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113 Cards in this Set
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What is the largest Portuguese wine company? Name two of their largest brands.
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SoGrape. They own Casa Ferreirinha and Mateus Rose
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What is the minimum ABV for Branca Nobre Reserva and where is this classifcation used?
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12% ABV and 12mos aging. This classification is used in the Dâo DOP.
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What is the most planted white grape variety in Portugal?
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Fernão Pires, known as Maria Gomes in Bairrada
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Which IGP region encompasses the Douro and Porto IGPs?
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Duriense IGP
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What is the oldest port house? When was it founded?
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Kopke, established in 1638
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Who produces Quinta do Silval?
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Quinta do Noval
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Name the three subregions of the Douro and Porto IGPs.
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Baixo Corgo
Cima Corgo Douro Superior |
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What is the southernmost IGP on the Portuguese mainland?
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Algarve IGP
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What are still un-fortified wines from the isles of Madeira called?
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Madeirense DOP
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What are the DOPs of the Açores? Which of these is for table wines?
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Pico (fortified)
Biscoitos (fortified) Graciosa (table wine) P.S. They each correspond to a single island. |
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What is the scientific name for cork trees?
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Quercus Suber
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What is the northernmost subregion of Alentego?
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Portalegre
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Trincadeira is a synonym for which other Portuguese grape variety? In which region would you find this grape referred to as Trincadeira?
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Tinta Amarela.
In Alentejo, they call it Trincadeira. |
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What is a Casta?
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A Grape Variety
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What is the most widely planted red casta in Portugal? White?
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Red: Castelão (aka Periquita) White: Fernão Pires (AKA Maria Gomez in Bairrada) |
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On vintage-dated DOP/IGP wines, the term Garrafeira can be used, what does it indicate for white wines? Reds?
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Garrafeira = Private Wine Cellar Whites: 12mos, 6 in bottle Reds: 30mos, 12mos in bottle |
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Reserva on a general DOP/IGP bottling indicates what? (This term can sometimes have stricter connotations within each region if legislated). What about for sparkling wines? What does Colheita Seleccionada indicate?
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0.5% more ABV than required by DOP/IGP law. For sparkling wines, it indicates a minimum of 12mos on the lees prior to disgorgement. Colheita Seleccionada indicates 1.0% more ABV than what is required by law.
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What are two Portuguese synonyms for Touriga Nacional?
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Bical Tinto Mortágua Preto |
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Tempranillo is known under what two names in Portugal?
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Tinta Roriz Aragonez |
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The traditional trellising system in Vinho Verde is known as:
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Enforcado, same as pergolas in Italy. However less than 10% of grapes are grown this way now.
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What is the largest DOP in Portugal?
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Vinho Verde DOP, producing 15% of Portugal's production. 60,000ha of vines.
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What is the most heavily planted white grape in Vinho Verde? What other grapes are used commonly?
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Loureiro (most planted) Trajadura (Treixadura) Avesso Paderña (Arinto) Alvarinho (Albariño) |
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What Vinho Verde region lies directly across from Spain's Condado de Tea in Riax Baixas?
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Monção e Melgaço
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How do Vinho Verde wines most commonly get their carbonation?
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Whites: Direct C02 injection Reds: (a minor export) are also petillant, but they achieve this quality through malolactic fermentation in bottle. |
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List the subregions of Vinho Verde DOP from North to South. (9)
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Monção e Melgaço Lima Cávado Basto Ave Amarante Sousa Baião Paiva |
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What is the dominant grape of red Vinho Verde?
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The teinturier grape Vinhão.
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What is the maximum yield and minimum ABV in Vinho Verde DOP?
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Min ABV: 8% (subzone wines 9%, except Sousa) Espumante: 10% Yield: 80hL/ha |
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Bastardo is also known as:
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Trousseau
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Trás-os-Montes DOP lies within which IGP of Portugal? What are its subregions?
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Transmontano IGP, it borders Vinho Verde DOP/Minho IGP. 1. Planalto Mirandês 2. Chaves 3. Valpaços |
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Vinho Verde DOP lies within which IGP?
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Minho IGP
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Patamares are:
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Wider, bulldozed terraces of the Douro.
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Planting vines upslope rather than cross slope is becoming more common in Portugal. What are the advantages?
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1. Denser Planting possible 2. More even ripening 3. Allows mechanization (provided the slopes are less than 30%) |
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What is the least developed part of the Douro?
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Douro Superior
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Who produces Barca Velha? First vintage? Who owns the brand?
