Overview

Question 1

Name the 5 quality levels of spanish wine

Answer 1

Vino - Vino de Mesa
Vinos de la Tierra - VdIT
Vinos de Calidad con Indicación Geográfica (VCIG)
Denomaninacion de Origen (DO)
       Vinos de Pago (DO Pago)
Denominacion de Origen Calificada (DOCa)

Question 2

Name the DOCa regions

Answer 2

Rioja

Priorat

Question 3

Spains ranking in global wine production

Answer 3

3

Question 4

Spains consumption per capita

Answer 4

26.16 L 12 globally

Question 5

Main red varieties spain

Answer 5

garnacha

tempranillo

Question 6

Other red varieties spain

Answer 6

Carinena
Cab sav
Mencia
Monastrell

Question 7

Main white varieties spain

Answer 7

Viura (Macabeo)

Albarino

Question 8

Other white varieties spain

Answer 8

Airen
Chardonnay
Verdejo

Question 9

Main varieties for Cava

Answer 9

Xarel-lo
Macabeo
Parellada

Question 10

Other varieties for cava

Answer 10

Chardonnay

Pinot Noir

Question 11

Who governs Spains DO system

Answer 11

INDO

Question 12

What quality level is made from unclassified vineyards or wine blended from different classified regions
Vintages allowed after 2009

Answer 12

Vino - Vino de Mesa

Question 13

What quality level is a table wine of a demarcated area with minimum 85% from that region

Answer 13

Vino de La Tierra (VdIT)

Question 14

What quality level is considered within the PDO category of the EU Hierarchy

Answer 14

Vino de Calidad con Indicación Geográfica (VCIG)

Question 15

What quality level is thought to be an equivalent to the AOC system
Each district has its own cones regulador to monitor quality and classified regions

Answer 15

DO

Question 16

How many DOs as of April 2008

Answer 16

65

Question 17

What quality level is a sub classification of DO level with single estates (not always geographically within DO areas), each guiding its own production
(15)

Answer 17

Vinos de Pago (DO Pago)

Question 18

What quality level was introduced in 1988

Answer 18

DOCa, DOQ

Question 19

When and what was the 1st DOCa in Spain

Answer 19

Rioja

1991

Question 20

When did Priorat achieve DOCa Status

Answer 20

2000

Question 21

What were the first DO Pagos

as of 2012

Answer 21

Dominio de Valdepusa - Marques de Grinon (2003 Castilla La Mancha)
Finca Elez - Manuel Manzeneque (2003 Castilla La Mancha)

Question 22

What estate is the most recent to be elevated to DO Pago

Answer 22

Chozas Charrascal (2012 - Valencia)

Question 23

Aging terms for non-DO wines (in barrel and/or bottle)

Answer 23

Noble - 18 months
Anejo - 24 months
Viejo - 36 months (must show oxidative character)

Question 24

Blanco

Answer 24

white

Question 25

Cosecha

Answer 25

vintage (85%)

Question 26

Rosado

Answer 26

Rose

Question 27

Seco

Answer 27

Dry

Question 28

Tinto

Answer 28

red

Question 29

Aging requirement
Red/white
Vino Joven

Answer 29

less than crianza

Question 30

Aging requirement
Red
Crianza

Answer 30

2 years

6 months in wood

Question 31

Aging requirement
Red
Riserva

Answer 31

3 Years

1 year in wood

Question 32

Aging requirement
Red
Gran Riserva

Answer 32

5 Years

18 months in wood

Question 33

Aging requirement
White and rose
Crianza

Answer 33

18 months

6 months in wood

Question 34

Aging requirement
White and rose
Reserva

Answer 34

2 Years

6 months in wood

Question 35

Aging requirement
White and rose
Gran Reserva

Answer 35

4 years

6 months in wood

Question 36

What is Spain’s only traditional method sparkling DO

Answer 36

Cava in Catalonia

Question 37

Where is most cava produced

Answer 37

Penedes
95%
DOs are spread through several autonomias

Question 38

Autonomias

Answer 38

Regions

Question 39

What is pais vasco also known as

Answer 39

Basque Country

Question 40

What region in Spain is a large elevated plateau

Answer 40

Castilla La Mancha

Question 41

What region in Spain makes an enormous quantity of wine

Answer 41

Castilla La Mancha

Question 42

2 best regions of Castilla La Mancha

Style of wine

Answer 42

La Mancha DO
valdepenas DO
light aromatic fresh wines