Portugal

Question 1

What is the IVDP?

Answer 1

Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e Porto

government-run and requires Port houses to maintain compliance with lei do terco (law of the third)

Question 2

What is lei do terco?

Answer 2

Lei do Terco restricts sales of Port to one third of a house’s total inventory annually

the regulating body is the IVDP

Question 3

What is the French equivalent for beneficio?

Answer 3

Mutage

Question 4

What are the DOP’s of Lisboa IGP?

Answer 4

Encostas de Aire
Alenquer
Obidos
Lourinha
Torres Vedras
Arruda
Bucelas
Colares
Carcavelos

Question 5

When was Douro first demarcated as a wine region? What IGP is the Douro Valley within?

Answer 5

1756

Duriense IGP

Question 6

What are the island wine regions of Portugal?

Answer 6

Madeirense IGP

Acores IGP

Question 7

What are the IGP regions of Portugal? (14)

Answer 7

Minho (largest)
Trasmontano
Duriense
Terras de Cister
Terras da Beira
Terras do Dao
Beirras Atlantico
Lisboa
Tejo
Alentejano
Peninsula de Setubal
Algarve
Acores
Madeirense

Question 8

What is the subregion of Alentejano IGP?

Answer 8

Alentejo DOP

The important town to remember is Reguengos de Monsaraz

Question 9

What are the DOP’s of the Algarve IGP

Answer 9

Lagos DOP
Portimao DOP
Lagoa DOP
Tavira DOP

Question 10

What IGP is the wettest wine region in Portugal?

Answer 10

Minho IGP, in the town of Moncao and Melgaco an average of 47” of rainfall annually

Question 11

What river delimits the southern border of the Minho IGP?

Answer 11

Douro River

Question 12

What are the white grapes that go into Vinho Verde?

Answer 12

Azal, Loureiro, Trajadura, Avesso, Arinto

Question 13

What town in the Minho IGP produces only Loureiro?

Answer 13

Lima

Question 14

When was the Vinho Regional (VR) updated to IGP status?

Answer 14

2008

Question 15

Name some producers of Vinho Verde/Minho IGP.

Answer 15

Luis Seabra
Quinta de Soalheiro
Anselmo Mendes

Question 16

Where is Transmontano IGP located geographically?

Answer 16

East of Minho IGP, north of Duriense IGP

Question 17

What are the subregions of the Tras-os-Montes DOP? What IGP is the Tras-os-Montes DOP located within?

Answer 17

Chaves, Valpacos, Planalto Mirandes

Question 18

What IGP has more vines than any other PT region?

Answer 18

Transmontano IGP

Question 19

What is Mateus? Where is it produced?

Answer 19

semi-sweet semi-sparkling rose, produced from Baga

Transmontano IGP

Question 20

What is the climate of the Douro DOP?

Answer 20

Atlantic-influenced then the climate becomes more continental as you move inland up the river

Question 21

Review the terracing of the Douro Valley.

Answer 21

Original terraces were steep and required workers to pick by hand

in 1970’s stone terraces were replaced by wider terraces called patamares that were held up by banks of schist, this adjustment allowed mechanization.

Present-day: due to erosion single row terraces are in fashion

Question 22

In the Douro Valley, which is the driest and flattest of the three regions?

Answer 22

Upper Douro/Douro Superior

20” of rainfall

Question 23

Name two producers of the Upper Douro/Douro Superior.

Answer 23

Barca Velha, first vintage 1952

Quinta do Vesuvio owned by de Romaniera

Question 24

What are the three regions of the Douro Valley?

Answer 24

Baixo Corgo
Cima Corgo
Douro Superior

Question 25

What town in Cima Corgo has vineyards that are conventionally recognized as the best?

Answer 25

Pinhao

Question 26

What are the principal varietals of the Douro?

