Global Wine Industry & Wine Laws Flashcards
What percentage of the global vineyard is located in Europe?
57%
The first alcoholic beverage that incorporated fermented grapes dates to
7000 BCE
What year was the Judgement of Paris competition?
1976
What is the global volume of wine produced annually?
260 million hectolitres or 3 billion cases
Europe produces what percentage of annual global volume of wine?
66.5%
South American produces what percentage of annual global volume of wine?
11%
North America produces what percentage of annual global volume of wine?
7%
What country has the most vineyard acreage?
Spain
What country produces the most wine?
France
What country consumes the most wine?
France
What country exports (by value) the most wine?
France
What country imports to most wine?
USA
What countries are the global heavyweights of the wine community?
France, Spain & Italy
What two New World countries produce more than they consume and thus export their excess?
Australia & Chile
Officially sanctioned wine regions are known generically as
appellations or geographic indications (GIs)
EU member countries produce what percentage of the world’s wine?
60%
What is the EU’s three tiered structure of wine categories of quality?
PDO, PGI and Wine
What does PDO stand for?
Protected Designation of Origin
What does PGI stand for?
Protected Geographic Indication
When did the EU regulations take effect?
2009
What is the highest level of the EU wine categories?
Protected Designation of Origin
What is the second tier of the EU wine categories?
Protected Geographic Indication
What is the lowest tier of the the EU wine categories?
Wine
Quality Wine Produced in a Specialized Region is the old term now known as
PDO, Protected Designation of Origin
Grapes grown within a clearly defined area and produced in that area fall under what level of EU wine catagories?
PDO
To qualify as a PGI at least _____ % of the grapes must come from the defined geographical area.
85%
To qualify as a PGI wine the wine must be produced in the defined geographical area. T or F
True
PGI wines can name vintage on the label if ____% of the grapes came from that vintage.
85%
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.
85%
If 2 or 3 varieties are listed on the label ____% of the grapes must be from those 2 or 3 grapes.
100%
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
Quality Sparkling Wine
Sparkling wines whose sparkle is derived from the addition of CO2 are termed
Aerated Sparkling Wine
