Untitled Flashcards
Crossing of Torrontes?
Criolla Chica & Muscat of Alexandria
What is the main wind of San Juan & Mendoza?
Zonda
Strong, fierce hot afternoon wind from the Andes mountains in late spring. Takes away disease pressure.
What is the variety for Zuccardi’s Canal Uco Wine?
100% Malbec
Give 3 sub-regions of Salta?
Cafayate
San Carlos
Molinos
Sub-zones of Neuquen?
La Confluencia
Añelo
Where is Atuel River?
Mendoza
Name the highest altitude vineyard of Colome estate? The altitude?
Altura Maxima - 3111m alt
Name the DOC of Primera Zona?
Lujan de Cuyo
Northern most GI of Salta IG?
Cachi
Molinos / San Carlos / Cafayate
What river runs through the Maipu Region of Argentina?
Mendoza River
Low rainfalls, high altitude (800m), irrigation is mandatory to grow grapes here.
Where is Panquehue?
Aconcagua, Home to Errazuriz as well.
Location of Bella Vista & Mirador?
Lujan de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina
Single vineyard produced by Achaval Ferrer.
What are the sub IG of Catamarca?
Tinogasta
Belem
Poman
Santa Maria
What is the newest IG of Patagonia?
Sarmiento in south east Chubut region.
2024 update
Name the Sub-IGs of Atlantic Region of Argentina?
Western Argentina: Bueno Aires ID
➙ Chapadmalal IG
➙ Villa Ventana IG
➙ Balcarce IG
➙ Médanos
Minimum aging for Gran Reserva Red in Argentina?
24 mth in total
➙12 mth for white
Introduced in 2008.
Where is Achaval Ferrer located?
Argentina - Lujan de Cuyo
Who’s producing Clos de los Siete?
Bodega Roland (Michel Roland) - Vista Flores
Sub-Region of Salta IG?
Cafayate
Cachi
Molinos
San Carlos
Owners of Cheval des Andes? 1st vintage?
Cheval Blanc and Terrazas de los Andes
2001.
How is the Gobelet system called in Argentina?
Esparelda
What is Zonda?
Hot and dry wind from Northern Mendoza & San Juan
Where is Famatina Valley?
La Rioja Argentina
What are the official GI’s region of Cuyo in Argentina?
La Rioja Argentina
Mendoza
San Juan
San Luis (since 2019)
Northern Mendoza GIs?
Lavalle
Gaymallen
Las Heras
Lunlunta, El Paraiso, Russel & Las Barrancas are part of what IG?
Maipù in Mendoza
Who’s behind Bodega Chacra? Where?
Piero Incisa della Rocchetta
➙ Son of Sassicaia - Patagonia
Crossing of Malbec?
Prunelard x Madeleine Noire des Charentes
Name a producer in Argentina that produces Sparkling Rose Malbec?
Reginato, Celestina Rose
What are the 3 subvarieties of Torrontes?
Torrontes Riojano, Torrontes Mendocino, Torrontes Sanjuanino
Name the 3 IG of Valley de Uco IG?
Tupungato
Tunuyan
San Carlos
Owner of Adriana Vineyard?
Cantena Zappata
Who’s producing Gran Medalla Malbec?
Trapiche from Valle de Uco
Name the producer of Adrianna Vineyard?
Cantena Zapata from Tumpungato
Where is Bodega del fin del Mundo?
Neuquen IG in Patagonia
Who is producing Bella Vista, Mirador, Finca Altamira single vineyards Malbec?
Achaval Ferrer
Name the producer of J Alberto?
Bodega Noemia - Rio Negro
95% Malbec + Merlot.
Where is Yocochuya project of Michel Roland Located?
Cafayate in Salta
Malbec single-vineyards of Trapiche?
Coletto
Ambrosia
Orellana
Bodega Noemia is part of what Italian Family?
From the famous Cinzano Vermouth family in Tuscany
Prestige wine of SuperUco winery?
Gualta: First vintage: 2011
65% Malbec + Cabernet Franc.
Producer of Gran Medalla?
Trapiche in Maipú
What is the winery of Michel Rolland from Cafayate?
Yacochuya
Name the producer of Trenta y Dos?
Bodega Chacra
100% Pinot Noir from 1932 vineyard.
Where is Ararat Valley?
Armenia
Name the producer of 100 year old Para Liqueur?
Seppeltsfield - Barossa / Tawny like made of Shiraz, Mataro, Grenache
Aging and rs for Rare Rutherglen Muscat?
