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1
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What is the name of the large raised plateau in Central Spain?

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Meseta

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2
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What is the mountain range along the north coast of Spain that helps shield Spain from storms?

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Cantabrian Cordillera

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3
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What indigenous white grape is used mostly for brandy and bulk wine?

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Airen

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4
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Tempranillo in Toro is known as _________.

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Tinta de Toro

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5
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Tempranillo in Ribera del Duero and Cigales is known as _________.

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Tinta del Pais

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6
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Tempranillo in Ribera del Duero is known as _________.

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Tinto Fino

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7
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Tempranillo in Catalonia is known as _________.

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Ull de Llebre

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8
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Tempranillo in La Mancha and Valdepenas is known as _________.

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Cencibel

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9
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Tempranillo in Portugal is known as _________.

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Aragonez

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10
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Tempranillo in Douro (Portugal) is known as _________.

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Tinta Roriz

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11
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What is the primary grape in Priorat?

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Garnacha

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12
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Mourvedre is known as ______ in Spain.

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Monastrell

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13
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Macabeo is known as ______ in Rioja.

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Viura

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14
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The authorized grapes for Sherry are:

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Palomino, Pedro Ximenez, Moscatel

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15
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How many DO’s are there in Spain?

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67

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16
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What are the DOCa’s of Spain?

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Priorat and Rioja

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17
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Single vineyards in Spain that produce excellent wine and are made and bottled at the winery or municipal area can be designated ___________.

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Vinos de Pago

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18
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Each DO has a _____ that controls local production areas and practices.

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Consejo Regulador

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19
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A Spanish wine that has spent a minimum of 18 month in barricas or bottle may be termed _____.

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Vino Noble (noble wine)

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20
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A Spanish wine that has spent a minimum of 24 month in barricas or bottle may be termed _____.

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Vino Anejo (aged wine)

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21
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A Spanish wine that has spent a minimum of 36 month in barricas or bottle in a strongly oxidized environment may be termed _____.

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Vino Viejo (old wine)

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22
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What are the three PDO aging designations in Spain?

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Crianza, Riserva, Gran Riserva

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23
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What are the aging requirements for Crianza red wines?

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6 months barrel, 2 years total

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24
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What are the aging requirements for Rioja Crianza red wines?

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12 months barrel, 2 years total

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What are the aging requirements for Riserva red wines?

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12 months barrel, 3 years total

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What are the aging requirements for Gran Riserva red wines?

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18 months barrel, 5 years total

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27
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What are the aging requirements for Rioja Gran Riserva red wines?

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24 months, 5 years total

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28
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What are the aging requirements for Crianza white wines?

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6 months barrel, 1 year total

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29
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What are the aging requirements for Riserva white wines?

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6 months barrel, 2 years total

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30
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What are the aging requirements for Gran Riserva white wines?

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6 months barrel, 4 years total

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31
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The term used for PDO wine released a year after it was made, and if oak aged at all, aged for a shorter period than Crianza is

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Joven

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32
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Green Spain refers to what autonomous region?

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Galicia

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33
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Rias Baixas is known for what white grapes?

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Albarino, Loureira and Treixadura

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34
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The white grape of Ribeiro is

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Albarino

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35
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Valdeorras DO is located in what autonomous region?

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Galicia

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36
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Toro, Cigales, Rueda and Ribero de Duera are all DOs in the ______ Valley and what autonomous region.

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Duero, Castile-Leon

37
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Toro DO primarily makes red wine from what grape?

A

Tempranillo aka Tinta de Toro

38
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Rueda DO is mostly known for it’s white wine from what grape?

39
Q

Cigales produces mainly red and rosado wines. T or F

40
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Ribera del Duero’s reds must be at least ____% of _____ aka _______.

A

75% Tempranillo aka Tinto Fino or Tinta del Pais

41
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Ribera del Duero’s red wines are on par with _____ for quality.

42
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The region in Spain with a challenging climate of extreme cold and hot and with one of the highest elevations is

A

Ribera del Duero

43
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The cities of Lograno and Haro are located in what subregion of Rioja?

A

Rioja Alta

44
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What is the river that flows through Rioja?

45
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Macabeo is known an Viura in what region?

