Portugal

Question 1

What are the three climates of Portugal?

Answer 1

Maritime, Mediterranean and Continental

Question 2

Portugal’s most common red variety is

Answer 2

Castelao

Question 3

What are three grape varieties are used in Port and also unfortified red wines?

Answer 3

Touriga National, Touriga Franc, Tinta Roriz

Question 4

What Portugese red variety is extremely tannic?

Answer 4

Baga

Question 5

The white varieties of Vinho Verde are

Answer 5

Alvarinho and Loureiro

Question 6

What are the white “noble” grapes of Madeira?

Answer 6

Sercial, Verdelho, Bual, Malvasia (Mamsey)

Question 7

Vinho Verde produces white, rose and red wines. T or F

Answer 7

True

Question 8

What are the three subregions of The Douro Valley?

Answer 8

Biaxo Corgo, Cima Corgo, Douro Superior

Question 9

What are the five preferred grapes for port?

Answer 9

Touriga Nacional
Touriga Franca
Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo)
Tinta Barroca
Tinta Cao

Question 10

What are the predominant grape varieties for white port?

Answer 10

Malvasia Fina

Gouveio

Question 11

The DOC for Port in the Douro Valley has a unique and complex vineyard ranking system called the

Answer 11

cadastro

Question 12

Based on the Cadastro system, vineyards are ranked from ____ to _____.

Answer 12

A to F

Question 13

The beneficio refers to what?

Answer 13

The volume of Port that a vineyard is allowed to produce.

Question 14

Quinta means

Answer 14

estate or vineyard.

Question 15

List the styles of Port

Answer 15

Ruby
Reserve
LBV
Tawny
Vintage
Single Quinta
Colheita
White 
Rose

Question 16

Port is fortified before, during or after the fermentation process?

Answer 16

During

Question 17

The basic style of Port is

Answer 17

Ruby

Question 18

What’s the difference between a Vintage Port and a LBV Port

Answer 18

Both are from a single vintage, but LBV is filtered before bottling and ready to be consumed upon release.

Question 19

What is a Colheita Port?

Answer 19

A single vintage tawny Port aged in cask for at least 7 years.

Question 20

Which style port if made in both off-dry and sweet styles and served as a aperitif?

Answer 20

White Port

Question 21

Portugal’s two most famous fortified wines are

Answer 21

Port and Madiera

Question 22

The term used to describe Madiera’s “cooking” process is

Answer 22

maderization

Question 23

Vineyards in Madiera are irrigated via

Answer 23

levadas (canals)

Question 24

What are the two main ways to maderize Madiera wines?

Answer 24

Canteiro Method

Estufagem Process

Question 25

What is an estufa?

Answer 25

A steel vat

Question 26

What are cantieros?

Answer 26

Rafters

Question 27

Which is the least expensive estufagem method? Cuba de calor or armazem de calor?

Answer 27

Cuba de calor

Question 28

List the classic styles of Madiera from driest to sweetest?

Answer 28

Sercial
Verdelho
Bual
Malmsey

Question 29

The finest Ports are considered to be from what subregion of the Douro DOC?

Answer 29

Cima Corgo