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Casa Ferreirinha First vintage 1952 Portugal's most expensive table wine Ferreira owns Casa Ferreirinha, and Ferreira is in turn owned by SoGrape, Portugal's largest wine company |
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What styles of wine can be made under the Douro DOP?
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Vinho Branco Vinho Rosado Vinho Tinto Vinho Espumante Vinho Licoroso: Moscatel do Douro (Fortified) |
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What are the four IGP zones that spun off the dismantling of the Beiras IGP in 2011?
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1. Terras do Beiras 2. Beiras Atlantico 3. Terras do Cister 4. Terras do Dão |
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What two DOPs lie within the Terras do Dão IGP?
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1. Dão DOP 2. Lafões DOP |
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Bairrada DOP focuses on what grape variety for its reds?
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Baga Min 85% combined (min 50%) Baga, Alfrocheiro, Camarate, Castelão, Jaen, & Touriga Nacional *Only these varieties may be used in wines labeled CLASSICO, provided the winemaker achieves 12.5% ABV |
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What are the subzones of the Dão DOP?
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1. Alva 2. Besteiros 3. Castendo 4. Serra da Estrela 5. Silgueiros 6. Terras da Azurara 7. Terras de Senhorim |
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What are the soils of Bairrada DOP?
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Baga is planted in the heavy clay soils while the white grapes Maria Gomes and Arinto are planted in sandier soils.
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Where is Lafões DOP? What does it produce?
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Within Terras do Dão IGP, in the NW bordering the south of Minho IGP/Vinho Verde DOP. Tinto: Min 40% Amarela (aka Trincadeira) Branco: Min 85% combined Arinto (min 50%) and Cercial Min ABV 9.5% (looks like this might be kind of an extension of style from the Vinho Verde wines) |
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Run through the minimum ABV and aging requirements for Dão red wines.
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Tinto 11% Tinto Reserva 11.5% (24mos) Tinto Garrafeira 11.5% (36mos, 12btl) Tinto Nobre 12.0% (36mos) Tinto Nobre Reserva 12.5% (42mos) Tinto Nobre Garrafeira 12.5% (48mos, 18btl) *Look at the Garrafeira term as the same ABV requirement of reserva but with extra aging. |
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Run through the minimum ABV and aging requirements for Dão white wines.
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Branco 11% Branco Reserva 11.5% 6mos Branco Garrafeira 11.5% 12mos Branco Nobre 11.5% 12mos Branco Nobre Reserva 12.0% 12mos BRanco Nobre Garrafeira 12.0% 18mos |
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What are the red grapes used in Red Dão wines?
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Max 85% Jaen, Rufete, Alfrocheiro, and Aragonez, plus minimum 15% Touriga Nacional
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What IGP region of Portugal releases the most wine>?
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Lisboa IGP, however it is lower quality table wine stuff. The southern DOP zones nearest the city are showing signs of improvement however.
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Where is Pinhão? What is its significance?
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It is a town in the Baixo Corgo of the Douro/Oporto region. It sits at the confluence of the Douro and the Pinhão river, a tributary. Dow's Quinta do Bomfim and Quinta do Noval are here. This area in Baixo Corgo, and the valleys of the surrounding tributaries of Tedo, Távora, Torto, and Tua are recognized as the best of all for port.
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Who produces Redoma?
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Niepoort
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What subzone of the Douro receives the most rainfall?
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Baixo Corgo (35in) Cima Corgo (26in) Douro Superior (20in) |
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What are lagars?
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Large stone troughs used to tread grapes in order to increase extraction of pigment and tannin.
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What is the volume of a traditional pipe?
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550-600L (a pipe as a notional unit of commercial measurement is 534L) |
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All ports must achieve a minimum RS of:
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17.5g/L | •Extra-Seco: 17.5 g/l - 40 g/l •Seco: 40 - 65 g/l •Meio Seco: 65 - 85 g/l •Doce: 85 - 130 g/l •Muito Doce (Very Sweet): more than 130 g/l |
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What are the aging requirements for vintage port?
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Must be bottled by July 30 of 3rd year after harvest. Wines may be sold from May 2 of 2nd year after harvest.
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LBV ports must undergo what aging requirements? What does "Emvelhicido en Garrafa" mean?
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Late-Bottled Vintage Ports must be aged at least four years in cask and bottled before Dec 31 of the sixth year after harvest. The term "Emvelhicido en Garrafa" is reserved for LBV ports aged an additional 3yrs in bottle before release. "Bottle-matured"
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True or False: LBV Ports never require decanting.