46
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Rioja wines tend to be tannic. T or F

47
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White Rioja must contain ____% or ______.

48
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What region is located in the mountainous region just west of Barcelona?

49
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What red grape is the backbone of Rioja’s fine red wines?

A

Tempranillo

50
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What kind of oak barrels does Rioja use for aging?

A

American oak

51
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Rioja Rosado is often produced using a majority of what grape?

52
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Priorat is known for it’s _______ soils.

A

Ilicorella

53
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What are the two main red grapes in Priorat?

A

Garnacha and Carinena

54
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What Catalonian DO produces mostly full-bodies aromatic white wines?

A

Tarragona DO

55
Q

What is the town considered to be the spiritual home of Cava?

A

San Sadurni de Noya

56
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What are the three classic grape varieties for Cava?

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Parellada, Xarel-lo, Macabeo

57
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The grape that is the basis for most Cava blends is

58
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What are the Three Cava aging designations?

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Cava, Cava Riserva, Cava Gran Reserva

59
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The production requirments for basic Cava are:

A

Min. 9 mths on lees in bottle, any sweetness level

60
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The production requirments for Cava Reserva are:

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Min. 15 mths on lees in bottle, brut or drier

61
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The production requirments for Cava Gran Reserva are:

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Min. 30 mths on lees in bottle, brut or drier

62
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What are the two basic forms of Sherry?

A

Fino and Oloroso

63
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What form of Sherry ages under flor?

64
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What kind of Sherry is produced in Sanlucar de Barrameda?

A

Manzanilla

65
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What are the 3 grapes authorized for Sherry producation?

A

Palomino, Pedro Ximenez, Moscatel

66
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What grape is the primary grape in Sherry?

67
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What grape is used as a principal sweetening agent in the sweeter styles of Sherry?

A

Pedro Ximenez

68
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Fino Sherries are usually dry on the palette. T or F

69
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The Sherry grape, Palomino, grows best on what soil?

A

Albariza (brilliantly white)

70
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The Sherry grape, Pedro Ximenez, grows best on what soil?

A

Barro (Clay)

71
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The Sherry grape, Moscatel, grows best on what soil?

A

Arena (sandy)

72
Q

Manzanilla Sherry is often described as ______.

73
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The least alcoholic of the fortified Sherries is

A

Fino Sherry

74
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What style of sweetened Sherry originated in Bristol?

A

Pale Cream

75
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What style Sherry started as a fino and was aged under a layer of flor but lost is protective flor after a few years?

A

Amontillado

76
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What style of Sherry has the characteristics of both Fino and Oloroso sherries?

A

Amontillado

77
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What style of Sherry has a nutty characteristic as well as a slight flor aroma?

A

Amontillado

78
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What style of Sherry begins with a fino base but never develops it’s flor but has the color and full body of an oloroso sherry?

A

Palo Cortado

79
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Amontillado and Palo Cortado are what style of sherries?

80
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What style sherries are fortified to a higher alcoholic strength in order to keep flor from developing, thus aging in the presence of oxygen with oxidation being a part of it’s characteristics?

81
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What style sherry is a Palomino based Sherry aged in partially filled barrels without flor and with considerable oxication?

82
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What style sherry is a sweetened version of an Olorosa Sherry?

A

Cream Sherry

83
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What style sherry is produced by harvesting the grapes at a high level of sugar and then allowing the grapes to dry on straw mats in the hot sum?

A

Pedro Ximenez

84
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What style sherry are solera-aged in wood barrels after fortification resulting in wines that are quite viscous, darn and naturally very sweet?

A

Pedro Ximenez PX

85
Q

What are the two Sherry designations based on exceptionally old and rare wines?

A

Sherry with Age Classification

Sherry with Certified Age

86
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What are the two designations under the classification of “Sherry with Certified Age”?

A

VOS and VORS

87
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The designation VOS is reserved for Sherries that have at least _____ of solera aging.

88
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The designation VORS is reserved for Sherries that have at least _____ of solera aging.

89
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The Montilla-Moriles DO uses what grape varieties to produce a naturally sweet high alcohol dessert wines.

A

Pedro Ximenez and Moscatel

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