Spain - General

Question 1

What impact did phylloxera in France have on the Spanish winegrowing industry in the 1800s?

Answer 1

Many French producers moved to Spain to continue producing wine. They brought techniques such as barrique-aging (but with American Oak) and estate bottling

Question 2

What is a barrique called in Spain?

Answer 2

Barrica

Question 3

What type of wood is used in barricas?

Answer 3

American Oak

Question 4

What was champaña?

Answer 4

Spanish sparkling wine before changing its name to Cava

Question 5

Who were Marqués de Riscal and Marqués de Murrieta?

Answer 5

Bordeaux-trained winemakers that returned to Rioja and brought French techniques with them in the 1800s

Question 6

When did phylloxera first arrive in Spain?

Answer 6

Dawn of the 20th century

Question 7

What is a consejo regulador?

Answer 7

A semi-autonomous governing body in each region of Spain that ensures quality levels of wine and other foodstuffs are adhered to

Question 8

Who was Miguel Torres?

Answer 8

Winemaker that brought stainless steel and temperature-controlled fermentation to Catalonia in the 1960s

Question 9

What is the name of Spain’s wine classification system?

Answer 9

Denominación de Origen

Question 10

What was the Spanish DO system approved?

Answer 10

1970

Question 11

What are the levels of the DO system?

Answer 11

Denominación de Origen Calificada (DOCa)

DO Pago (Vinos de Pago)

Denominación de Origen

Vinos de Calidad con Indicación Geográfica (VCIG)

Vino de la Tierra (VdlT)

Question 12

What are the DO Pago requirements?

Answer 12

Producer must be in an existing DO/Lower yields/International critical praise/10 years of quality production

Question 13

What does Crianza generally mean for red wine?

Answer 13

2 years with 6 months in cask

Question 14

What does Reserva generally mean for red wine?

Answer 14

3 years with 1 year in cask

Question 15

What does Gran Reserva generally mean for red wine?

Answer 15

5 years with 18 months in cask

Question 16

What does Crianza generally mean for white wine?

Answer 16

18 months with 6 months in cask

Question 17

What does Reserva generally mean for white wine?

Answer 17

2 years with 6 months in cask

Question 18

What does Gran Reserva generally mean for white wine?

Answer 18

4 years with 6 months in cask

Question 19

What wines can be labelled as Noble: Añejo: or Viejo?

Answer 19

Any DO or DOCa wine

Question 20

What does Noble mean in Spain?

Answer 20

18 months of aging in a bottle or cask less than 600 liters

Question 21

What does Añejo mean in Spain?

Answer 21

24 months of aging in a bottle or cask less than 600 liters

Question 22

What does Viejo mean in Spain?

Answer 22

36 months of aging and demonstrates oxidative character

Question 23

What are the autonomías of North-Central Spain?

Answer 23

Navarra

La Rioja

Aragón

Question 24

What two mountain ranges create a rain shadow for North-Central Spain?

Answer 24

Pyrenees to the northeast

Cantabrian to the northwest

Question 25

What are the autonomías of Galicia?

Answer 25

Galicia

Asturias

Cantabria

País Vasco

Question 26

What is a rías?

Answer 26

An estuary

Question 27

What are synonyms for Tempranillo?

Answer 27

Tinto del País

Tinto Fino

Question 28

What does espumoso mean?

Answer 28

Sparkling wine

Question 29

What is Doble Pasta?

Answer 29

A style of making wine/Red wine macerated and fermented with twice the amount of grape skins and pulp

Question 30

What is the most planted white grape in the world?

Answer 30

Airén

Question 31

What type of wine is Jerez-Xérès-Sherry DO known for?

Answer 31

Sherry

Question 32

What type of wine is Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda DO known for?

Answer 32

Sherry

Question 33

What are the authorized grapes of Sherry (from most to least important)?

Answer 33

Palomino (Listán)

Pedro Ximénez

Moscatel

Question 34

What is albariza?

Answer 34

A white soil that characterizes the best Sherry pagos