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Who makes Seña? Why is this bottle special? Cost?

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Eduardo Chadwick (Errazuriz) and Robert Mondavi, 1995.
Owned wholly by Chadwick since 2005.
Bordeaux Blend
Aconcagua Valley
$100 cost

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What is Viñedo Chadwick? Cost?

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Cabernet Sauvignon from Maipo Valley
$367 on wine searcher

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What is Chile’s largest producer? What is their flagship wine? Cost?

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Concha y Toro
Don Melchor (Cab Sauv, Puente Alto, Maipo)
$140 on wine searcher

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What is Almaviva? Grapes? Cost?

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A joint project between Baron Philippe de Rothschild and Concha y Toro (think Opus One in Chile). Cabernet Sauvignon base, Puente Alto, Maipo.
$170 wine searcher

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Name two high end Carmenere bottlings in Chile. Cost?

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Errázuriz “Kai” (Aconcagua)
$99 wine searcher
Concha y Toro “Carmín de Peumo” (Rapel)
$225 wine searcher

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Name five wines originating in the Alto Maipo. Grapes and Cost?

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Don Melchor (Concha y Toro)
Almaviva
Viñedo Chadwick (Errazuriz)
Antiyal (Alvaro Espinosa, Carmenere, Cab Sauv, Syrah)
Casa Real (Santa Rita) - CS $90 on wine searcher

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Top producers in Maipo bc of prox. to Santiago?

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Concha y Toro
Santa Rita
Cousiño Macul

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Where is Apalta? Top wines, grapes and cost?

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Apalta, Colchagua Valley, Rapel, Valle Central
Casa Lapostolle’s “Clos Apalta” - Primarily Carmenère (45-65%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (20-30%), with some Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and/or Petit Verdot.
$150 on wine searcher
Viña Montes “Alpha M” Cab Sauv dominant BDX blend.
$97 on wine searcher

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What high profile varietal Camernère is sourced from Colchagua Valley? Cost?

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Purple Angel - Viña Montes
$99 on wine searcher
Colchagua Valley, Rapel, Valle Central

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Who collaborates on Aristos?

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Louis-Michel Liger-Belair and Pedro Parra

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Where is Aristos located? Wines? Cost?

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Valley Cachapoal, Rapel Valley, Valle Central
Cabernet Sauvignon Baron $75 on wine searcher
Chardonnay Duqueza $85 on wine searcher
Cabernet Sauvignon Duque $97

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Which three wineries account for 85% of domestic consumption in Chile?

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Concha y Toro
Santa Rita
San Pedro
Overall, the Chilean wine industry is top-heavy, and the largest producers create and control market perceptions of Chile worldwide.

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Who owns Los Vascos? Where are they located?

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Domaine Barons de Rothschild-Lafite (1988)
Valle de Colchagua DO

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Who created Viña Aquitania? Where do they produce wine?

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Bruno Prats (Cos d’Estournel) and Paul Pontarlier (Margaux)
Valle del Maipo DO, Valle del Malleco DO

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Which Chablisienne producer has a Chilean outpost?

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William Fevre

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Where does Casa Silva make wine? Name a wine from them.

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Valle de Colchagua DO, Austral DO
Casa Silva Microterroir de los Lingues Carmenere $45 on wine searcher

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Name 3 major producers in Colchagua.

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Casa Silva
Lapostolle/Clos Apalta
Los Vascos

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18
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3 producers from Cúrico

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San Pedro (mostly bulk wine)
Miguel Torres Chile (specifically the Manso de Velasco plot, 100yo Cabernet Sauvignon)
Viña Escheverría

Currently, Curicó is largely given to bulk plantings.

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Name a producer from Itata.

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A Los Viñateros Bravos
-Cinsault
-Pais

20
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What is VIGNO, and what requirements surround it?