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False, depending on the producer, they will sometimes throw sediment like a vintage port.
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What does Colheita indicate on a bottle of tawny port?
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Tawny wine from a single vintage aged for minimum 7rs in cask.
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The terms Velho and Muito Velho can be used on what port bottlings?
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Velho: Tawny ports with 10/20/30yrs Muito Velho: 40+yrs of age |
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What is a crusted or crusting port?
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A finer quality NV blend of ruby ports bottled very young and unfiltered so as to throw a sediment like a vintage port. Rarely seen. British invention.
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What does Reserve/Reserva indicate when applied to Port styles?
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Ruby: Nothing, simply implies a finer quality, but no aging requirements Tawny: Min 7yrs of cask aging |
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What is the yield for the Porto DOP?
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Branco: 65 hl/ha Tinto: 55hl/ha |
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What are your widely declared vintage port years going back to 1900.
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2011, 2007, 2003, 2000 1997, 1994, 1992, 1991 1985, 1983, 1982, 1980 1977, 1975, 1970 1967, 1966, 1963, 1960 1955, 1950 1948, 1947, 1945, 1942 1935, 1934, 1931 (depression year) 1927, 1924, 1922, 1920 1917, 1912, 1911 1908, 1904, 1900 |
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Who produces Quinta dos Canais?
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Cockburn's out of Douro Superior
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Who produces Quinta do Roêda?
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Croft out of Cima Corgo
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Who produces Quinta do Panascal?
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Fonseca
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Name two single quinta vintage ports that Dow's makes.
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Quinta do Bomfim (Cima Corgo) Quinta Senhora da Ribeira (Douro Superior) |
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Who produces Quinta dos Malvedos?
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Graham's out of Cima Corgo First vintage as SQVP 1998 |
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Who produces Quinta do São Luiz?
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Kopke out of Cima Corgo, most of the grapes for Kopke's vintage ports come from here.
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Who produces Quinta do Vesuvio?
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Tricky question. Quinta do Vesuvio produces Quinta do Vesuvio. It is owned by the Symington family. Vesuvio also has bottled a limited edition "A Capela" from this SQVP in 2007 and 2011.
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Who produces Quinta do Silval?
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Quinta do Noval from Cima Corgo.
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What is Quinta do Noval Nacional?
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SQVP from Quinta do Noval from the heart of the Quinta do Noval vineyard, posty-phylloxera, ungrafted vines. EXPENSIVE. 2011 is $1500 retail
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Who produces Quinta da Madalena?
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Smith Woodhouse
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Who produces Quinta de Vargellas?
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Taylor-Fladgate out of Douro Superior
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Who produces Quinta da Cavadinha?
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Warre's out of Cima Corgo
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Fladgate's owns what port properties?
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Croft Fonseca Weise & Krohn |
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Symington owns what port properties?
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Dow's Graham's Martinez Quinta do Vesuvio Smith-Woodhouse Warre's |
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SoGrape owns what port properties?
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Ferreira Sandeman |
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What grape variety comprises the majority of any Bairrada DOP red wine? Structurally, how is this grape?
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Baga forms min 50% of any Bairrada DOP wine. Baga is compared often to Nebbiolo as a high acid, high tannin grape that needs decades of aging.
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Luís Pato produces wine out of what Portuguese DOP?
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Bairrada DOP
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Quinta dos Carvalhais is a producer out of what Portuguese region? Who owns it?
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Good producer in Dão region SoGrape |
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Alvaro Castro is a top producer in what region of Portugal?
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Alvaro Castro is a top producer out of the Dão. He makes wines from two estates Quinta de Saes and Quinta da Pellada.
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Where is Terras do Sicó?
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It is the sole subregion of the Beira Atlântico IGP zone.
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Távora-Varosa DOP is located where? What style of wines is it known for?
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It is located in the Terras de Cister IGP and is a center for sparkling wine production.
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Where is Viseu?
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Capital of Dão
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What are the subzones of Lisboa IGP?
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Estramadura Alta Estramadura |
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What are the DOPS of Lisboa IGP?
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1. Carcavelos DOP 2. Colares DOP 3. BucelasDOP 4. Arruda DOP 5. Torres Vedras DOP 6. Alenquer DOP 7. Óbidos DOP 8. Lourinhã DOP 9. Encostas de Aire DOP |
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What are the subzones of the Encostas de Aire DOP?
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1. Ourem 2. Alcobaça |
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What are the two DOPS of the Terras Madeirenses IGP?
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Madeira DOP Madeirense DOP |
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What are the DOPs of the Açores IGP?
