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What climatic and geographical features combine to make the western foothills of Argentina an excellent area for wine growing

Dry air, plentiful water from snowmelt, high altitude, lots of sun

What is the name if the fierce winter wind in Argentina

zonda

What weather can affect the vineyards of Argentina during Harvest

hailstorms

Leading red in argentina

Malbec

Signature white grape in argentina

Torrontes

Highest quality designation used in argentina

dOC

Intermediate quality level designation in arentina

IG

Table wine designation in argentina

IP

What are the first two DOC in argentina

Lujan de cuyo, San Rafael

Region that produces mainly fortified wine and brandy

San Juan

Wine region particularly know for torrotes

salta

Argentinas oldest wine region

la Rioja

Home to more than 70%of argentine wines

Mendoza

Term used to designate the best wines in argentina

Vinos Finos

High elevation sub-region of mendoza

Uco Valley

Sub-region in Mendoza located near the capital

Maipu

Located far south this region is up and coming for SPK and PN

rio Negro

A sub-region of Salta with very high altitude vineyards

cafayate

Area located in the southern end of Argentina and chile

Patagonia

Region located just south of mendoza

Neuquen

Grape variety used for table grapes and raisens

cereza

White grape used for fortifies wines

Pedro Gimenez

How many miles long and wide is chile

3000mile long; 100 miles wide

Frozen archipelago off coast of chile

Tierra del Feugo

Cold ocean current that flows along the Chilean shores from the polar seas

humboldt

Mast widely planted grape in vhile

Cab

SB was thought to be ______ and is now referred to as what?

Sauvignon vert, Sauvignon

Chile set of geographical place-of-origin laws is the ______ system

DO

As of 2011 there terms based on chile east-west geography is what

Coast, between mountains(Entre cordilleras) Andes

Historcal heart of Chilean winemaking

Mail

A cool-climate sub-region of the Coquimbo know from mineral whites

Limari

Region that contains the cachapoal and colchagua valleys

Rapel

The warmest sub region of the Aconcagua

Aconcagua valley

A region located in Central Valley located inland with no maritime influence

Curico

80% of chiles vineyards come from where?

Central Valley

Region located where valley floor widens and is the southern end of the central valley

maule

Small sun-region where the Coquimbo area with desert like conditional

Choapa

Region in chile with highest rainfall

Bio bio

Sun-region of Aconcagua know for whites

Casablanca

Sub-zone of San Antonio valley with granite soils and breezy conditions

Leyda