20+ years 270 - 400 grams per liter
What lake has a strong influence in Fleurieu GI?
Lake Alexandrina
Date of creation of the first GI of Australia?
1994
Barossa & Yarra in 1996.
Who’s production Astralis? Where? When?
Clarendon Hills
1994, McLaren Vale.
2 GI’s of Queensland?
Granit Belt
South Burnett
Sub Regions of Adelaide Hills?
Lenswood
Picadilly
What’s included in super zone “South Eastern Australia”?
Victoria
Tasmania
New South Wales
+ Part of South Australia, Queensland
Minimum Aging & Sugar content for Rare Muscat of Rutherglen?
20+ years 270 - 400 grams per liter
What are the Regions of Barossa Zone?
Barossa Valley
Eden Valley (High Eden Sub-zone)
Minimum Vine Age for Survivor vines in Barossa old vine chart?
70 years old
Old vines: 35 years
Centenarian: 100 years
Ancestor: 125 years.
Sub-GIs of Hunter GI?
Broke Fordwick
Polkobin
Upper Hunter Valley
GI’s of Southern New South Wales?
Canberra District
Tumbarrumba
Hilltops
Gundagai
What GI borders Hunter Valley zone on the West?
Mudgee
Why is Tumbarumba GI known for (wine style production)?
Sparkling wines made of Chardonnay & Pinot Noir due to higher elevation vineyard & cooler climate
Who’s producing Semillon VAT 1? Where from?
Tyrell’s from Hunter Valley
Who produces Astralis? What grape?
Clarendon hills - McLaren Vale
Shiraz, 1994.
With whom is making champagne Penfold?
Thienot
Principal variety for Mitolo Serpico wine? Where?
Australia - McLaren Vale
Cabernet Sauvignon.
What is the prestige Shiraz of Rockford winery?
Basket Press Shiraz - First vintage in 1984
When was the name changed of Grange?
1990 first vintage of Grange
Who makes Runrig Shiraz?
Torbreck
Name the producer of Coppermine Road? What variety?
D’Arenberg
➙ Cabernet Sauvignon. Other wines: Ironstone pression Grenache & Dead Arm Shiraz.
Name the producer of Woodcutter Semillon?
Torbreck
Wood aging Semillon from Barossa.
3 white wines classified under the Langton exceptional grade?
Giaconda Chardonnay
Leewin Estate Art Series Chardonnay
Grosset Polish Hill Riesling
Varieties used for 100y old Seppeltsfield Tawny?
Mataro, Grenache & Shiraz
Variable from vintages to vintages.
First Vintage of Penfolds Grange?
1951
Name the producer of: Octavius Shiraz, Oracle Shiraz, Armagh Vineyard Shiraz, Dead Arm Shiraz, Astralis Shiraz, Basket Press Shiraz
Yalumba - 1990
Kilikanoon -1997
Jim Barry - 1985
D’Arenberg - 1993
Clarendon Hills - 1994
Rockford - 1984
What is the first vintage of Mount Edelstone?
1952
Give the first vintage of Clonakilla Shiraz-Viognier? Where does it come from?
1992
Murrumbateman - Canberra District.
What are the vintages within the G5 wine?
5 vintages of Penfold, the final released after G3 & G4
2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018. Released in 2021, to celebrate the 70 years of Grange.
Where is Giaconda winery located? GI?
Beechworth in North East Victoria
Variety for Wynn’s John Riddoch wine?
Cabernet Sauvignon from Coonawarra 1982
Give some producers of Rutherglen?
Chambers
All Saints
Campbells
Morris
Pfeiffer
Stanton & Killeen
Name the producer of Meshach Shiraz?
Grant Burge estate in Barossa Valley GI
Second wine of Hill of Grace?
Hill of Roses
Where is Cloudburst winery located?
Margaret River - Western Australia
Biodynamic and natural practices.
What is the oldest wine between Mount Edelstone & Hill of Grace?
Mount Edelstone: 1952
Hill of Grace: 1958
Name the producer of G4?
Penfold
➙ 4 vintages of Grange: 2nd edition: 2002, 2004, 2008, 2016.
First vintage of Hermitage Grange?
Penfold - 1951
Change for Grange in 1990.
What does RWT (Grange) mean?
Red Wine Trail
Name 2 estates which are producing sparkling Shiraz in Australia?
Rockford
Peter Rumball
Who’s producing 1860’s Vines Shiraz?
