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Spain is ranked where in the world in regards to wine production

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3rd

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True or False

France has more vineyard acreage than Spain?

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False - Spain has the most acreage in the world for Vineyards

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Denominaciones de Origen (DO) is the wine laws for what country?

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Spain

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The Spain DO laws are based upon whose wine laws?

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The French AOC laws

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What country has around 3 million acres of vineyards planted in their country?

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Spain

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When did Spain get hit with phylloxera?

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The 1890’s through the early 1900’s

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What saved Spain from as much disaster in regards to the spread of Phylloxera?

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The grafting of the Vines that can fight phylloxera had been discovered

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True or False

Spain flourished during the French phylloxera era?

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True - Spain flourished, Spanish winemakers were able to sell their wines with little or no competition

Note:
Many French winemakers moved to Spain for work during the period, spreading their knowledge and practices to Spanish winemakers

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Civil war and two world wars ravaged what country’s wine regions?

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Spain

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How did the world pass up Spain in regards to quality of wine?

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Spain never used modern technology or techniques and the world passed them up

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When did Spain began to modernize in the wine industry?

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After joining the European Union in 1986

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What does the Spanish DO’s stand for?

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Denominaciones de Origen Laws

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Who are the consejo reguladores?

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The wing of the Spanish government that oversees the DO’s laws

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Vino de Mesa is called what?

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A Spanish table wine

  • has lax production standards and can be made grapes grown anywhere in Spain
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Vino de la Tierra is a subregion of what classification?

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Vino de Mesa

  • these are known as country wines
  • restrictions are stricter and the grapes must be grown in one of a handful of large recognized areas
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What Spanish Classification must produce grapes grown with in specific recognized region?

The production laws are strict in this category, with specific regulations regarding:

  • permissible grapes varietals
  • yields
  • winemaking practices

Labels will say “ Vino de a calidad de” followed by the specific region or origin

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Vino de Calidad con Indicación Geogràfica

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What Spanish Classification has the following:

  • covers select areas throughout Spain and the wines have to be made following strict guidelines involving:
  • approved grapes
  • reduced yields
  • permissible winemaking practices
  • minimum age requirements
  • This Classification is responsible for more of Spain’s production than any other region in Spain, composing more than 50 percent of the total
  • They are labeled by their region of origin
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Denominación de Origen

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Denominación de Origen has how many regions in Spain?

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70

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What Spanish Classification has the following?

  • the top Classification in Spanish winemaking
  • refers to qualified designations of origin and is only granted to regions that have had DO status for more than a decade along with a track record of historically top - quality wine
  • Viticulture and Viniculture practices are the stiffest in these areas due to the reputation it affords the region
  • Only 3 places in Spain have been awarded this Appellation status
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DOCa - Denominación de Origen Califcada

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What does the regions of Priorat and Rioja have in common?

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The only three regions in Spain that have the label DOCa

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In Spanish, these are known as estate bottled

  • awarded only to single estate wines that have a top quality reputation
  • these wines must be made and bottled on the wineries estate
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Vino de Pago

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Roughly how many vineyards have the title Vino de Pago?

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Roughly less than 10

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Spanish word for red wine?

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Vino Tinto

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Spanish word for white wine?

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Spanish term for Rosè
Vino Rosado
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Spanish for Winery or Wine Estate?
Bodega
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Spanish term for dry?
Seco
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Spanish term for sweet?
Dulce
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A Spanish wine released young, usually with no oak aging?
Joven
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A Spanish wine aged for at least 2 years, 6 months of which must be in oak barrels - regulations differ in various appellations
Crianza
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A Spanish wine aged for at least 3 years, one of which must be in oak - regulations differ in various appellations
Reserva
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A Spanish wine that is often a special wine - typically aged for 5 years - 2 of which must be in oak - regulations differ in various appellations
Gran Reserva
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Dominate red grape in Spain
Tempranillo
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Dominate white grape in Spain
Albariño
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Spain red grape grown in Spain used mostly in blends and is also very popular in Southern Rhone region of France?
Garnacha Note: Is called Grenache in France Came to France when the Spanish crossed the Pyrennees Mountains into southwestern France
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What Spanish grape: - grows mostly in northwestern Spain - dominate growing region is Rias Baixas DO - grapes reduce a light to medium bodied wine - zesty acidity - taste of ripe fruit flavors such as peaches, citrus, Melon, and kiwi fruit - aged mostly in stainless steel to preserve the grapes fresh, fruity characteristics
Albariño
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Primary grape grown in northeastern appellation of Priorato DOCa?
Garnacha
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Primary Grape grown in Rioja and Ribera del Duero DOCa? - Indigenous to Spain - Medium To full body red wines - Powerful tannins - typical Flavors include: ripe cherries, strawberries, spice, clay, and leather - usually aged in Oak barrels
Tempranillo
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Spanish most widly grown grape? - planted usually in the hot,central plains of the country
Airèn
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Also known in France as Murvèdre - mostly used in blends or make powerful single varital - also used for Spanish rosès
Monastrell
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Spanish white grape also known as Godello?
Verdejo
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- Main white grape from Rioja | - Also known as Macabeo in some Spanish regions
Viura
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Spain and Portugal set on what famous Peninsula?
Iberian Peninsula
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This area in Spain is dominated by mountain ranges and river valleys that create several unique local climates?
Northern Spain
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What is the enourmous plateau that covers almost half the country's landmass in Spain?
Meseta Central
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The best known still wine appellations in Spain are?
Rioja DOCa and Ribera del Duero DOCa
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The best known white wine appellation in Spain is?
Rías Baixas DO
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A Spain wine that is aged 18 months in a cask of less than 600 L or bottle
Noble
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A Spain wine that is aged for 24 months in a cask or less than 600L or bottle
Añejo
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A Spanish wine that ages for 36 months and demonstrates marked oxidative character
Viejo
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To be apart of this DO status an estate must show the following: - international critical praise - a decade worth of quality production What DO is this?
Pago
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What is does rancio mean
Oxidized
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What is Odium
A grape disease caused by a small grey fungus that attacks and dries out grapes. Can be cured with sulfur
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What is the original name of champagne in Spain
Campaña know known as Cava
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Where was Cava invented
San Sadurni d'Anoia
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What type of Rosado wine is aged for 18 months including 6 months in a oak barrel
Crianza
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What type of Rosado wine is aged for 2 years including 6 months in a oak barrel
Reserva
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What Rosado wine is aged for 4 years including 6 months in an oak barrel
Gran Reserva
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