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South America’s 4th largest producer

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Uruguay

  • Exports over half of its production to Brazil
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Urugay

Main red varietal for quality wines

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Tannat

  • Rechristened Harriague, after Don Pascual Harriague, the Frenchman who introduced the grape to Uruguay
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Tannat a.k.a. in Urugay

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Harriague

  • After Don Pascual Harriague, the Frenchman who introduced the grape to Uruguay
  • The dominant red varietal for quality wines.
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What is the breakdown of wine production in Uruguay?

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Heavily weighted towards labrusca and hybrids.
60% of wineries make exclusively “commún” (common) wines, bottled in demi-johns, from these varieties. Of the wineries that produce quality wine as well, the typical split is 80% commún, 20% quality.

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Name three wineries in Uruguay

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Juanicó (largest producer of fine wine, producing the Don Pascual brand)
Bodegas Carrau
Bracco Bosca
Pisano

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What are the four northern winegrowing departments of Uruguay?

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Artiga
Salto
Rivera
Paysandu

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What are the southern winegrowing departments of Uruguay? What bodies of water do they border? Which is the most important?

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Colonia, San Jose, Canelones, Maldonado
Rio de la Plata, South Atlantic Ocean
Canelones, with 60% of production

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What is Uruguay’s climate?

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Mild Maritime influenced by the Atlantic

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Terrain of Uruguay?

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Relatively flat compared to other major SA wine regions, highest hill is Cerro Catedral at 500 MASL

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What are “pampas”?

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Flat, grassy, lowlands

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Uruguay’s climate could best be compared to what famous European wine regions?

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Galicia or Bordeaux

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Does Uruguay require irrigation?

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The opposite, it has an abundance of water making it one of the world’s most important freshwater reserves. Home to the Guarani aquifier.

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Uruguay’s oldest commercial winery?

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Los Cerros de San Juan in Colonia
Founded in 1855

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What is the American Isabella grape known as in Uruguay?

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Locally known as Frutilla
Formerly Uruguay’s most planted grape variety and dominated cheap table wine production

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What is Uruguay’s quality wine category called? When was it established?

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Vinos de Calidad Preferente (VCP)
1970’s

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16
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The Environmental Sustainability Index ranks Uruguay ______

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Third
After Finland and Norway

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What is Uruguay’s greatest challenge to viticulture?

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It’s humidity which increases disease pressure and holds Uruguay’s organic viticulture back. They developed their own sustainability code using integrated farming techniques.

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What’s Uruguay’s average rainfall?

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Canelones receives 1,100mm of rain per year and can have as much as 75% relative humidity.
Rivera, inland, sees 1,500mm.
(For comparison, Mendoza receives 200mm of rainfall per year)

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How does Uruguay’s production compare to other SA countries?

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It’s artisanal as opposed to commercial
Entire country’s production is less than Concha y Toro’s production in Chile

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When did Pascual Harriague plant Tannat in Salto?

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1871

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When did phylloxera arrive in Uruguay?

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1893

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22
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Uruguay: Top-planted grape varieties:

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Tannat (1610 ha)
Moscatel de Hamburgo (1107 ha)
Merlot (651 ha)
Ugni Blanc (629 ha)

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23
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Modern producers of Tannat:

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Pizzorno
Antigua Bodega Uruguay
Vina Eden
Brisas del Este

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24
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Traditional producers of Tannat:

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Bouza
Cerro Chapeu
Marichal
Familia Deicas

25
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Why does Tannat do so well in Uruguay?

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Thick skins, originates in the south of France, performs well in humidity

26
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What physiological component makes the Tannat grape so tannic?

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Tannat has 5 pips/seeds in leu of the standard 2/3 like most other varietals

27
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What are the differences in style between Modern and Traditional Tannat?

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Modern - less extraction, more youthful style with lighter tannins and juicier, brighter fruit expression. Micro-oxygenation is utilized. Often released a year or two after aging with little to no oak influence.

Traditional - heavy extraction and maceration, followed by long periods of barrel aging. Very robust, deeply-colored, require several years before ready to drink.

28
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In what regions do we see the greatest examples of Tannat?

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Canelones
Maldonado
Colonia
Sierra de Mahoma
River, Salto, Durazno

29
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What is Uruguay’s second most-planted grape varietal? What wine does it make?

