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1
Q

What are the four autonomous regions of Green Spain?

A

Galicia
Asturia
Cantabria
Pais Vasco

“GaAs Can Pai”=Green (Money)

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2
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What is the name of Galicia’s historically-significant capital?

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Santiago de Compostela

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3
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The majority of grape varieties grown in Galicia are indigenous. True or False.

A

True

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4
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What is the name for the submerged river valleys situated along Galicia’s coastline?

A

Rìas

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5
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What is the primary climate of Galicia?

A

Maritime

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6
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What are the two most important rivers in Galicia?

A

Miño

Sil

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7
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What is the name of the mountain range in Galicia which forms the western end of the Cordillera Cantábrica?

A

Macizo Galaico
-or-
Galician Massif

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8
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What is the term for pergolas in DO Rías Baixas?

A

Parrals

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9
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What is the primary grape of DO Rías Baixas?

A

Albariño

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10
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What is the most important red grape in Galicia?

A

Mencía

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11
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What are the sub-regions of Rías Baixas?

A

Condado do Tea
O Rosal
Ribera de Ulla
Soutomaior
Val do Salnes

“Of CORSV I know…”

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12
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What is the birthplace of Albariño?

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Val do Salnes of Rías Baixas in Galicia

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13
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What is the oldest sub region of Rías Baixas?

A

Val do Salnes

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14
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What is the hottest sub region of Rías Baixas?

A

Condado do Tea
(Hot Tea)

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15
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What sub region of Rías Baixas produces ONLY Albariño?

A

Soutomaior

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16
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Which is the northernmost subzone in DO Rías Baixas?

A

Ribeira do Ulla

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17
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What is the Galician word for “bodega”?

A

Adega

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18
Q

What is an Adega?

A

Bodega in Galicia

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19
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What does “Ribeira Sacra” translate to in English?

A

Sacred Riverbank

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20
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What is the special designation in DO Ribeira Sacra for red wines with 85% of preferred varieties?

A

Ribeira Sacra Summum

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21
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What is Ribeira Sacra Summum?

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A special designation in DO Ribeira Sacra for wines with 85% of preferred varieties.

Now includes red and white.

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22
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White wines labeled as Ribeira Sacra Summum must be made from what percentage of preferred varieties?

A

Was 100%

Now 85%

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23
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What is the dominant grape grown throughout DO Ribeira Sacra?

24
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DO Ribeira Sacra has how many subzones?

25
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What is the primary white grape of DO Ribeiro?

A

Treixadura

(stop mixing it up with Godello from Bierzo chump)

26
Q

Treixadura is the primary white grape of what Galician DO?

27
Q

What are the three rivers of Ribeiro?

A

Arnoia
Avia
Miño

28
Q

What is the name for boutique estate wineries in Ribeiro?

A

Colleiteiros

29
Q

What are Colleiteiros? Where?

A

Boutique estate wineries in Ribeiro

30
Q

How many sub-zones are in DO Valdeorras?

31
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What is the name of the DO Valdeorras category for wines produced with 85% of the preferred varieties?

A

Valdeorras Castas Nobles

32
Q

What is Valdeorras Castas Nobles?

A

A category for wines produced with 85% of the preferred varieties in Valdeorras DO (Galicia)

33
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What is the primary white grape of DO Valdeorras?

34
Q

Which topographic feature forms a natural border between Asturias and Cantabria to the north and Castilla y León to the south?

A

Cordillera Cantábrica

35
Q

What is the term for warm and drying winds on the leeward side of a mountain?

A

Foehn winds/Foehn effect

36
Q

Wines produced in Asturias are primarily red. True or False?

37
Q

Wines produced in the northern part of Cantabria are mostly red whereas in the south they are mostly white. True or False?

A

False (the opposite is true)

38
Q

What are the three provinces of País Vasco?

A

Álava/Araba

Vizcaya/Bizkaia

Guipúzcoa/Gipuzkoa

39
Q

Which major river creates part of the southern border of País Vasco?

A

Ebro River

40
Q

What is the climate of the País Vasco coastal provinces of Vizcaya and Guipúzcoa?

41
Q

Approximately what percentage of wine made in the three Basque DOs is white?

42
Q

What is the main white grape of the three Basque DOs?

A

Hondarribi Zuri

43
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What is the sole red grape of the three Basque DOs?

A

Hondarribi Beltza

44
Q

Which is the smallest and driest País Vasco appellation?

A

DO Arabako Txakolina

Txakoli de Álava

Chacolí de Álava

45
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Which is the wettest DO in País Vasco?

A

DO Getariako Txakolina

Txakoli de Getaria

Chacolí de Getaria

46
Q

In which País Vasco province did producers formed the Txakoli Winemaker’s Association in the 1980s?

A

Vizcaya/Bizkaia

47
Q

What is Vizcaya/Bizkaia?

A

The province in which producers formed the Txakoli Winemaker’s Association in the 1980s

48
Q

What are parrals?

A

Pergola trellis in Galicia

49
Q

What are the original sub-zones of Rías Baixas?

A

Val de Salnes
Condado do Tea
O Rosal

50
Q

What is are the “uniques” of Val do Salnes?

A

Oldest
Flattest
Coolest
Birthplace of Albariño
Umia River

51
Q

What is the language of the Basques?

52
Q

What is Euskera?

A

The language of Basque. (Of the Euskadi people)

53
Q

Where is the Umia River?

A

Val do Salnes

54
Q

What is the river of Val do Salnes?

A

Umia
(Salt has Umami)

55
Q

What are the four provinces of Galicia?

A

A Coruna
Lugo
Pontevedre
Ourense

ALPO

56
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What are the primary mountain ranges of Cordillera Cantabrica?

A

Eixe
Encina da Lastra
Courel

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