Spain Trade/General

Question 1

Consejo Regulador

Answer 1

Each DO represented by a council of vine-growers, wine producers, and merchants who decide on the ground rules for their region

Question 2

Bodega

Answer 2

Spanish term for a wine cellar, winery, tavern or grocery selling wine

Question 3

Finca

Answer 3

Spanish for estate

Question 4

Viña, viñedo

Answer 4

Spanish for vineyard

Question 5

Vino de Mesa

Answer 5

Old Spanish term for table wine, most basic category and now known as wine without a geographical indication

Question 6

Vino de la Tierra

Answer 6

Wines from legally designated zones that don’t qualify for DOP. Now replaced with IGP

Question 7

DO/DOCa/DOQ

Answer 7

Denominación de Origin/Protegida/Calificada

Question 8

Crianza

Answer 8

Red- 2 yrs, 6 in cask. White-18 m, 6 in cask. 330 L

Question 9

Reserva

Answer 9

Red-3yrs, 1 yr in cask.

White-18 m, 6 m in cask

Question 10

Gran Reserva

Answer 10

Red-5 yrs, 18 m in cask.

White-4 yrs, 6 m in cask

Question 11

Rioja Crianza

Answer 11

Red-2 yrs, 1 yr in cask.

White-2 yrs, 6 in cask (225L)

Question 12

Rioja Reserva

Answer 12

Red-3 yrs, 1 yr in cask.

White-2 yrs, 6 m in cask (225L)

Question 13

Rioja Gran Reserva

Answer 13

Red-24 m in oak, 36 m bottle.

White-4 yrs, 6 m in cask (225L)

Question 14

Noble

Answer 14

18 m aging in casks less than 600 L or bottle

Question 15

Añejo

Answer 15

24 m aging in casks less than 600 L or bottle

Question 16

Viejo

Answer 16

36 m aging, demonstrates marked oxidative character

Question 17

Pago

Answer 17

Vineyard

Question 18

Vino de Pago

Answer 18

Special Spanish category of supposedly exceptionally high-quality, single-estate wines, granted their ow appellation. 15 total

Question 19

Miguel Torres SA

Answer 19

Largest family-owned producer of premium wine and Spanish brandy. In Penedès. 75% of wine exported. 2nd largest wine distributor in China, many foreign investments

Question 20

Codorníu

Answer 20

One of world’s largest producers of traditional method sparkling. Codorníu Napa, Cellers de Scala Dei (Priorat) Bodega Bilbaínas (Rioja), Legaris (Ribero del Duero)

Question 21

Freixenet

Answer 21

World’s largest producer of traditional method sparkling in world, most significant exporter of cava. Solar Viejo (Rioja), Morlanda (Priorat), Garbó (Montsant), Valdubón (Ribero del Duero), Vionta (Rías Baixas)

Question 22

González-Byass

Answer 22

Largest producer of sherry, still run by the family of Manuel María González Angel who founded it in 1835. Wineries in Rioja, Somontano, Castilla-La Mancha, Cádiz

Question 23

Vega Sicilia

Answer 23

Spain’s 1st Growth. 1,000 ha farm making wine in this style since 1864. Tempranillo, CS, Merlot, Malbec

Question 24

Vega Sicilia wines

Answer 24

Valbuena-5 yr vintage dated, aged in American oak. Vega Sicilia Unico-best vintages, released after 10 yrs in a combo or wood tanks, new barriques, old barrels and bottles. Reserva Especial-mulit vintage

Question 25

Major Rivers

Answer 25

Duero, Tajo, Guadiana, Guadalaquivir all drain into Atlantic. Ebro is SE flowing into Mediterranean. Regions divided mainly by mountain ranges

Question 26

When was irrigation legalized

Answer 26

1996