Law Flashcards
Wine law (128 cards)
1
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What do the follow acronyms stand for in Portugal, DOP, DOC, IGP
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Denominação de Origem Protegida -EU equivalent to AOP Denomicacao de Origem Controlada- Equivalent to France’s AOC Indicação Geogràfica Protegida -EU denomination that is replacing Vinho REgional (VR)
2
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Name the Spanish synonym for Jaen
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Mencia
3
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What is Portugal’s flagship red grape varietal?
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Touriga Nacional
4
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Name the Portugal synonym for Tempranillo
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Tinta Roriz in Northern Portugal Aragonez in the Southern Portugal
5
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Which red grape variety in Bairrada makes the most distinguished red wine?
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Baga
6
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Name the 2 producers known for branding Portuguese wine in awkward shaped bottles the 1940’s.
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Lancer’s and Mateus
7
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Translate: adega
A
winery
8
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Translate: amarzem or cave
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cellar
9
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Translate: branco
A
white
10
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Translate: colheita
A
vintage
11
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Translate: doce
A
sweet
12
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Translate: engarrafado (na origem)
A
bottled (estate bottled)
13
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Translate: garrafeira
A
merchant’s special reserve
14
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Translate: maduro
A
old or mature
15
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Translate: quinta
A
farm or estate
16
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Translate: rosado
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rose, pink
17
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Translate: seco
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dry
18
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Translate: tinto
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red
19
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Translate: verde
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young
20
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Translate: vinha
A
vineyard
21
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List Vinho Verde subregions north to south
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-9-
1-Monção e Melgaço 2-Lima 3-Cávado 4-Basto 5-Ave 6-Sousa 7-Amarante 8-Baião 9-Paiva
22
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Where is Vinho Verde located?
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Northernmost province of Mihno bordering Galicia, Spain.
23
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What is the dominant stone in Vinho Verde?
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Granite
24
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What are the main grape varietals for white wine production in Vinho Verde?
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Azal, Loureiro, Trajadura, Avesso, Arinto and Alvarinho
25
Which white grape varietal is the regional celebrity in the northernmost subregions of Vinho Verde, Moncao and Melgaco?
Alvarinho
26
What bordering subregion lies just north of the Minho river?
Rias Baixas, Galicia Spain
27
What white variety is bottled by itself in Lima?
Loureiro
28
List 3 great producers of table wine in the Douro?
Quinta de Crasto
Casa Ferreirinha
Quinta do Vale Meao
29
Name 5 great port producers
Taylor Fladgate
Croft
Graham's
Fonseca
Quinta do Noval
Warres
Smith Woodhouse
Kopke
30
Where is port traditionally shipped in the spring following harvest to finish its aging process?
Vila Nova de Gaia
31
What is the traditional aging vessels for port? How much do they hold?
Pipes
550-600 Litres 534 as commercial measurement
32
What is the Factory House?
A Georgian building located in Oporto where the English met weekly with the port shippers for over 200 years and how worked a plan to monopolize the port wine industry. It was built in 1790.
33
What is LBV?
Port kept in barrel for four to six years, and bottled once it has rid itself of its crust.
34
Define a Garrafeira style of port.
Ports that start off like Colheitas but are taken out of wood at between three and six years old and kept for a minimum of 8 years in large glass demijohns, resulting in particularly elegant ports
35
What is a Colheita style port?
Wood aged ports from a single year, expressive tawnies which may be drunk at any point after the bottling date, which should appear on the label.
36
Name the recognized white grape varietal within Bairradas.
Bical
37
What is the Spanish synonym for Fernao Pires?
Maria Gomez
38
What is vinho abafado?
Partially fermented must preserved with alcohol. This is added to fermented dry wines of Carcavelos in Lisboa.
39
How is vinhos licoroso produced in Peninsula de Setubal?
Wine is fermented and fortified then receives extended maceration on skins (up to six months).
40
In which DOP zone are the Alvarinho, Trajadura, and Loureiro grapes commonly encountered?
Vinho Verdo
41
What does Madeira mean?
Isle of woods
42
What is aguardente?
Portuguese word for brandy
43
What government run body manages appellations in Portugal?
Douro Port Wine Institute (IVDP)
44
What are Vinhos ao Roda?
Madeira wines that had undergone the torna viagem (round trip) across the Atlantic, or to the East Indies and back
45
What are Vinhos Canteiro?
Madeira wines that matured on the island
46
When did the estufagem process replace the ship voyage of Vinhos ao Roda?
