Portugal Flashcards
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What is a Casta?
A
A grape variety in Portugal’
2
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What is Malmsey?
A
Malvasia
3
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What is Fernao Peres known as in Bairrada?
A
Maria Gomez
4
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Which subregion is known for Alvarinho and can label it varietally?
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Monção e Melgaço
5
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What’s the name of the boat used to transport wine to Villa Nova de Gaia
A
barcos rabelos
6
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What is the soil of the Lafoes? Dao?
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Granite
7
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How many subzones of doTejo?
A
- They make everything. Almeirim, Cartaxo, Chamusca, Coruche, Santarém, and Tomar
8
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What are the subzones of Vinho Verde?
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Moncao e Melgaco, Lima, Cavado, Basto, Ave, Amarante, Sousa, Baiao, Paiva
9
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What is the oak species for cork?
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Quercus Suber
10
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What is the aging requirement for Colheita tawny?
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7+ years in cask
11
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Which subregion is across the river from Condado do Tea?
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Monção e Melgaço
12
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What is Barca Velha?
A
Casa Ferreira’s pioneering dry red from the Douro. 1st vintage in 1952 and most current is 08
13
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What are the subs of Tras o Montes?
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Chaves, Valpacos, Planalto Mirandes
14
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Where are valpaços and planalto mirandes?
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Tras o montes dop
15
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What is the minimum alcohol for Vinho Verde?
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8%
16
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Which AOP of the Acores is not authorized to produce fortified wines?
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Graciosa DOP
17
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What is the soil type of Palmela DOP?
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Limestone in the Arrabida hills and sand in the plains
18
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What non-porto wine has label designations similar to Tawny port?
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Licoroso wines from Setubal are labeled 10, 20, 30, and 40 year old. Also, Superior if 5+ yo.
19
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How long must sparkling Vinho Verde spend sur lie?
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9 months
20
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What is the aging requirement for LBV?
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4+ years in cask. Bottled by NYE 6th year
21
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What are the mountain ranges protecting the Douro DOP from Atlantic influence?
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Marao & Montemuro Mts.
22
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What is the southernmost IGP of mainland Portugal?
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Algarve
23
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What is the primary grape of Bairrada?
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Baga
24
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What is the RS requirement from Licoroso wines from Setubal?
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if 20+ yo, 340+ g/l. If <20 yo, 280+ g/l
25
What is a poio?
Basaltic stone terrace that supports viticulture on Madeira
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What is a synonym for Pedernã?
Arinto
27
What are Patamares?
Wider terraces in the Douro that can be navigated by tractor
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What determines the beneficio authorized by the IVDP
A matrix of 12 factors with a possible point total of 2361. 1200+ = A. Seven Soil and Climate factors, and the vine itself.
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What is the most planted grape in Vinho Verde?
Loureiro
30
What species of oak tree is primarily used for cork production?
Quercus Suber
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What is the most planted white casta?
Fernao Pires (Maria Gomes)
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What are the heating methods for Madeira?
Estufagem (SJK) for 3+ mos., Armazens de Calor (hot room) for 1 yr+, and Cantiero (attics) for 2+ years
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What is the aging requirement for a vintage port?
Bottled by 7.30 of 3rd year
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Vinho Verde is Portugal's 1)smallest 2)third largest 3)largest wine region.
largest
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Pederna aka?
Arinto in Vinho Verde
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What does Colheita Seleccionado indicate?
alc. +1% over regional appellation
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What white wines can I expect from Bairrada?
Maria Gomes/Arinto
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What are the styles of Ruby port?
Ruby, Ruby Reserve, Vintage, Single Quinta, LBV
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Soil of Tavora Varosa?
Granite/Schist
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Which subregion of Vinho Verde specializes in wines from pure Alvarinho?
Moncao e Melgaco
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Bairrada DOP is located in which IGP?
Beira Atlantico
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What is Tavora Varosa?
DOP in Terras de Cister
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What are the authorized white grapes for Porto?
Malvasia Fina, Viosinho, Rabigato, Gouveio, Cercial, Arinto, Semillon, Sercial
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What is the size of a pipe?