Talbilk Estate in Nagambie Lake
First commercial winery in the area, vines are the historical and some of the first planted in Victoria.
What is Plexus?
Top cuvée of John Duval
What’s included in Adelaide Super Zone?
Fleurieu, Barossa, Mount Lofty Ranges
Name the typical soil of Coonawarra?
Terra Rossa: Red Soil over limestone
Sub-GIs of Adelaide Hills?
Picadilly Valley
Lenswood
Name the 5 GI’s of Fleurieu, South Australia?
McLaren Vale, Currency Creek, Kangaroo Island, Langhorne Creek, Southern Fleurieu
GIs of Limestone Coast?
Coonawarra
Wrattonbully
Padthaway
Mount Benson
Robe
Mount Gambier
In what GIs can you find Terra rossa?
Coonawarra/Padthaway
Kangaroo Island is a GI of what Region?
Fleurieu in South Australia
Others GIs are McLaren Vale, Langhorne Creek, Currency Creek, Southern Fleurieu.
What is the Scare earth program? Where does it come from?
McLaren Vale
Increase the quality and enhance the regional terroir. 10y if and, not overly oaky must be Shiraz -> D’Arenberg, Chapel Hill, Gemtree.
Which of these 2 sub-regions is higher in elevation and the coolest: Lenswood or Piccadilly?
Piccadilly
What variety is referred to the Scare Earth Program? Within what GI?
Shiraz - McLaren Vale
Introduced in 2009 for terroir driven wines.
Name the states covered by the South Eastern Australia GI
Victoria
Tasmania
New South Wales
+ Part of South Australia, Queensland
Style of wine & location of the followings: Jansz Pontos Hills Vintage, Arras EJ Carr
Northern Tasmania
Piper River - Sparkling single vineyard
Piper River - Late Disgorged traditional method sparkling
Name some winemakers from Tasmania?
Andrew Piri - Tamar Ridge
Name some GI of Southern Tasmania?
Huon Valley
Derwent Valley
Name some GI of Northern Tasmania?
Tamar Valley
Pipers River
Shadowfax, By Farr, Austin are producers from what IG?
Geelong
Name 2 estates of Rutherglen?
All Saints
Morris
Stanton & Killeen
Campbell’s
Chambers
Name the traditional fortified wine made of Muscadelle in Rutherglen?
Topaque
GI and varieties of Mont Mary Quintet?
Yarra Valley
Bdx Blend= Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot.
Where is Nagambie Lakes GI?
Goulburn, Victoria, Australia
What is the range of residual sugars for Rutherglen Muscat?
180-240 g/L
Aging & sugar range for Classic Muscat of Rutherglen?
6 to 10 years aging
From 200 to 280 g/L RS.
Giaconda, Sorrenberg and Castagne are coming from What IG?
Beechworth
GI’s of Western Victoria zone?
Henty
Grampians
Pyrenees
What are the 2 GIs shared between NSW & Victoria?
Murray Darling & Swan Hill GIs
Where is Perricota GI located?
New South Wales - Big Rivers district
What zone of Australia is directly surrounding Melbourne City?
Port Philip Bay
Yarra Valley
Mornington Peninsula
Gippsland
Geelong
Sunbury
Macedon Ranges
Principal variety for Heatcote GI?
Shiraz
What is the Black Saturday referred to in Victoria?
Wild fires with high damage within vineyards the 7th of Feb 2009
(173 people died).
Explain soil of Yarra Valley?
Sandy Loam in the north, Red Basalt in the South
Give the residual sugar minimum/maximum for Muscat Grand Rutherglen?
270/400 g/L
Where are located King Valley GI & Glenrowan GI?
North East Victoria
Wallcliffe has 2 Iconic Margaret river estates located on, What are they?
Leewin Estate and Cape Mentelle
What are the sub-regions of Greater Southern GI of Western Australia?
Albany
Frankland River
Porongurup
Mount Barker
Denmark
What are the 2 subs of Great Southern on the coast?
Albany and Denmark
What are the Zones of Western Australia?
Central Western Australia
Eastern Plains, Inland & North of Western Australia
Greater Perth
South West Australia
West Australian South East Coastal
What was the first winery in Margaret River? When?
Vasse Felix
1971.
Unofficial sub-regions of Margaret River?
Yallingup
Wilyabrup
Wallcliffe
Karridale
Carbunup
Treeton
What were the first 5 wineries to set up in Margaret River?
