Pais Vasco

Question 1

Language of Basques?

Answer 1

Euskera

Question 2

When has Pais Vasco been inhabited since?

Answer 2

Dawn of the written record

Question 3

What did the Romans call Pais Vasco?

Answer 3

Vasconia

Question 4

Who absorbed the entire Basque region?

Answer 4

Navarra

Question 5

Navarra battled Castile over what?

How was it settled?

Answer 5

Basque provinces: Alava, Vizcaya, Guipuzcoa

It was settled by peace treaty

Question 6

How did Navarra become landlocked?

Answer 6

in 1199 Castile invaded and annexed Western Basque Country

Question 7

Who controlled Basque in 18th and 19th centuries?

Answer 7

French

Question 8

Who was Sabino Arena?

Answer 8

Father of Basque nationalism, created Basque nationalist party, gave Basque provinces the name Euzkadi

Question 9

What is the Association of Txakolineors?

Answer 9

Txakoli producers of Bizkaia was created to resuscitate wines

Question 10

How many provinces?

Answer 10

7 (3 in Southwest France), (4 in North Central Spain)

Question 11

Largest city?

Answer 11

Bilbao

Question 12

What is the Atlantic Basin?

Answer 12

Northern coast, encompasses Vizcaya and Guipuzcoa

Majority of Txakoli vineyards here

Question 13

What is Montes Vasco?

Answer 13

Set of parallel mountain ranges running west to east

Question 14

What is Ebro River Basin?

Answer 14

Shared with DOCA Rioja, named Rioja Alavesa, continental

Question 15

Soils in Alava?

Answer 15

Alluvial, except DO is limestone

Question 16

Soil in Guipuzcoa?

Answer 16

Sandy topsoil

Alluvial subsoil

Question 17

Soil in Vizcaya?

Answer 17

Shallow acidic clay top soil

Limestone subsoil

Question 18

What does Txakoli mean?

Answer 18

Made at home

Question 19

What is Hondaribi Zuri Zerratin?

Answer 19

Petit Courbu (DO Arabako)

Question 20

What is Izkiriota?

Answer 20

Gros Manseng (DO Getariako)

Question 21

Where did Hondarribi get it’s name from?

Answer 21

Hondarribia, a town in the province of Guipuzcoa

Question 22

Wettest of all Spanish wine regions?

Answer 22

Getaria in Guipuzcoa

Question 23

Majority of vineyards are where?

Answer 23

Coast or hillsides

Question 24

Training system?

Answer 24

Parral (Canopy and hand harvesting of grapes)

Some using espaldera

Question 25

Percentage of Hondarribi Beltza for Rosados?

Answer 25

Min 50%

Question 26

Varietal wine in all provinces must contain what percentage of the variety stated on the label?

Answer 26

Min 85%

Question 27

What DO uses Espaldera?

Answer 27

DO Arabako Txakolina

Question 28

Smallest Basque Do/Driest/Most continental/Last to receive DO status?

Answer 28

DO Arabako Txakolina

Question 29

What is Izkiriota Ttippia?

Answer 29

Petit Manseng (Found in DO Arabako)

Question 30

What is Mune Mahatsa?

Answer 30

Folle Blanche (Found in DO Bizkaiko)

Question 31

Where are vineyards located in DO Bizkaiko?

How are they trained?

Answer 31

Low foothills

Parral (Due to lots of rain) and inland=Espaldera

Question 32

Spain’s smallest province?

Answer 32

Guipuzcoa

Question 33

Easternmost DO with highest rainfall?

Answer 33

DO Getariako

Question 34

What did DO Getariako originally encompass?

Answer 34

Near the coast, but in 2007 it was expanded to include entire province