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1
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What is Spain’s largest autonomous region?

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Castilla y León
1/5 of mainland
9 communities
1 Portugal

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What is the unofficial capital of Castilla y León?

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Valladolid

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What is the most populous city in Castilla y León?

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Valladolid

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What is the largest River Basin on the Iberian Peninsula?

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Duero River Basin

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5
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What do wine makers do when using “unauthorized” grapes?

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Declassify to VT status with less restrictive production requirements

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6
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First DO in Spain?

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Rueda

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7
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Only Extremadura subzone to border Portugal?

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Ribera Baja

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What is the only VP in Spain focused exclusively on French grapes?

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VP Vallegarcía

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9
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What VP has high concentrations of lithium?

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VP Casa del Blanco

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10
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What DO is famed for its Vino Naranja aromatized sweet wine?

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DO Condado de Huelva in Andalucia

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11
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What is Ribeira Sacra Summun?

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Vino Tintos in Ribeira Sacra requiring >60% Mencia

Vino Blancos requiring 100% preferred grapes

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12
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What is Valdeorras Castas Nobles

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Wines from the DO with >85% preferred wines

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13
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Spain’s smallest & largest province?

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Guipúzcoa in Pais Vasco (smallest)

Badajoz in Extremadura (largest)

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14
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Which Txakolina DO is the smallest and driest?

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Arabako Txakolina

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15
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Where is vara y pulgar used?

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Rioja and Andalucia

“Thumb and stick”

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16
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Oldest vines in Spain?

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Cariñena

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17
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What region is famous for sidre (apple cider)?

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Cantabria

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18
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What is the largest Iberian river valley?

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Duero River Valley

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19
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Where do you find Vega Sicilia?

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DO Ribera del Duero

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20
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What wines did Columbus take to the New World?

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DO Toro wines

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21
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Where is the most likely birthplace of Garnacha?

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Aragón which has the most clonal variations

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22
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What is the only VP in Aragón?

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VP Aylés

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23
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Where is the largest concentration of vineyards in the World?

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Castilla-La Mancha

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24
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What is the largest VT in Aragón?

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VT Bajo Aragón

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25
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What is the only VP in Aragón?

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VP Aylés

90% Tinto - Garnacha, Tempranillo, CabSav. Merlot

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26
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What did Carthage and Rome sign to divide Spain?

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Treaty of the Ebro

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27
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Why was DO Jumilla spared from phylloxera?

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Highly acidic, lime subsoil “Pie Franco (free)”

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28
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What city in Murcia was important during for wine production during Roman times?

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Cartagena

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29
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What is the newest appellation in Murcia?

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DO Bullas

Non-contiguous growing areas.

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30
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What is Murcia’s oldest wine region?

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DO Jumilla

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31
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Hot, dry wind in Southern Andalucia?

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Levante

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32
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Wind impacting DO Alicante?

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Leveche

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33
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Cool, humid wind impacting Jerez and S. Andalucia?

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Poniente

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34
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Cold northerly wind from Bay of Biscay?

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Cierzo

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35
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What grape is not blended with Tempranillo?

A

Cabernet Sauvignon. Check may not be right

I believe in Rioja

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36
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Wind impacting DO Empordà?

A

Tramontana

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37
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Callet and Manto Negro are indigenous to which autonomous region?

A

Balearic Islands

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38
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Listán Negro and Listán Blanco are indigenous to which region?

A

Canary Islands

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39
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Prieto Picudo is indigenous to what region?

A

Castilla y Leon

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40
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Majority of vineyards in Aragon are planted what method?

A

En Vaso

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41
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What is the Levante wind also known as?

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Solaner and Levanter

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42
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Dominate soil in La Mancha?

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Limestone

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43
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Castilla La Mancha ranks where in region size?

A

3rd largest

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44
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Most planted white grape in the world?

A

Airén

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45
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Why is Airén suitable for Spain and particularly La Mancha?

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It is drought resistant and thrives in severe conditions

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46
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What DO of Spain has the largest concentration of vineyards?

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DO Castilla-La Mancha with almost 50% of all vineyard land in Spain (and one of largest in the world)

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47
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What training style is found in La Mancha?

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En vaso using Marco Real method (checkerboard)

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48
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What environmental factor makes La Mancha interesting for organic wines?

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It is dry so there is little disease pressure.

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49
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What is the Eastern most DO in La Mancha?

A

DO Almansa

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50
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What is the northernmost DO in Castilla-La Mancha?

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DO Mondejar

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51
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What DOs overlap in Castilla-La Mancha?

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DO Uclés and DO La Mancha

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52
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How many DOs and VPs are in Castilla La Mancha?

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DO = 8. VP = 12

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53
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What is the predominate wine styles of the La Mancha VPs?

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Vino Tintos

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54
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What DO in La Mancha is impacted by the Levante winds?

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DO Manchuela

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55
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What DOs use the winemaking technique “Doble Pasta”?

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DO Mancuela & DO Utiel-Requena

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56
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What does Valdepeñas mean?

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Valley of the Stones

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57
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What is Aloque, where is it made and which grapes?

