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2020 CSW > Global Wine Industry & Wine Laws > Flashcards

Global Wine Industry & Wine Laws Flashcards

1
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What percentage of the global vineyard is located in Europe?

A

56%

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2
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The first alcoholic beverage that incorporated fermented grapes dates to

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7000 BCE

Caucasus Mountains in western Asia

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3
Q

What year was the Judgement of Paris competition?

A

1976

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4
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What is the global volume of wine produced annually?

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between 260 and 270 million hectolitres

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5
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Europe produces what percentage of annual global volume of wine?

A

65% of global volume was produced in Europe

60% of global volume was produced in the EU

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6
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South American produces what percentage of annual global volume of wine?

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10%

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7
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North America produces what percentage of annual global volume of wine?

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9%

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8
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What country has the most vineyard acreage?

A

Spain

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9
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What country produces the most wine?

A

Italy

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10
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What country consumes the most wine?

A

France

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11
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What country exports (by volume) the most wine?

A

Spain

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12
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What country imports (by volume) to most wine?

A

Germany

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13
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What countries are the global heavyweights of the wine community?

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Italy, France, Spain

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14
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What two New World countries produce more than they consume and thus export their excess?

A

Australia & Chile

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15
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Officially sanctioned wine regions are known generically as

A

appellations or geographic indications (GIs)

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16
Q

What is the EU’s three tiered structure of wine categories of quality?

A

PDO, PGI and Wine

17
Q

What does PDO stand for?

A

Protected Designation of Origin

18
Q

What does PGI stand for?

A

Protected Geographic Indication

19
Q

When did the EU regulations take effect?

A

2009

20
Q

What is the highest level of the EU wine categories?

A

Protected Designation of Origin

21
Q

What is the second tier of the EU wine categories?

A

Protected Geographic Indication

22
Q

What is the lowest tier of the the EU wine categories?

A

Wine

23
Q

Quality Wine Produced in a Specified Region is the old term now known as

A

PDO, Protected Designation of Origin

24
Q

Grapes grown within a clearly defined area and produced in that area fall under what level of EU wine catagories?

A

PDO

25
Q

To qualify as a PGI at least _____ % of the grapes must come from the defined geographical area.

A

85%

26
Q

To qualify as a PGI wine the wine must be produced in the defined geographical area. T or F

A

True

27
Q

PGI wines can name vintage on the label if ____% of the grapes came from that vintage.

A

85%

28
Q

The lowest level of EU catagories can list variety and/or vintage on the label as long as a minimum of _____% is the named variety or vintage.

A

85%

29
Q

If 2 or 3 varieties are listed on the label ____% of the grapes must be from those 2 or 3 grapes.

A

100%

30
Q

Sparkling wines whose CO2 is derived from a secondary fermentation, disgorgement, and with a minimum of 9 months aging in the lees can be termed

A

Quality Sparkling Wine

31
Q

Sparkling wines whose sparkle is derived from the addition of CO2 are termed

A

Aerated Sparkling Wine

32
Q

Protections of an official appellation offer 2 things?

A
  • restrict the use of a place name to the actual site

- impose limitations on what producers within the designated region can do.

33
Q

what is the function of the European Union with regard to the wine industry?

A

designed an umbrella framework that defined various terms and set certain standards
yet allowed each country to mold its own system

34
Q

If the label says Sparkling Wine, describe the wine inside?

A

must contain minimum of 3 atms pressure from carbon dioxide
may come from 1st or 2nd fermentation
may not be injected CO2

2020 CSW (35 decks)

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