Terras Madeirenses

Question 1

portugal is __ largest producer of wine?

Answer 1

11th

Question 2

portugal is __ per capita

Answer 2

1st

Question 3

how was madeira founded?

Answer 3

archipelago discovered while exploring the african north coast located about 625m from portugal

Question 4

what is referred to the ‘isle of woods?’

Answer 4

madiera

Question 5

what did the portugese do when they founded madeira?

Answer 5

they colonized it and set it on fire to make room for agriculture

Question 6

why was madeira important?

Answer 6

important port

Question 7

vinhos do roda

Answer 7

round trip wine across the atlantic or east indies and back

Question 8

torna viagem

Answer 8

round trip

Question 9

what style of madeira demands the higher price point?

Answer 9

vinhos do roda

Question 10

vinhos canterio

Answer 10

matured on the island

Question 11

estufagem

Answer 11

came about in the 19th century to meet demand for madeira

too cook

Question 12

what two american events was madeira consumed at?

Answer 12

inauguration of gw

signing of the declaration of independence

Question 13

what huge invent happened in 1807 and why?

Answer 13

the french and spanish invaded portugal because they wanted to disrupt trade with england
- vines were not really damaged, but the prices were

Question 14

what event caused the decline for portugese wines in england

Answer 14

• the exile of napolean
• british opened up trade with europe
• french and spanish wines went up
• portugese wines went down

Question 15

what eventually replaced port?

Answer 15

sherry

Question 16

when was portugal hit with mildew and phylloxera?

where was excluded?

Answer 16

• powdery and downy mildew 1850
• phylloxera 1867
  colares in lisboa was spared

Question 17

after phylloxera, what happened to portugal?

Answer 17

many vineyards were not replaced

- cork industry

Question 18

regiao demarcada

Answer 18

in 20th century portugal moved to protect its wine producing regions

• madeira
• dao
• vinho verde amongst others
• but politics silenced it (right wing rule)

Question 19

junta nacional do vinhos

Answer 19

1937
wine law revamp
consolidating smaller vineyards into large coops

Question 20

mateus + lancers

Answer 20

two estates for semi-sparkling rose

were the face of portugese wine

Question 21

quinta

Answer 21

small estate

Question 22

dop

Answer 22

denominacao de origen protigeda