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1
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Madeira was first colonized by the Portuguese in the early part of what century?

A

15th Century

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2
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This river divides Vinho Verde from Rias Baixas?

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Minho

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3
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A semi-sparkling white or rosé wine that is 8.5% alcohol and high in acidity is most likely to originate from where?

A

Vinho Verde

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4
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What are Patamares?

A

Carved terraces in the Douro Valley

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5
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What is a grande reserva wine in the Duoro?

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A wine that meets reserva criteria and scores exceptionally well by an IVDP blind tasting panel

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6
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True or false: Garrafeira is an aging designation that can be applied anywhere in the country.

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True

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7
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What does “reserva” mean on a bottle of Espumante?

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12mos lees aging before disgorgement

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8
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What kind of wine is “licoroso?”

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Fortified

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9
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Name three English founded port houses that existed before 1700?

A

Warre & Co
Taylor
Croft

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10
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How much volume is a “tun” of Portugese wine?

A

954L

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11
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This body manages the appellations and regulations of Port in the modern day?

A

Duoro Port Wine Institute (IVDP)

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12
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What is a “casta” in Portugal?

A

Grape Variety

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13
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What geographic feature forms the border between Vinho Verde and Galicia, Spain?

A

Minho River

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14
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What body of water forms Portugal’s southern border?

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Atlantic Ocean

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15
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The signature component of Dao red blends? Supporting red grapes?

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a) Touriga Nacional

b) Jaen, Touriga Franca, Trincadeira, Bastardo

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16
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What are Pico, Graciosa, and

Terceira?

A

Islands in the Acores IGP

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17
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What is the Portuguese equivalent of a French AOP?

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DOP

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18
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Name the four most common white grapes in Vinho Verde production? Red?

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a) Loureiro, Alvarinho (albarino), Trajadura (treixadura), Paderna (arinto)
b) Vinhao, Espadeiro

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19
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Name the two classifications of vineyards set forth by the Duoro wine company in 1756?

A

Feitoria (top vineyards)

Rama (lesser vineyards)

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20
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Viosinho, Rabigato, Encruzado, and Fernão Pires are all ________ grapes?

A

White

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21
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The establishment of Portugal as an international powerhouse for wine export in the 17th and 18th centuries was partly due to its trade relations with what nation?

A

England

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22
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What is Vinho Abafado?

A

A partially fermented must preserved with alcohol

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23
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What is the actual minimum alcohol level for Vinho Verde?

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8.5%

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24
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True or False: Most table wines in Portugal are made from single varieties.

A

False

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25
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Who produces “Barca Velha?”

A

Ferreirinha

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26
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The five most common red castas of the Duoro DOP?

A 
Touriga Nacional
Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo)
Touriga Franca
Tinta Cao
Tinta Barroca
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27
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The southermost IGP of Portugal?

A

Algarve

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28
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Arinto is closest in flavor profile to which international grape?

A

Riesling

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29
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The Alentejo DOP makes red wines from? The most promising subzone?

A

a) Trincadeira

b) Portalegre

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30
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A synonym of the Castelao grape thanks to Fonseca?

A

Perquita

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31
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In what region would you most likely encounter “chão de areia” and “chão rija” soil types?

A

Colares

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32
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The main reason for fortification of Portugese wines throughout the 1700s?

A

Withstanding the voyage to England

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33
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What is the most widely planted red grape variety in Portugal?

A

Castelao

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34
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The two islands of the Madeira archipelago? The two corresponding DOPs?

A

a) Madiera, Porto Santo

b) Madeira DOP (fortified), Madeirense DOP (unfortified)

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35
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True or False: Moscatel de Sétubal is made in both red and white styles.

A

True

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36
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Until 1986, all Port wines required to be matured and shipped from?

A

Vila Nova de Gaia

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37
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The center of sparkling wine production in Beiras?

A

Tavora-Varosa DOP

38
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What is a “dorna?”

A

A wooden vat used for fermentation

39
Q

This was Portugal’s first demarcated region?

40
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For IGP and DOP wines, what are the aging requirements to be labeled as “garrafeira?”

A

a) White - 12months (at least 6 in bottle)

b) Red - 30months (at least 12 in bottle)

41
Q

Two synonyms of Touriga Nacional?

A

Bical Tinto

Mortagau Preto

42
Q 
Which of the following regions is phylloxera-free?
  A. Minho
  B. Dão
  C. Colares
  D. Palmela
43
Q

What species of oak tree is primarily used for cork production?

A

Quercus Suber

44
Q

Bucelas DOP producers white wines from?

A

Arinto (Lisboa)

45
Q

How many IGPs are found in Portugal?

46
Q

What is aguardente?