Answer 26

``` Red: Touriga Nacional Touriga Franca Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo clone) Tinto Cao Tinta Barroca ``` ``` White: Viosinho Gouveio Malvasia Rabigato Esgana Cao Folgasao ```

Question 27

What are single quinta Ports?

Answer 27

products of single estate in a single year often in vintages not fine enough to be declared Port vintages

Question 28

What is the minimum alcohol range for Port?

Answer 28

18-22%

Question 29

What are the special aging categories for Port?

Answer 29

``` Vintage LBV Colheita Velho Muito Velho Reserva ```

Question 30

Where is Villa Nova de Gaia? What is the significance of this city?

Answer 30

The southern bank of the Douro River on the Atlantic Ocean. Prior to the demonopolization of the Port industry, all Port was required to age and be stored at a warehouse in Villa Nova de Gaia.

Question 31

What type of vessel is superior Tawny Port aged in?

Answer 31

534-Liter pipes

Question 32

What is a lagar?

Answer 32

A lagar is a stone trough used to tread grapes

Question 33

What producer of Port is known for their garrafeira?

Answer 33

Niepoort garrafeira begins aging like a Colheita but then is put into a demijohn after approximately 3-6 years of wood aging

Question 34

Name two producers that make exceptional LBV Port. What is the minimum aging requirements for LBV?

Answer 34

Warre and Smith Woodhouse Minimum aging is cask-ages at least 4 years, bottled before 12/31 of 6th year if the Port spends an additional three years in bottle it may be labeled as "envelhicido em garrafa"

Question 35

Within which Portuguese IGP is traditional method sparkling wine found made of Baga and Bical?

Answer 35

Beira Atlantico IGP, Bairrada DOP

Question 36

Where would you find Baga and Bical?

Answer 36

Bairrada DOP

Question 37

What style wines are found in Bairrada DOP?

Answer 37

- branco, rosado, tinto and espumante | - grapes include: Baga, indigenous red; Bical, white; Maria Gomes, white

Question 38

What regions is Portugal's first Regiao Demarcada (1908)?

Answer 38

Dao

Question 39

What are two common varietals to blend in the Dao?

Answer 39

Jaen (Mencia) and Touriga Nacional

Question 40

Name three historic wine DOP's in Lisboa IGP (2009).

Answer 40

``` Colares DOP -Ramisco, Castelao or Branco: Malvasia Carcavelos DOP (1994) Bucelas DOP (1911) -Arinto, branco/espumante ```

Question 41

What are the two DOP's of Peninsula de Setubal? Where is Setubal?

Answer 41

Palmela DOP Setubal DOP South of Lisbon across the bay

Question 42

What style of wine is produced in Setubal DOP?

Answer 42

Liquoroso Min Alc: 16% Tinto: Moscatel Galego Roxo Branco: Moscatel Graudo, Muscat of Alexandria if varietally labeled must be a minimum of 85%

Question 43

What are the subzones of Alentejo DOP?

Answer 43

Evora, Borba, Moura, Granja-Amareleja, Reguengos, Redondo, Vidigueira, Portalegre Reguengos is most important town in wine region. Producer: Herdade do Esporao

Question 44

What is the IGP that the Madeirense DOP is within?

Answer 44

Terras Madeirenses IGP (2004)

Question 45

What are the towns of Madeirense DOP?

Answer 45

South Side: Calheta, Camara de Lobos, Funchal, Ponta del Sol, Santa Cruz, Ribeira Bravo, Machico North Side: Porto Moniz, Sao Vicente, Santana

Question 46

What style of wine is Madeirense DOP known for?

Answer 46

Vinho Licoroso

Question 47

What are the varietals of Madeirense DOP?

Answer 47

Tinta Negra, Verdelho, Bual, Sercial, Malvasia

Question 48

What are the three DOP's of the Acores?

Answer 48

``` Pico DOP -fortified wine wines from Arinto, Verdelho, Terrantez Graciosa DOP -table whites Biscoitos DOP -Terceira ```

Question 49

What DOP has the highest point in Portugal?

Answer 49

Pico DOP | apex is a volcano at 7,500ft

Question 50

Where would you most likely find Encruzado?

Answer 50

Dao, white varietal that has been mostly eliminated with new trellising