South America

Question 1

What is the minimum percentage of a grape for varietal, vintage, region, wines in Chile and what do they usually comply to?

Answer 1

75% for Chilean wine but usually comply to 85% for EU export law.

Question 2

How many DO’s are located in Chile from north to south

Answer 2

(6) Atacamba
Conquimbo
Aconcagua
Valle Central
Sur
Austral

Question 3

What are the two DO’s for Pisco production in chile?

Answer 3

Atacamba and Conquimbo

Question 4

What is the main grape used for pisco?

Answer 4

Muscat

Question 5

What is the name of the cooling winds that effect the central valley of Chile?

Answer 5

Humboldt current

Question 6

What are the leading grapes of production in Chile?

Answer 6

Cabernet sauvignon and Pais

Question 7

which Chilean estates beat first growth bordeaux’s in the 2004 Berlin tasting?

Answer 7

1st place 2000 Vinedo Chadwick (Maipo Valley)

2nd place 2001 Errázuriz’s “Seña” (Aconcagua)

Question 8

What are the Sub DO’s of Casablanca and San Antonio known for?

Answer 8

Cool climate grape varietals, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.

Question 9

In what larger appelation are the sub DO’s of Casablanca and San Antonio located?

Answer 9

Aconcagua

Question 10

What are the Sub DO’s of the central valley of Chile?

Answer 10

Maipo, Rapel Valley, Curico, and Maule.

Question 11

In what Chilean DO would Pais out produce Cabernet Sauvignon?

Answer 11

Sur or southern regions

Question 12

What are the 3 sub regions of Sur Chile?

Answer 12

Itata, bio bio, Malleco

Question 13

In 2012 the Chilean ministry of agriculture amended 3 new terms to wine law that can be added to a label, what are they?

Answer 13

Costa, Entre Cordilleras, Andes

Describing the proximity to the coast or Andes mountain range.

Question 14

In which century were vines first planted in Chile?

Answer 14

16th

Question 15

What is the Climate of Chile’s Valle Central?

Answer 15

Merditeranean

Question 16

Where is the Leyda Valley located?

Answer 16

San Antonio Valley, Chile

Question 17

What is the climate of Argentina?

Answer 17

Very dry,

Continental

Question 18

What is the zonda and where is it found?

Answer 18

Hot fierce winds that affect Argentina in the afternoon during the late spring early summer

Question 19

What is Argentina’s first and second most planted white grape?

Answer 19

1.Pedro Gimenez,
Unrelated to andalucias Pedro ximenez
2. Torontes

Question 20

What is Argentina’s first and second most widely planted red grapes?

Answer 20

1. Malbec

2. Bonarda

Question 21

What is the aging requirements for riserva and gran riserva for Argentina white and red?

Answer 21

Riserva: 6 months white 1 year red

Gran riserva: 1 year white 2 years red