A

Neutral grape brandy used for fortification

47
Q

Experimental grapes such as Cabernet are permitted in Dao blends at up to what %?

48
Q

What is Sercial known as on mainland Portugal?

A

Esgana Cao

49
Q

What region would you most closely associate with the Marão and Montemuro Mountain ranges?

50
Q

Palmela reds are dominated by?

51
Q

Dao DOP red Nobre Reserva reds age for? Dao DOP red Nobre Garrafeira?

A

a) 42mos

b) 48mos (18mos in bottle)

52
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The common soil type of the Dao?

53
Q

Name the DOP(s) located on the Peninsula de Sétubal.

A

Palmalas

Setubal

54
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Which of the following regions is phylloxera-free?
  A. Minho
  B. Dão
  C. Colares
  D. Palmela
55
Q

The Dao’s best white wines are made from?

56
Q

Where is the Quinta do Vale Meao estate?

A

Duoro Superior

57
Q

What is a Vinhos ao Roda?

A

Wines that made the round-trip voyage across the Atlantic or to the East Indies

58
Q

The two categories of quality wine in Portugal?

A

a) IGP - Indicacao Geografica Protegida

b) DOP - Denominacao de Origem Protegida

59
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This estate launched the dry table wine movement in Duoro in 1952?

A

Barca Velha (Ferreira)

60
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This DOP is home to a large percentage of Portugese cork tree plantations?

A

Alentejo DOP

61
Q

Setabal’s specialty?

A

Fortified white/red wines from Muscat d’Alexandria and Moscatel Roxo

62
Q

True or False: Espumante wine made in the Traditional Method can be made anywhere in Portugal.

63
Q

What are IGP wines labeled as in Portugal?

A

Vinhos Regional

64
Q

The import ban on wines from __________ in the late 1600s allowed Portugal’s wine trade with ___________ to flourish.

A

a) France

b) England

65
Q

What is the major red grape of Alentejo?

A

Trincadiera

66
Q

What term is used for traditional method wines produced in Portugal?

67
Q

True or False: The Douro Superior has a climate that is cooler and wetter than the rest of the Douro.

68
Q

Colares DOP focuses on?

A

(Lisboa)
Ramisco, Castelao (Red)
Malvasia White

69
Q

What is the most widely planted white grape of Portugal?

A

Fernao Pires

70
Q

Name three English founded port houses that existed before 1700?

A

Warre & Co
Taylor
Croft

71
Q

What does “casta” mean in Portugal?

A

Grape variety

72
Q

The more common name for the following Portugese synonyms?

a) Tinta Roriz
b) Jaen
c) Bastardo
d) Malmsey
e) Alvarinho

A

a) Tempranillo
b) Mencia
c) Trousseau
d) Malvasia
e) Albarino

73
Q

The most widely planted white grape of Portugal?

A

Fernao Pires

74
Q

The was the first port house from outside influence?

A

Kopke (1638)

75
Q

Baga is the major grape of this DOP?

A

Bairrada DOP (Beiras)

76
Q

What does the term “garrafeira” indicate on a Portuguese bottle of wine?

A

Aged for a minimum period of time before release

77
Q

What are sparkling wines knows in Duoro? Late-harvest wines?

A

a) Espumanto do Duoro

b) Colheita Tardia

78
Q

Pinhão is a major hub of wine production located on which river?

79
Q

A red wine with elevated acidity, elevated alcohol, black fruit flavors and a generous use of new French oak is most likely to originate from what region?

80
Q

How do red wines gain their effervescence in Vinho Verde?

A

MLF in bottle

81
Q

What is the most common soil type found in the Dão?

82
Q

What is “mutage?”

A

Arresting the fermentation of a wine with brandy while sugar was still present

83
Q

What is Aragonez known as in Spain? Elsewhere in Portugal?

A

a) Tempranillo

b) Tinta Roriz

84
Q

Arinto is found at its best in?

A

Bucelas (Lisboa)

85
Q

The Duriense contains these two seminal regions of northern Portugal?

A

Duoro

Porto

86
Q

Which of the following is a major component in the soil structure of the Douro?

87
Q

Dao Red nobre wine contain a minimum 15% of __________. White nobre, a minimum of 15% __________.

A

a) Touriga Nacional

b) Encruzado

88
Q

True or False: All Portguese table wines are made on the Iberian Peninsula.

89
Q

The Terras do Dao IGP encompasses which two DOPs?

A

Dao DOP

Lafoes DOP

90
Q

Aside from grapes, what other major component of the wine trade is Portugal well known for producing?

91
Q

What is the most common method for making Vinho Verde wines semi-sparkling?

A

Injecting CO2

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