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Mexico Flashcards

1
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What was the first country in the Americas to produce wine?

A

Mexico

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2
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When did winemaking begin in Mexico

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  • 16th C

- With arrival of the Spanish to the Americas

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3
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When was vitis vinifera introduced in Mexico?

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  • Cortes early order for King of Spain to plant 1000 vines for each native slave in new territory
  • carried vinifera from Europe to “New Spain”
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4
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What grape was cultivated for church use?

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Listán Prieto (Mission)

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5
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How did Mission get its name

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-Cultivated for church use as priests began to travel North on missions to convert native people!

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6
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What lead to Charles II declaring prohibition of winemaking in “New Spain”?

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Wine industry was so successful it was exporting to Spain and rivaled the industry of the Old World!

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7
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When did prohibition of winemaking in Mexico (New Spain) last until?

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Mexican Independence in 1821

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When and Who: first vines in Baja California

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1701 - Juan Ugarte

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9
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WHen ws Bodegas Santo Tomás established?

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1888 - after private investor bought land previously inhabited by Misión Santo Tomás

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10
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Two established Spanish wineries that invested in Baja Cali and Querétaro during resurgence in 1970s

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Casa Pedro Domecq

Freixenet

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11
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How many of Mexico’s 32 states produce wine?

Name N-S

A

(8)

  • Baja California (Norte)
  • Sonora
  • Coahuila
  • Durango
  • Zacatecas
  • Aguascalientes
  • Guanajuato
  • Querétaro
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12
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3 most important regions making wine in Mexico?

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  • Baja California** (Most important by far)
  • Coahuila
  • Querétaro
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13
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How much of Mexico’s wine is produced in Baja California?

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85%

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14
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Climate of Baja California?

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Maritime influenced Mediterranean

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15
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Production areas of Baja California

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Guadalupe Valley
Ojos Negros
San Vicente Valley
Santo Thomás Valley
Valle de la Grulla
Tecate
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16
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How many wineries are in Guadalupe Valley?

A

Aver 140

17
Q

What is the largest winery in Mexico? Where is it located

A

LA Cetto

18
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Geography and soil of Guadalupe Valley

A
  • 400 m above sea level
  • 25 km from Pacific
  • strong oceanic influence

soil

  • valley floor - sandy
  • hillside - blend of granite and poor clay
19
Q

Where is Ojos Negros Vally?

Notable facts, soil

A

Subregion of Baja California

  • highest altitude region in Baja C. (800m)
  • cooler than the rest of Baja but warmer in summer
  • sand and clay
20
Q

Northernmost valley of Baja California?

A

San Vicente Valley

  • just 11 km from Pacific
  • hillside limits humidity from entering
  • deep red clay high mineral soils
21
Q

Where is Santo Tomás Valley?

A

-subregion of Baja California

22
Q

Where is state of Sonora?
Climate of state of Sonora?
Best subregions?

A

Northern Mexico, to the east of Baja

semi-arid

Bahía Kino
Caborca
Hermosillo

23
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Major cities of Baja California

A

Tijuana - NW tip

Ensenada

24
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What is the closest wine region to Mexico City?

A

Querétaro

25
Q

Where is Coahuila?

Most important subregion?

A

East of Baja and Sonora, borders Texas
–Parras de la Fuente

(translates to Grapevines of Source)

26
Q

Which Mexican wine region borders Texas?

A

Coahuila

27
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Geography and climate of Parras de la Fuente

A
  • 1500m above sea level
  • clear clay soils
  • continental mediterranean climate
28
Q

What is the oldest winery in the Americas? Where is it located?

A 
Casa Madero (1597)
-in Parras de la Fuente subregion of Coahuila
29
Q

Where is state of Durango?

What mountain range divides it creating mesoclimates?

A

SW of Coahuila, North-Central Mexico

-Sierra Madre Mountains divides it

30
Q

Key sub region of Durango?

A

Gómez Palacio

31
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Where is wine production in state of Zacatecas?

A

Southern part of state

32
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Geography, climate, key regions: Zacatecas

A
  • 400-2000 m above sea level
  • clay and sand soil
  • semi-arid climate
  • Ojocaliente
  • Valle de la Macarena
33
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Geography, climate, key regions: Aguascalientes

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  • tucked on southern border of Zacatecas
  • semi-arid climate
  • soft sand, gravel, clay
  • 800-1800 m above sea level
  • Pabellón de Arteaga
  • El Llano
  • Asientos
  • Jesús María
  • Rincón de Romos
34
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What is notable about Guanajuato?

A

Place where Mexican revolution began

-one of first Mexican states to produce wine

35
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Geography, climate, key regions: Guanajuato

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  • different mesoclimates, mostly continental
  • close to Sierra Madre Mountains
  • 1900 m above sea level
  • volcanic and gravel soil
  • San Miguel de Allende
  • Dolores Hidalgo
36
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Geography, climate, key regions: Querétaro

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  • very center of Mexico
  • 700-3300 m above sea level
  • semi-arid climate
  • chalk and sand soil
  • Ezequiel Montes
  • San Juan del Río
  • Tequisquiapan

USA (minus CA), Canada, Mexico - SD (6 decks)

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