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1. Biscoitos DOP (fortified) 2. Pico DOP (fortified) 3. Graciosa DOP (still wines) |
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What are the DOPs of the Algarve IGP from West to East
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1. Lagos DOP 2. Portimão DOP 3. Lagoa DOP 4. Tavira DOP They span the southern coast of Portugal from west to east in this order. Lagos is the only one with land on the western coast of Portugal. |
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What are the two DOPs of the Peninsulas de Setubal IGP?
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Setubal DOP Palmela DOP |
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What is the only DOP in the Tejo IGP?
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DoTejo DOP (Formerly Ribatejo)
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What is the only DOP in Alentejano IGP?
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Alentejo DOP
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What are the subzones of Alentejo DOP?
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1. Moura 2. Granja-Amareleja 3. Évora 4. Vidigueira 5. Reguengos 6. Redondo 7. Borba 8. Portalegre |
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What is the region formerly known as Terras do Sado?
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Península de Setubal IGP
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What styles of wine does the Bucelas DOP make? Assemblage?
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Vinho Branco: min 75% Arinto (Perderña) plus Sercial (Esgana Cao) and Rabo de Ovelha Vinho Espumosa: One producer of note is Quinta da Romeira. |
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What styles of wine does the Carcavelos DOP produce?
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Vinho Licoroso (Tinto and Branco): Tinto: min 75% combined Castelão and Preto Martinho (Negra Mole) Branco: min 75% combined Arinto, Ratinho, Galego Dourado' Max RS 150g/L 2yr aging wood, 6mos bottle Only 25ha remain here as urban sprawl has eradicated vineyards |
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What styles of wine are allowed in Colares DOP?
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Branco and Tinto Branco: min 80% Malvasia Tinto: In "Chão de Areia" (sand) min 80% Ramisco In "Chao rija" (hard soil) min 80% Castelão Red aging is 18mos in wood 3 in bottle |
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What is the assemblage on Ourém subzone designate wines from Encostas d'Aire DOP?
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Ourém Tinto: Trincadeira Branco: Fernao Pires |
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What is "Medieval de Ourém"?
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Light, soft red wine made by co-fermenting 80% Fernao Pires with 20% Trincadeira. Made in Encostas d'Aire DOP's Ourém subzone.
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What DOP of Lisboa IGP is for aguardente production?
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Lourinhã min 2yrs aging |
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What IGP region is across the Tagus estuary from Lisbon?
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Penínsulas de Setubal IGP
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What DOP region lies partially on the slopes of the Arrabida Mountains?
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Palmela DOP
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What styles of wine are made in Palmela DOP?
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Vinho Branco: Fernao Pires, Arinto Vinho Tinto: Min 66.7% Castelão with your usual host of indigenous varieties plus unusually you see Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot here. Liberal encepagement. |
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Moscatel Graúdo is what?
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Muscat de Alexandria synonym used in Setubal DOP.
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What are the minimum RS requirements for Setúbal DOP?
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20yrs old or younger: 280g/L Over 20yrs old: 350g/L |
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What label designations exist in Setúbal DOP?
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10/20/30/40 year Superior: min 5yrs aging |
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What dominant grape variety is used to make fortified reds in Setubal DOP?
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Moscatel Galego Roxo
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Back in the 19th century, in addition to Madeira, what other 'wines benefited from the Torna Viagem?
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Muscatel de Setubal fortified styles.
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J.M. da Fonseca is known for what style of wines?
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Fortifieds of Setubal. Very large library going back to 1800s.
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What DOP of the Açores produces still wines? What DOPs do fortified?
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1. Graciosa DOP - Still wines 2. Biscoitos DOP - Fortified 3. Pico DOP - Fortified |
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What are the subregions of Alentejo DOP?
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1. Portalegre 2. Moura 3. Évora 4. Granja-Amareleja 5. Vidigueira 6. Reguengos 7. Redondo 8. Borba |
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What are the subregions of the Beira Interior DOP?
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1. Beira Castelo Rodrigo 2. Cova da Beira 3. Pinhel |
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What are the DOPs in the Lisboa IGP?
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1. Carcavelos DOP 2. Colares DOP 3. Bucelas DOP 4. Arruda DOP 5. Torre Vedras DOP 6. Alenquer DOP 7. Óbidos DOP 8. Lourinha DOP 9. Encostas de Aire DOP |
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Ungrafted vines of these two white grapes make up 80% of this DOP that lies on the coast outside Lisbon.
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Colares DOP Ramisco (Red) Malvasia (White) |