Cullen
Vasse Felix
Leeuwin estate
Cape Mentelle
Moss Wood
Where are the following producers located? Weingut Loimer, Bernhard Ott
Kamptal - Langelois
Wagram - Feuersbrunn
Location of the following vineyards? Aixpoint, Hellingenstein, Lamm, Kollmitz
Wachau
Kamptal
Kamptal
Wachau
Aging for Austrian Grosse Reserve Sekt?
36
5 wineries to set up in Margaret River?
Cullen, Vasse Felix, Leeuwin Estate, Cape Mentelle, Moss Wood
Where are the following producers located? Weingut Loimer, Bernhard Ott
Kamptal - Langenlois, Wagram - Feuersbrunn
Location of the following vineyards? Aixpoint, Hellingenstein, Lamm, Kollmitz
Wachau, Kamptal, Kamptal, Wachau
Ageing for Austrian Grosse Reserve Sekt?
36 months on the lees
Not Released before October 22 the third year after harvest
Crossing of Neuberger?
Roter Veltliner x Silvaner
What village is allowed to produce the Ausbruch as DAC level?
Rust - Burgenland - Austria
Minimum aging for the production of Reserve Sekt in Austria?
18 months on the lees
What is the KMW and the minimum ABV of TBA in Austria?
30 KMW - 5% ABV
Maximum yields for Wiener Gemischter Satz DAC?
75 Hl/Ha
Name some single vineyards of Wein region?
Bisamberg, Nussberg, Döbling, Kalhenberg, Maurerberg, Laaerberg
Give a synonym of Zierfandler variety?
Spätrot
What is Rotburger?
Synonym of Zweigelt
3 growing areas in Austria?
Weinland, Bergland, Steirerland
What are the regions of the Bergland in Austria?
Kärnten, Oberösterreich, Salzburg, Tirol, Vorarlberg
Variety of Eisenberg DAC?
Blaufränkisch 100%
Eisenberg DAC; White or Red?
Red - 100% Blaufränkisch
What DAC of Austria are focusing solely on Blaufränkisch?
Eisenberg, Mittelburgenland
Important producers for Mittelburgenland? Precise their variety?
Moric, J. Heinrich, Franz Weniger, Iby
Blaufränkisch 100%
What is the minimum ABV for and KMW for Ruster Ausbruch?
5% ABV, 30 KMW
What major change happened in Neusiedlersee DAC in 2020?
Allowed the production of sweet wine based on Welschriesling in DAC.
RS: 45 g/L mini, Classic: Spätlese & Auslese, Reserve: BA & TBA, Villages: Apetlon, Illmitz, Podersdorf
Define the style of wine of white reserve wine in Neusiedlersee DAC?
BA or TBA only made of Welschriesling mostly
Signature grapes of Leithaberg DAC?
Blaufränkisch, Grüner Veltliner, Chardonnay, Neuberger, Weißburgunder
Varieties for Rosalia DAC?
Blaufränkisch & Zweigelt
Name the main soil of Leithaberg DAC?
Leithakalk - Limestone based soil
Where would you find Seewinkel area?
Neusiedlersee DAC, on the villages of Apetlon, Illmitz, Podersdorf focusing on noble sweet wines
Name the DAC on the eastern side of Lake?
Neusiedlersee DAC
Ruster Ausbruch DAC
Main Grape variety for red wine in Neusiedlersee DAC?
Zweigelt base
When was sweet wine production added to the DAC? Out of what grape?
In 2020, made of Welschriesling mostly
Main village for Rosalia DAC?
Pottelsdorf
What is the newest DAC of Burgenland?
Ruster Ausbruch DAC - Approved in October 2020
First DAC to focus only on noble sweet wine in Austria
White varieties for Leithaberg DAC?
Weißburgunder, Chardonnay, Neuburger, Grüner Veltliner
What are the varieties able to produce Ruster Ausbruch?
Weißburgunder, Chardonnay, Muskateller, Grauburgunder, Furmint
Name 2 single vineyards of Langenlois in Kamptal?
Dechant, Loisenberg, Spiegel, Steinhaus, Thal, Seeberg
Maximum yields for Österreich Traditionsweingüter Grosse Lage?
50 Hl/Ha
60 Hl/Ha for Erste Lage, 2024 update
Smaragd wines must reach what ripeness level of Austria?
19 KMW
Equivalent in the classic wines laws of Austria: Spätlese
What is the newest DAC of Niederösterreich? When?
Thermenregion in 2023
What are the varieties allowed at Riedenwein level in Thermenregion ?