Early 1800's
47
What was George Washington drinking during the signing of the Declaration of Independence?
Madeira
48
What Portuguese DOP was spared from the root louse, phylloxera?
Colares, Lisboa
49
When did Portugal join the European Union?
1986
50
What organization was in charge of the consolidation of smaller vineyards into large co-ops in Portugal starting in 1937?
Junta Nacional do Vinhos
51
In what year did Portugal become classified DOP with the European Union for protection?
2009
52
In Portugal IGP is the equivalent to ?
Vihnos Regional (VR)
53
In Portugal DOC is equivalent to what in the EU?
DOP
54
IGP/VR must come from what percentage of a stated region?
85%
55
What are the IGPs of Portugal?
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Minho
Transmontano
Duriense
Terras do Dao
Terras de Cister
Terras de Biera
Beira Atlantico
Tejo
Lisboa
Alentejano
Peninsula de Setubal
Algarve
Terras Madeirenses
Acores
56
What are the aging requirements for tinto, branco, and rosado garrafeiras?
Tinto- 30 months minimum aging (min 12 months in bottle)
Branco & Rosado- 12 months minimum aging (min 6 months in bottle)
57
Who pioneered the garrafeira port style?
Niepoort
58
What does Reserva mean on a Portuguese wine bottle?
.5% higher in alcohol than the legal minimum required for the respective DOP or IGP
(note some DOPs or IGPs may require stricter guidelines for Reserva labeling)
59
What does Reserva on a sparkling wine bottle indicate in Portugal?
12 months minimum on lees
60
What does Colheita Seleccionada indicate?
1% higher alcohol
61
What is a casta?
Portuguese term for grape variety
62
What is the most widely planted casta in Portugal?
Castelao
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What are 2 synonyms for Touriga Nacional?
Bical Tinto
Mortagua Preto
64
What is the most planted white casta in Portugal?
Fernao Pires
aka- Maria Gomez
65
In what Portuguese DOP would you find the Encruzado grape?
Dao, Terras do Dao
66
In what DOP does the Arinto grape variety shine in Portugal?
Bucelas,
67
What is a synonym for Sercial?
Esgana Cao
used on the mainland of Portugal
68
The Minho IGP shares exact geographic boundaries with what DOP?
Vinho Verde
69
What is enforcado?
Vines are trained high off the ground creating a canopy- similar to Pergolas
70
Which Rias Baixas subzone is directly across the Minho river from Moncao in Portugal?
Condado de Tea
71
What causes light white wine from Vinho Verde to be slightly fizzy?
A carbon dioxide injection prior to bottling
72
Red wines from Vinho Verde are fizzy due to what?
Malolactic fermentation in the bottle
73
What are the three non-contiguous subregions of the Tras-Os-Montes DOP?
Chaves
Valpacos
Planalto Mirandes
74
What is the french name for Bastardo?
Trousseau
75
What was Portugal's first demarcated wine region?
Douro
76
Which mountain ranges run through the Duriense?
Marao
Montemuro
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What is the preferred soil type for Port?
Schist
78
What are the subzones of the Douro DOP?
Baixo Corgo- west
Cima Corgo- highest acreage
Douro Superior- spanish border
79
What wine is labeled as Douro DOP?
Table wines
Moscatel do Douro (licoroso-fortified)
80
Fortified Port from the Douro region is released as what?
Porto DOP
81
What percentage of Douro's production is labeled as Porto?
50%
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Name the top five castas used for table red wine in Douro?
Touriga Nacional
Touriga Franca
Tinta Roriz
Tinta Cao
Tinta Barroca
83
Which Moscatel clone is used in making fortified versions in the Douro?
Moscatel Galego
muscat a petits grains
(they carry an age designation similar to tawny port)
84
Reserva table wines in Douro indicate what?
1% high alcohol
85
How does a wine attain Grande Reserva on a label in Douro?
Certification form the IVDP and blind tasting panel
86
Douro DOP makes sparkling wines and late harvest wines. How are they labeled?
Espumanto do Douro
Colheita Tardia
87
What is a barco rabelo?
a ship used to transport barrels of port from Cima Corga to Vila Nova de Gaia and Porto
88
Who makes Barca Velha? What was the first vintage?
Casa Ferreirinha- 1952
89
What are the two DOPs of Terras do Dao?
Lafoes
Dao
90
Bairrada DOP is located within which IGP?
Beira Atlantico
91
What is the subzone of Bairrada?