550L in Douro for production; 620L in Vila Nova de Gaia; Pipe for shipping is 534.24L
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What is the largest Vinho Verde exporting producer?
Quinta da Aveleda
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What are the grapes of Madeira, that are usually labeled, from driest to sweetest?
Sercial, Verdelho, Boal, Malmsey
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What is Tinta Roriz?
Tempranillo
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When did Portugal join the EU?
1986
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Where is Baga best found?
Bairrada
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What are the DOP of Algarve?
Lagos, Lagoa, Portimao, Tavira
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What it the largest DOP in portugal?
Vinho Verde
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What is indicated by 'Bairrada Classico?'
Native grapes and 12.5%
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What does 'Garrafeira' indicate on a bottle of dry wine?
Extended aging before release. Tinto = 30 m (12btl); Branco/Rosado = 12m (6 btl)
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Why does Alvarinho ripen better in the north, rather than the south?
The hills between the Atlantic and Monção e Melgaço lessen the Atlantic influence so it is drier, has less rainfall and hotter summer temperatures than the cooler, humid south.
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What is the DOP of Terras da Beira?
Beira Interior DOP
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What are the DOP of Terras do Dao?
Dao and Lafoes
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Where is chaves?
Tara o montes dop sub.
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What is the most planted red grape in Vinho Verde? What's unique about it?
Vinhão - a teinturer; red flesh and red juice
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How many DOP does the Lisboa IGP have?
9 for some reason
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Where are the Candeiros and Aire Mountains located?
Lisboa Portugal, surrounding Encostas de Aire
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What is the most planted red casta in portugal?
Castelao. "Periquita"
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What does 'Envelhecido em garrafa' indicate?
LBV w/3+ years in btl
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What is the most important red casta?
Touriga Nacional
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What is the most planted grape in Vinho Verde?
Loureiro
65
Where is Quinta de Soalheiro?
Melgaço
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What is enforcado?
Training system in Minho that is the Pergola method. Old school.
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What DOP's of Lisboa are threatened by expansion?
Bucelas, Carcavelos, Colares
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What is the preferred soil in the Douro?
Schist
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What are the subzones of Alentejo?
Evora, Borba, Moura, Granja-Amareleja, Reguengos de Monsaraz, Redondo, Vidigueira, Portalegre (8)
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What is the workhorse grape of Madeira?
Tinta Negre
71
What is the heirarchy of Portuguese wine?
DOP (w/DOC), IGP, Vinho
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Where is the Serra da Estrela?
Mountain range to the South and East of Dao, Portugal
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What is Jaen?
Mencia
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What are the DOP of the Peninsula de Setubal?
Setubal and Palmela
75
Who is Ferando Nicolau de Almeida?
First maker of Barca Velha
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Where can i find Ramisco?
Colares, blended with Malvasia
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What does wine destined for Barca Velha become if it doesn't make the cut in the end?
Reserva Especial
78
What are the authorized red grapes for Porto?
Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz (Aragonez), Tinta Cao, Tinta Barroca, Bastardo, Trincadeira
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Where can I find Amaral?
Lafoes DOP within Terras do Dao IGP
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What is Aragonez?
Tinta Roriz. TempranilloÉ
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Which Acores DOP is for table wines?
Graciosa
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Which subregions of Vinho Verde lie south of the Douro River?
Paiva and most of Baião
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What is the requirement for a madeira to be called Frasqueira?
20+ years in wood from a single vintage
84
What was Beiras split into?
Terras do Dao, Terras de Cister, Terras da Beira, Beira Atlantico
85
What is the city in which Port is traditionally aged
Vila Nova de Gaia
86
What is the Comet Vintage?
1811 (porto)
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Symington family producers
Cockburn, Dow's, Graham's, Warre's, Smith Woodhouse, QdVesuvio, Martinez
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What are the production companies of Madeira?
Madeira Wine Co.; Vinhos Justinos Henriques, Henriques & Henriques, HM Borges, Pereira d'Oliveira, Vinhos Barbeito, Faria & Filhos
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What are the main red grapes of Vinho Verde?
Alvarelhão, Amaral, Borraçal, Espadeiro, Padeiro, Pedral, Rabo de Anho and Vinhão
90
Medieval de Ourem, a specialty of Encostas d’Aire, is an example of what traditional style of wine?
