South America

Question 1

Where is Mauipo Valley

Answer 1

Central Valley, Chile

Question 2

What unique grape provides Salta’s most distinctive white wines?

Answer 2

Torrontès

Question 3

What is the most planted grape in Chile?

Answer 3

Cabernet Sauvignon

Question 4

Where is Colchagua?

Answer 4

Rapel Valley, Chile

Question 5

True or False

San Juan is located in Patagonia?

Answer 5

False it’s located in Middle Central Argentina

Question 6

True or False

The majority of Chilean wine is red?

Answer 6

True

Question 7

True or False

Carmenère is the most planted grape in the Maipo Valley?

Answer 7

False - Cabernet Sauvignon is the most planted grape

Question 8

What is considered the classic region for Malbec?

Answer 8

Mendoza

Question 9

What Argentnean province produces a majority of the country’s wines?

Answer 9

Mendoza - 70%

Question 10

True or False

Casablanca is a coastal subregion within the Aconcagua DO?

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Argentina ranks _________ in the world in terms of overall wine production?

Answer 11

5th

Question 12

____________________ are believed to have been the first to plant wine grapes in Argentina in the late 1500’s

Answer 12

Spanish Monks

Question 13

True or False

Argentina has a unique population for South America, with the vast majority of its population having some European heritage?

Answer 13

True - Italian

Question 14

If a region is listed on a bottle of Argentine wine, then at least _______ of the grapes used to produce that wine must have been grown in that region?

Answer 14

85%

Question 15

True or False

Argentine winemakers label most of their wines by grape variety

Answer 15

True

Question 16

The most important grape grown in Argentina is ____________ .

Answer 16

Malbec

Question 17

Torrontès is one of the most important _________ grapes.

Answer 17

White

Question 18

The vast majority of Argentina wines is produced in ________________.

Answer 18

The temperate foothills of the Andes Mountains

Question 19

The most important wine region of Argentina, where more than 70% of the country’s total wine production takes place, is _____________.

Answer 19

Mendoza

Question 20

True or False

Overall, Argentina’s wine regions are relatively dry and arid a result of being located in the rain shadow of the Andes Mountains

Answer 20

True

Question 21

The most important red grape variety grown in Chile is _____________.

Answer 21

Cabernet Sauvignon

Question 22

True or False

Chile is one of the most isolated countries in the world?

Answer 22

True

Question 23

Chile is one of the worlds smallest wine producing countries.

Answer 23

False -actually is ranked 10 in world wine production

Question 24

The first wine grape planted in Chile in the 1500’s and the most widely planted still today is:

Answer 24

Pais

Question 25

True or False The European country that has had the largest influence on Chilean winemaking is Spain, as Chile used to be a Spanish Colony

Answer 25

False - the French have the greatest influence

Question 26

Which important Chilean grape variety is called the "Lost Grape of Bordeaux"

Answer 26

Carmenère

Question 27

If a label of Chilean wine listed Sauvignon Blanc as the grape used in its production, what percentage of the grapes used to produce this wine must be the listed varietal by Chilean Law (assuming that the wine is intended for export)?

Answer 27

85%

Question 28

The wine regions of Chile are located in the river valley nestled between coastal mountain ranges and:

Answer 28

The Andes Mountains

Question 29

True or False Phylloxera and powdery mildew wiped out many of the vineyards of Chile in the mid to late 1800s, causing the winemakers there to replant higher quality grape varieties

Answer 29

False - Phylloxera never hit Chile due to its climate, Chilean vines are some of the purest vines in the world

Question 30

When did winemaking arrive in the new world and who brought it

Answer 30

16th Century by the Spanish

Question 31

Where were the earliest viticulture in the Americas

Answer 31

Mexico

Question 32

When did Vines reach Peru, Child and Argentina

Answer 32

By 1560

Question 33

When did Vines reach Brazil

Answer 33

1532

Question 34

What put a halt to the growth of Vines early in South America

Answer 34

The 17th Century restriction of wine production. Wine was only to come from the Iberian Peninsula

Question 35

What are the leading wine producers of South America

Answer 35

Argentina Chile Brazil

Question 36

Who was Claudio Gay

Answer 36

He set up pre Phylloxera Vitis Vinifera Vines at the University of Chile Quinta Normal Department in 1830 - these Vines plus Chile geographic isolation prevented Phylloxera from entering Chile