Terras do Sicó
92
Where is Távora-Varosa DOP located and what is it's specialty?
Located in the Terras de Cister IGP, just south of Duriense. It is known for it's sparkling wine production.
93
Beira Interior DOP is located within which IGP?
Terras de Beira
94
What are the subzones of the Beira Interior?
Beira Castelo Rodrigo
Cova de Beira
Pinhel
95
Tinto, Tinto Reserva, Tinto Garrafeira have what minimum alcohols in Dao?
11%, 11.5%, 11.5%
96
Explain the requirements needed to meet the "nobre" designation on a bottle of dry red wine in the Dao.
Minimum 15% Touriga Nacional
Maximum 85%- Jaen, Rufete, Alfrocheiro, and Aragonez
Minimumm 3 years aging
12% minimum alcohol
97
What does Nobre Reserva and Nobre Garrafeira mean in Dao for red wines?
42 / 48 (18months in bottle) months of aging
Varietal components are same as Nobre
12.5% alcohol
98
What are the minimum alcohol and aging requirements on the following wines in the Dao?
Branco, Branco reserva, Branco garrafeira
Branco nobre, Branco nobre reserva, Branco nobre garrafeira
Branco- 11% no aging requirements
Branco reserva- 11.5% 6 mos aging
Branco garrafeira- 11.5% 12 mos aging (6mos in bottle)
Branco nobre- 11.5% 12 mos aging
Branco nobre reserva- 12% 12 mos aging
Branco nobre garrafeira- 12% 18mos aging (9 mos in bottle)
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What are the varietal components of Branco nobre wines in the Dao?
Minimum 15% Encruzado
Maximum 85% Cercial, Bical, Malvasia Fina, Verdelho
100
Which soil does the casta, Baga, thrive in?
Clay
101
What is the minimum percentage of Baga in reds from Bairrada?
50%
102
What does Bairrada Classico stand for?
Minimum 12.5% alcohol
Use of native varieties only.
Baga, Alfrocheiro, Camarate, Castelao, Jaen, Touriga Nacional
103
What are the DOPs of Lisboa IGP?
-9-
Bucelas
Colares
Carcavelos
Arruda
Torres Vedras
Alenquer
Obidos
Lourinha
Encostas de Aire
104
Encostas de Aire DOP overlaps what 2 subzones of Lisboa IGP?
Alta Estremadura
Estremadura
105
What is Lisboa IGP known for with quality?
It is the highest volume output region in Portugal, known for cheap Vinhos de Mesa.
106
What is produced in the Lourinha DOP?
Aguardente
107
What are the aging requirements of Carcavelos DOP?
24 months in barrel
6 months in bottle
108
What styles of wine are made in Bucelas DOP?
What is the dominant casta?
Vinho Branco
Arinto
109
What are the most planted red and white grape varietals in Colares?
Ramisco
Malvasia
110
What is chao rija?
Harder soil found in the interior of Colares DOP
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What is vinho abafado?
a partially fermented must preserved with alcohol
112
What style of wine is produced in Carcavelos?
Vinho liquoroso
113
What are the DOPs of Peninsula de Setubal IGP?
Setubal
Palmela
114
Peninsula de Setubal's climate is ?
Mediterranean
115
What mountains lies in the Palmela DOP?
Arrabida Mountains
116
What is the main red casta for Palmela DOP?
Castelao
117
What style of wine is produced in Setubal?
Vinhos licoroso
118
What producer is most well known in the Setubal DOP?
J.M. da Fonseca
119
What is the DOP of Tejo IGP?
What is the DOP of Alentejo IGP?
Do Tejo
Alentejo
120
How many subzones exist within the Alentejo DOP?
-8-
Moura, Granja-Amareleja, Évora, Vidigueira, Reguengos, Redondo, Borba, and Portalegre
121
The Sao Mamede mountains are found in what DOP?
Alentejo
Portalegre subzone
122
In what DOP would you find abundant plantations of Quercus suber?
Alentejo
123
What are the DOPs of Algarve?
Lagos
Lagoa
Portimao
Tavira
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What is the southernmost IGP on the Portuguese mainland?
Algarve
125
What are the DOPs of Azores?
Biscoitos
Graciosa
Pico
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What are the most highly regarded wines of the Azores IGP?
Vinho licoroso branco
Pico DOP
127
What are the DOPs of Terras Madeirenses IGP?
Madeira- fortified
Madeirense- unfortified
128
Define: Torna viagem
round trip
references the trip that madeiran wines made across the ocean