Palhete
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In what region would you most likely encounter Chao de Areia and Chao Rija soils?
Colares
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What is a latada?
?
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What does Reserva indicate on a bottle of portuguese wine?
12 m lees for trad. Method; +.5%
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Which region shares the same boundaries as Vinho Verde DOP?
Minho IGP aka “Vinho Regional” Minho
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What is the primary grape of red and white nobre wines of Dao?
Touriga Nacional, and Encruzado based
96
Describe the style of a typical Vinho Verde white wine.
Light in body and alcohol, crisp and aromatic, often with a light prickle of fizz, sometimes with a touch of sweetness.
97
Where can I find the Arrabida hills?
Palmela DOP in the Setubal Peninsula
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What is the preferred soil type in Alentejo?
Schist, found in almost all the subs
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Which subregions are known for their reds?
Amarante and Paiva
100
What are the main white grapes of Vinho Verde?
Alvarinho, Arinto Avesso, Azal, Loureiro and Trajadura
101
What is required for a madeira to be called colheita?
5+ yo., one vintage
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What is the vineyard that contributes to Barca Velha?
Quinta da Lada (160 ha)
103
How many vintages of Barca Velha have been produced?
19, beginning in 1952 (released in '57)
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What DOP of Lisboa is known for Rose?
Obidos, Encostas de Aire
105
What is Chao Rija?
Harder soil type in Colares where Castelao thrives
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What is the principal grape of Palmela DOP?
Castelao
107
Which Lisboa DOP is for white only?
Bucelas. Mostly Arinto
108
What is Palhete?
A style of tinto in Beiras Interior allowing up to 15% white grapes
109
What are the IGP of Portugal?
Minho, Transmontano, Duriense, Terras do Dao, Terras de Cister, Terras de Beira, Beira Atlantico, Tejo, Lisboa, Alentejano, Peninsula de Setubal, Terras Madeirenses, Acores, Algarve
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What are the categories of Tawny port?
Tawny, Reserve, Tawny (w/age designation), Colheita
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Where is the Tagus River?
Portugal. Flowing through Tejo IGP mostly and a little Alentejano
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What IGP is Bairrada DOP within?
Beira Atlantico
113
What is a synonym for Sercial?
Esgana Cao
114
What is Trousseau in Portugal?
Bastardo
115
Who is the governing body of Porto?
IVDP - Institutos dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto
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What are the subs of the Douro?
Baixo Corgo, Cima Corgo, Douro Superior
117
What is Bastardo?
Trousseau
118
What are the soils of Tejo DOP?
Calcareous clay with schist in the Bairro North of the river. Sandy soils in Charneca South of the Tejo. Alluvial in the Campo zone along the river
119
Where, outside of Madeira, were wines made in a Norna Viagem maturation process?
Setubal, from Moscatel
120
Soils of Tras o Montes?
Granite/Schist
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Where is Aguardente produced as a DOP?
Lourinha
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What are the island DOP's of Acores?
Pico and Graciosa have their own namesake DOP. And Terceira has the Bisciotos DOP
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What is the soil of Beira Interior?
Granite
124
What is beneficio?
Adding spirit to stop fermentation. Mutage
125
What styles of wine does Vinho Verde produce?
Tinto, Branco, Rosado, Vinho Espumante, Vindima tardia
126
Fladgate family producers
Fonseca, Taylor Fladgate, Croft
127
Who owns Casa Ferreira?
Sogrape
128
What river forms Portugal's border with Spain?
River Minho
129
What is the minimum alcohol level for Vinho Verde?
8%
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Name declared port vintages
15, 11 // 07, 03, 00 // 97. 94, 92, 91 // 89, 87, 85, 82, 83, 80 // 78, 77, 75, 70 // 67, 66, 63, 60 // 58, 55, 50 // 48. 47, 45, 42 // 35, 34, 31 // 27. 24, 22, 20 // 17, 12, 11 // 08, 04, 00
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Where are the subzones of Pinhel, Castelo Rodrigo, and Cova da Beria?
Beira Interior DOP in Tierras da Beira Portugal