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VIGNO is the brand trademarked by the Vignadores de Carignan in western Maule.
Restricted to a delimited area
Dry-farmed
Minimum 30 years vine age (may be grafted)
Aged 2 years before release
Minimum 65% Carignan

21
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Name 3 producers of VIGNO.

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Miguel Torres
Garage Wine Company
Bravado Wines

22
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Name a leading producer for Torrontés in Cafayate. Where is Cafayete?

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Susana Balboa
Cafayate, Salta, North Region, Argentina

23
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Name 3 producers based in Cafayete, Salta.

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Susana Balbo - Crios
Etchart - Michel Rolland (BDX)
Yacochuya - new Etchart project

24
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What producer makes single vineyard wines that see over a year in 100% new barrels? Where is this producer located?

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Achaval-Ferrer
Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza

25
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What style is Cheval des Andes? Where is it made? Cost?

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Blend - Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon, sometimes featuring a small percentage of Petit Verdot or Merlot.
Cheval Blanc and Terrazas de los Andes Collab (LVMH)
Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza
$98 on wine searcher

26
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Name 3 producers from Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza.

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Achaval-Ferrer
Bodega Catena Zapata
Cheval des Andes
Bressia

27
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Who makes wine in San Rafael DOC? What quality? What grape? Cost?

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Valentin
Base quality
Chenin Blanc

28
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Who spearheaded Bodegas Chacra? Where is it? What grape? Cost?

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Tenuta San Guido
Rio Negro
Chardonnay Pinot Noir
Chardonnay:
Chacra: $107 (wine searcher)
Manique: $60 wine searcher
Pinot Noir:
‘Treinta y Dos 32’: $126 wine searcher
‘Cincuenta y Cinco 55’ $60 wine searcher

29
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What is Paul Hobbs’s Argentina project?

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Viña Cobos

30
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Who collaborates on Altos Las Hormigas?

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Alberto Antonini and Pedro Parra

31
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Who was the first to plant vineyards in Mendoza, and when?

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Catena, 1902

32
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Who is the most widely exported producer in Cafayate? What prominent french winemaker consults on a project there (and what is it called)?

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Susana Balbo (the Crios wines).
Michel Rolland; Etchart (Pernod Ricard)

33
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3 producers from Maipú.

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Zuccardi
Trapiche (Peñaflor)
Lopez (largest winery in Argentina)

34
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3 producers from the Uco Valley.

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DiamAndes
Clos de la Siete
O. Fournier Argentina

35
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Name four major wineries owned by Argentinian families

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Catena
Luigi Bosca
Zuccardi
Peñaflor

36
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Where is Chandon Argentina?

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In Lujan de Cuyo; grapes come from Uco

37
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Who created Clos de la Siete, and what is it?

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Michel Rolland
A single property made up of seven previously individual wineries in the Uco (Tunuyan)

38
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Who owns Colomé? Outside of Mendoza, where do they farm vines?

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Hess Group
Salta

39
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Who owns Colomé? Outside of Mendoza, where do they farm vines?

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Susana Balboa

40
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La Posta is an extension of what estate?

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Catena Zepata

41
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Who owns Terrazas de los Andes?

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LVMH

42
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Who produces Altura Maxima? Cost?

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Colomé
Malbec
3100m
Salta, Argentina
$150 wine searcher

43
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Who produces Estiba Reservada? Cost?

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Catena Zapata
Cab Sauv, Merlot, Malbec, from Agrelo, Mendoza
First vintage 2001, current vintage 2009
$710 on wine searcher

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What are the wines of Achaval Ferrer?

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Cab Sauv and Malbec
Single Vineyards: Finca Mirador, Finca Bella Vista, Finca Altamira
Prestige Blend: Quimera (chosen vine by vine before harvest)
Single vineyyards are Malbec around $110 on wine searcher
Quimera is Bordeaux Blend $40

45
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What is the blend for Nicolas Catena Zapata? Where is it from? Cost?

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Cab Sauv + Malbec
Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza
$100

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