

Carta Vieja - Laconmilla Valley 1825

Vina La Rosa - Cachapoal 1824

Question 12

What is Movi and when was it introduced?

Answer 12

Movimiento de Vinatieros Indepenientes - Movi

• Chilean “Gargaristes”
• Founded in 2009
• 12 Wineries originally
• small production hands on winemaking

Question 13

Who is the largest single producer of wine in Chile?

Answer 13

Concha y Toro

Question 14

What years did Chilean “Prohibition” cover?

Answer 14

1938 - 1973 ended when Salvador Allende died

Question 15

Los Vascos - Who is the European producer to back this Chilean Winery and when/where was it founded?

Answer 15

1988 - Colchagua - Lafite Rothschild

Question 16

La Postolle - Who is the European producer to back this Chilean Winery and when/where was it founded?

Answer 16

1994 - Colchagua - Marnier - Lapostolle (founders of Grand Marnier)

Question 17

Vina Aquitana - Who is the European producer to back this Chilean Winery and when/where was it founded?

Answer 17

1990 - Maipo Valley - Bruno Prats(Formerly Cos d’Estournel) & Paul Potellier(Chateaux Margaux)

Question 18

Almaviva - Who are the important producers to back this Chilean Winery and when/where was it founded?

Answer 18

1997 - ? - Concha y Toro & Philipe Rothschild

Question 19

Seña Winery - Who is the European producer to back this Chilean Winery and when/where was it founded?

Answer 19

1995 - ? - Eduardo Chadwick(Errazuriz) & Robert Mondavi