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Semi-red made in DO Valdepeñas made from Cencibel and Airén

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58
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Where is Garnacha Tintorera popular?

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In DO Almansa - Castilla-La Mancha

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59
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What were the 1st 2 VPs of Spain?

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VP Dominio Valdepusa

VP Finca Élez

60
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What is the only VP within the boundaries of DO Uclés?

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VP Pago Calzadilla

61
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What does Garnacha del Empordà mean?

A

DO Emporda
>90% Garnacha Tinta &/or Peluda
2 years ageing

62
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Cataluña DO with lowest elevation?

A

DO Empordà

63
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Most prominent grape style in Penedès?

A

Blancos 51%

64
Q

Worlds 1st 100% organic sparkling wine?

A

Classico Penedès

65
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Where is 95% of Cava made?

66
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How many Gran Vinya Classificada’s are in Priorat?

A

1 - L’Ermita

67
Q

How many Vi de Partage?

A

459

vineyards must be 15 years+

68
Q

How many Vinya Classificadas are there in Priorat?

A 
4 
Clos Mogador
Mas de la Rosa
Coma Blanca
Clos Fontà
69
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How old must Vinyes Velles be?

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75years+ or planted before 1945

70
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How many VPs does Navarra have?

A

3 - VP Otazu, Irache & Arinzano

71
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Spain’s northernmost VP

A

VP de Otazu

72
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What Navarra VP sits in Tierra Estella, on the Santiago and impacted by Cierzo winds?

A

VP de Irache

72
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What Navarra VP sits in Tierra Estella, on the Santiago and impacted by Cierzo winds?

A

VP de Irache

73
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1st VP in Navarra to receive VP status

A

VP Pago de Arinzano

74
Q

Where is the highest rainfall in Spain?

A

DO Getariako Txakolina / Getaria

1,600mm

75
Q

What province in Castilla-La Mancha does not produce wine?

A

Guadalajera

76
Q

What type of wines are most prominent in Asturias?

77
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What province was the Txakoli Winemakers Association started?

A

Vizcaya / Bizkaia

78
Q

What is the minimum % Verdejo for DO Rueda?

79
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What DO in Aragón has the majority of its wine produced by 6 Coops?

A

DO Campo de Borja

80
Q

Only white grape allowed in DO Ribera del Duero?

A

Albillo Mayor

81
Q

What is Rueda Dorado?

A

Oxidatively aged white wine from authorized grape in DO Rueda

82
Q

What is the only Spanish grape planted in VP Dominio de Valdepusa?

83
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Spain’s Aging Requirements

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Red             All / Barrel / Bottle (6x)
              Stand.    Duero   Rioja   
Crianza  4 / 1      4 / 2      4 / 2 / 0
Reserva 6 / 2      6 / 2      6 / 2 / 1
Gran  R 10 / 3   10 / 4    10 / 4 / 4

White Rosé
Crianza 3 / 1 3 / 1 3 / 1
Reserva 4 / 1 4 / 1
Gran R 8 / 1 8 / 1

84
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What is the only white grape allowed in Ribera del Duero?

A

Albillo Mayor

85
Q

Where are the phylloxera free DOs in Castilla y León and what are the soils?

A

DO Rueda and DO Toro

Sand

86
Q

What is the name of the sandy topsoil on clay in DO Montilla-Moriles

87
Q

What is the Catalan name for steep slopes in Priorat?

88
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What are the 3 primary soils in Rioja?

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Calcareous clay, Ferrous Clay and Alluvium

89
Q

What are the 2 dominate white grapes in Madrid?

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Malvar
Albillo (Real)
90
Q

Where does the Duero River originate?

A

Sistema Ibérico in Sierra de Urbión

91
Q

Vinos con Indicación de Edad relate to which Sherries?

A

Amontillado
Oloroso
Palo Cortado
PX

92
Q

What is the 1st, 2nd and 3rd pressing for Sherry?

A

1st - Primera Yema - Free run no press
2nd - Seguna Yema - 1st pressing
Mosto Prensa - Final press for distilling

93
Q

What are 5 most planted varieties in Spain (60% production)?

A 
Airén
Tempranillo
Bobal
Garnacha
Macabeo/Viura
94
Q

Spanish word for Chamomile?

A

Manzanilla

95
Q

What are the blending grapes with Tempranillo for Rioja?

A

Garnacha
Mazuelo (Cariñena)
Graciano

96
Q

Where is Bobal indigenous?

A

DO Utiel Requena

97
Q

What winemaker brought Tempranillo to the world?

A

Alejandro Fernández

98
Q

What is the minimum red grapes used in Rioja if using whole bunches?

99
Q

What are the 2 major lowland areas in Spain?

A

Ebro Basin

Andalusian Plain

100
Q

Minimum lees ageing for Espumosos de Calidad de Rioja for Reserva?

A 
Producers can designate Espumosos or DO Cava
Targeting upper end of sparkling
15m Espumosos
24m Reserva
36m Gran Reserva
101
Q

What type of grapes dominate in Cataluña?

A

Mostly indigenous, but there is significant international varieties
Macabeo is most planted of the Cava grapes

102
Q

Vega Sicilia was founded by…in 1864

A

Eloy Lecanda y Chaves

103
Q

Highest peak in mainland Spain and highest in all of Spain?