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Moscatel de Hamburgo
Almost 1/5 of vineyard area
Cheap rose wines, slightly sweetened, or table wines

30
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Most of Uruguay’s wine regions are situated along ______

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The Rio de la Plata (River Plate)

31
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What are the sub-regions of Canelones:

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Atlántida
Canelón Chico
El Colorado (Las Piedras)
Juanicó
Las Brujas
La Paz
Las Piedras
Las Violets (most well-known)
Progreso
Santa Lucia

32
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What Canelones sub-region is considered the traditional center of Uruguayan wine production?

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Las Piedras
Uruguay’s National Viticultural Institute (INAVI) is situated here too

33
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Which Canelones sub-region is reknowned for it’s higher and breezier hills with more volcanic and limestone-rich soils?

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Las Violetas

34
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What is “medio y medio” in relation to Uruguay drinking?

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a local wine spritzer

35
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Colonia is a short distance across the river from _____

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Buenos Aires

36
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What is Uruguay’s fastest growing wine region?

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Maldonado (The New Frontier of Uruguayan Wine)
All about big, new investments, and shiniest most modern wineries
Rocha and Lavalleja which border Maldonado have seen similar conditions

37
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Biggest wine investment in Uruguay?

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Bodega Garzon - 86 million
240 ha of vines

38
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Who makes Balasto, and what is the predominant grape variety:

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Bodegas Garzon, Tannat

39
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Garzon is a subzone of which region:

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Maldonado

40
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T/F - Tannat is typically medium acid and medium tannin

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False - High acid, high tannin

41
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  1. What is the height in meters of the tallest point in Uruguay?
    a. 500
    b. 1000
    c. 1500
    d. 2000
    e. 2500
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a. 500 $U
b. 1000
c. 1500
d. 2000
e. 2500

42
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What term is used in both Bolivia and Uruguay for ten liter glass bottles?

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damajuana

43
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Is there any geographic connection between Salto Uruguay and Salta Argentina?

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No, they are a little over 840 miles apart if you take the shortest route

44
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Which coast of Uruguay is home to greatest percentage of vineyards?

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a. North
b. East
c. South $U
d. West

45
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Put these countries in order in terms of production volume most (1) to least (5)

Uruguay 4

Brazil 3

Peru 5

Chile 2

Argentina 1

Bolivia

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46
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Yea, Tannat, yea Harrigue, well what is the 2nd most planted grape in Uruguay smarty-pants?

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Moscatel de Hamburgo - and by quite a long way aka Black Muscat. Accounts for 20% of Uruguay’s vineyards. Some for table grapes to eat, majority go towards cheap rosé in 1.5L to 10L! Don’t tell Trader Joe’s.

47
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What is the name of the river that borders the southern coast of Uruguay and empties into the Atlantic?

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Río de La Plata

48
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Arrange these regions in Uruguay from east (1) to west (4)

Canelones (3)

San Jose (2)

Maldonado (4)

Colonia (1)

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Canelones (3)

San Jose (2)

Maldonado (4)

Colonia (1)

49
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What type of vine training method is used in Uruguay, cite a specific example?

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VSP most common for air-flow, reduce humidity; 25% use of Lyre.

50
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Santa Lucia, Las Brujas, Las Piedras, Progresso, and El Colorado are subregions of what Uruguay winegrowing region?

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Canelones

51
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The two subregions of Montevideo are?

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Melilla and La Paz

52
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What is Uruguay’s climate?

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Maritime, with plenty of humidity representing one of its biggest vineyard challenge

53
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What is patero?

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patero [adj] BO AR. made from pressed grapes.

It is a young wine characterized by its sweet and intense flavor, as well as its high alcohol content. It is made from late harvests of ripe grapes and is a young varietal that is not usually aged in barrels.

54
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What size is required for Uruguayan VCP bottles?

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VCP wines are made from vitis vinifera grapes, fermented to 8.6% to 15% ABV. VCP wines must be sold in glass wine bottles in the quantity 750ml or smaller.

55
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What Uruguayan winery boasts Paul Hobbs as consultant?

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Familia Deicas

56
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What is the most significant URU wine region by planted acreage?

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Canelones (~60% of total national planted acreage)

57
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Name a producer from Maldonado?

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Altos de la Ballena, Bouza, Garzon, Deicas, Vi˜ã Eden, Bodega Brisas

58
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What are the top three most planted grapes in Uruguay?

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TNT / MLT / CS

59
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What organization administers URU’s wine production?

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INAVI

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