Mexico Triage Flashcards
What was the first country producing wine in the Americas?
Mexico
Why was Mexican wine production stymied until independence in 1821?
Charles II of Spain retaliated against Mexico’s success by ordering vines be ripped out (1600s)
Who grew the first vines in Baja California, Valle de Guadelupe?
A group of Russian immigrants escaping Tsar Nicolas II, who were given 100 acres in Baja California’s Guadalupe Valley by Porfirio Díaz
In the 1970s, these Spanish wineries invested in Mexico: Baja California and Queretaro?
Casa Pedro Domecq and Freixenet
What is the largest winery in Mexico?
L. A Cetto, Guadelupe Valley
What is the highest elevation and coolest region in Baja California?
Ojos Negros Valley
What is the most important State for wine production in Mexico?
Baja California
Valleys of Baja California from North to South?
Guadelupe Valley
Ojos Negros Valley
Santo Tomas Valley
San Vicente
Where is Casa Madero, oldest winery in the Americas (1597)?
1500 m above sea level
Parras de la Fuente
Coahuila State, bordering Texas
Durango state is divided by this mountain range, creating microclimates?
Sierra Madre
most important region in Durango is Gómez Palacio
Most important wine growing regions in Guanajuato?
San Miguel de Allende and Dolores Hidalgo
Most important wine growing regions of Zacatecas?
Ojocaliente and Valle de la Macarena
What are the important growing regions of Coahuila, bordering Texas?
Arteaga, Saltillo, and Parras de la Fuente
Most important wine growing regions in Querétaro state?
Ezequiel Montes, San Juan del Río, and Tequisquiapan