A

Pico de Mulhacén (in Granada)

Pico de Teide (Canaries)

104
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3 main grapes in Navarra?

A

Tempranillo
CabSav
Merlot

105
Q

4 red grapes authorized for DO Cava?

A

Trepat
Garnacha
Monastrell
Pinot Noir

106
Q

Smallest DO in the Canaries?

A

DO El Hierro

107
Q

Where does the Ebro start?

A

Cordillera Cantrabrias

108
Q

What is Las Medulas?

A

Region in El Bierzo with amazing landscape and the site for Roman gold. (UNESCO site)

109
Q

Where does Spain rank in terms of wine exports amount and value?

A

1st and 3rd

110
Q

Oldest city in Western Europe?

111
Q

What type of glass should Sherry be drunk?

A

Standard white wine glass

112
Q

What was the capital of Moorish Andalucia?

113
Q

What is the capital of Andalucia?

114
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What Andalucian grape is prized for high sugar levels and espumosos?

A

Vijiriego in VC Granada

115
Q

What is Pajarete?

A

One of DO Málaga’s most admired wines
Fortified Sweet PX &/or Moscatel
Brown, dried figs, hazelnuts

116
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How many subzones are authorized to label Vi de Vila in DOQ Priorat?

117
Q

How many subzones does Peñedes have and how further do they refine within the subzones?

A

3 subzones
Superior
Central
Marítim

Within subzones 10 distinct mesoclimates are further delineated

118
Q

Where was the “Ordinance of Castilla y Leon” issued?

A

DO Ribera del Duero in 15th century

119
Q

What town did Alejandro Fernandez grown Tempranillo?

A

Pesquera del Duero

120
Q

Wines from Tierra Medina?

A

High Quality Rancio style from DO Rueda

Queen Isabella praised one.

121
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What is Rueda Dorado?

A

Oxidatetively aged using only approved white varieties

122
Q

What is used to craft Toro Rosado and Toro Blanco

A

Garnacha Tinto - Rosado

Verdejo and Malvasia - Blanco

123
Q

What wine did King Ferdinand I put on his list of preferred wines?

A

DO Cariñena 1415

124
Q

What wine did Voltaire tout in 1773?

A

DO Cariñena

125
Q

How many authorized grapes in DO Somontano?

126
Q

How much Rosatl Rosado (Red Cava) is made?

127
Q

What is “Els Noms de la Terra”?

A

2019 - New Classification System in DOQ Priorat

“Names of the Land”

128
Q

What is Iberian Oak called?

A

Quercus Ilex

129
Q

How are sweet PX wines made in DO Montilla-Moriles

A
  1. Super hot weather allows PX overripe
  2. Sundried (soleo) on straw mats 4-10 days
  3. > 40% residual sugar
  4. Use special baskets to press thick extract
  5. Yeast can only ferment up to 3-4% ABV
  6. Then fortified up to 15% ABV
  7. Put in Tinajas or casks
  8. Vintage or solera
  9. For solera Casks filled maximum to min O2 + 2yrs wood
  10. Vintage for aging / solera meant for young drinking
130
Q

Where was Cordon Trenzado 1st introduced?

A

DO Valle de la Orotava

131
Q

Main town for production of Cava?

A

Sant Sadurní d’Anoia

132
Q

What American vine became popular to use as root graft for V viniferus?

A

V. Labrusca

133
Q

Who devasted Spain’s white wine industry?

A

Franco. Thought wine for sacrament only meaning vinos tintos

134
Q

Birthplace of Catalan wines?

A

Cartoixa d’Escaladei in Priorat

135
Q

What was Roman Tarragona called?

136
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How are international red grapes used in Cataluña?

A

Usually added to blends where Garnacha Tinta is dominate

137
Q

Where are COOPs important in Spain?

A

Cataluña - started here post-phylloxera

Campo de Borja

138
Q

What can Priorat use new classification system?

A

For 2017 vintages and beyond

139
Q

What river bisects Priorat?

A

Siurana River

140
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How many subzones in Priorat?

141
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Priorat “Els Noms de la Terra” System (Names of the Land)

A
  1. DOQ Priorat – sourced anywhere
  2. Vi de Vila – Village, >90% 10 years+; 10% 5 yrs+
  3. Vi de Paratage – “Location” - >90% 15 years +; 10% 5 yrs+ 459 total
  4. Vinya Classificada – “Single Vineyard” - >80% 20 years+; 20% 5 yrs+ - Clos Mogador, Mas de la Rosa, Coma Blanca & Clos Fontà
  5. Gran Vinay Classificada – “Single Vineyard” >90% Garnaca/Cariñena“; >80% 35 years+, 20% 10 years+; L’Ermita
  6. Vinyes Velles – “Old Vines” >75 years+ or before 1945
142
Q

What grape is required for espumosos on Mallorca?

A

Prensal Blanc >50%

143
Q

What do the tradewinds bring to Canary Islands?

A

Cool humid wind

144
Q

What is a cunca?

A

Ceramic bowl used in Galacia for wine

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