White: Zierfandler, Rotgipfler, Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay; Red: Pinot Noir, St Laurent
Varieties allowed as Riedenwein in Wachau?
Grüner Veltliner & Riesling
Varieties allowed as Riedenwein in Kamptal?
Grüner Veltliner & Riesling
Varieties allowed as Riedenwein in Thermenregion?
Rotgipfler, Zierfandler, Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, St Laurent
Varieties allowed as Riedenwein in Carnuntum?
Grüner, Weißburgunder, Chardonnay, Blaufränkisch, Zweigelt
Varieties allowed as Riedenwein in Weinviertel?
Grüner Veltliner only
Varieties allowed as Riedenwein in Wagram?
Riesling, Grüner Veltliner & Roter Veltliner
In what village are the following vineyards located: Pichpoint, Hollerin, Klaus, Marbach, Steinertal, Loibenberg, Siegerriedel?
Joachim, Dürnstein, Weißenkirchen, Viessling, Unterloiben, Unterloiben, Spitz
What is the minimum ABV for Reserve wine in Kamptal DAC?
13% ABV
Minimum must weight for Qualitätswein in Austria?
15° KMW
Crossing of Zweigelt?
Blaufränkisch x St Laurent
Name 3 important vineyards of Spitz (Wachau). Which one is also shared with Viessling?
Brücke, Aixpoint, Siegerriedel, Stezberg, Offenberg
Brücke
What varieties are allowed under the Carnuntum DAC production?
Grüner, Weißburgunder, Chardonnay, Zweigelt, Blaufränkisch
Most famous single vineyard for Riesling in Kamptal DAC?
Heiligenstein
When does a Grosse Reserve wine of Weinviertel can be released?
In November the year following the harvest (1 year) + 13% ABV
Introduced in 2020
Stein, Rohenrdorf, Stratzing & Fürth are village of what DAC region?
Kremstal
Well-known producers of Carnuntum?
Muhr-Van Der Niepoort, Gerhard Markowitsch, Glatzer
What vineyard is shared between Dürnstein and Oberloiben?
Schutt
The first ever DAC of Austria?
Weinviertel in 2002
Minimum aging for Südsteiermark Reserve DAC White?
18 months minimum
White grapes allowed under Weststeiermark?
Sauvignon Blanc, Weißburgunder, Morillon, Welschriesling, Blauer Wildbacher
What style of wine is made out of the Blauer Wildbacher?
Rosé wine from Styria called Schilcher Wein
Name some producers within the STK wine association?
Tement, Neumeister, Hannes Sabathi, Erwin Sabbath, Polz, Gross, Sattler
Name 2 vineyards of the Wosendorf village (Wachau)?
Kollmutz, Hochrain
What is the name of a blended lambic with fresher beer, sweetened with Belgian candy sugar?
Faro
Give 3 Trappist beer producers?
Chimay, La Trappe, Wesmalie (1st), Rochefort, Achel: Smallest, Orval, Koningshoeven, Mariawald
What is Rauchbier?
German smoked beer
Trappist beer from England?
Mount Saint Bernard from Leicestershire
Added to the Trappist in 2018
What is the name of the yeast used for lager beers?
Saccharomyces pastorianus
What is the particularity of Mont de Cats & San Pedro de Cardeña beers?
They are both Trappist, but not produced within the walls of the monastery. So cannot use the Trappist logo.
Mount de Cats: French monastery, but produced in Chimay; San Pedro de Cardeña: Spain / Castilla y Leon, but produced in Madrid now, at Cervezas Mar Pal.
What 2 styles of beers receive Brettanomyces fermentation?
Lambic, Geuze
Name the country of origin of the following beers: Leffe, Bavaria, Marienstadt, Export, Guinness, Budweiser, Tsingtao, Saigon, Edelweiss, Skoll, Asahi, Chouffe, Carlsberg, Goudale, Pietra, Paulaner, Brewdog, Estrella, Pilsner Urquell, Brahma, Corona, Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Dreher
Belgium, Nederland, Suède, Indochine, Irlande, US (Czech origin and recipe), Chine, Vietnam, Austria, Danemark, Japan, Belgium (produced by Duval), Danemark, France, Corsica, Germany, Scotland, Spain, Czech, Brazil, Mexico, Italie, Hungary
What type of glass is used to drink a Kwak beer?
A verre à Cocher. Back in days, when travelling in low-wheeled carriage, the driver could not leave it glass on a flat piece, so he kept it in his hand.