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why has chile not gotten phylloxera or powdery mildew?
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it is islolated by the andes and pacific ocean
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what are the 5 main viticultural areas of chile?
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atacama
coquimbo aconcagua valle central sur |
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Atacama , a chilean viticultural area, mainly produces______
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table grapes & wine for distillation into spirrits
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Coquimbo:
Sub Regions? known for? Climate? In the subregions what is being produced? |
Elqui valley and Limari Valley
table grapes and wine for distillation hot Elqui Valley--syrah & late harvest muscat Limari Valley--syrah, chard, sauv blanc |
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Region de Aconcagua
divided into what 2 subregions? what does each subregion produce? |
Calle del Aconcagua and Valle Casablanca
Calle del Aconcagua- The best Cabs and syrahs of chile Valle Casablanca-chardonnay, sauv blanc and some carmenere. |
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The pacific ocean has what influence in the casablanca region?
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it prolongs the growing season. which helps growing excellent sauv blanc, pinot noir, and syrah
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region del valle central:
this region____ subregions? |
This is Chile's most productive and internationally known wine region.
Maipo, Rapel, Curico, and Maule |
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Mipo Valley in chile is the classic area for what grape
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CAB
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Rapel valley produces
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cab, merlot, chard
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Maule vally is chiles largest wine region and produces
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cab, merlot, carmenere. amd pais (mission) grape
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Sur:
subregions? wine from here is mainly for |
valle del itata and valle del bio bio
local consumption |
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Labeling laws in chile state that a wine with a varietal labeling must include what % of that grape
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75%
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in chile, wine sold under the name of a region or subregionmust contain what % of grapes from that area?
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75%
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in chile wine sold under a vintage must containg what % of the stated years harvest? what does that change to for the european market?
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75%
85% |
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List the varietals grown in Argentina and if you want to the regions they grown in
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Red
• Malbec - Mendoza (20,000 hectares), Buenos Aires • Bonarda • Cabernet Sauvignon- Buenos Aires • Sangiovese - Mendoza • Syrah - San Juan • Tempranillo - Mendoza • Merlot - Río Negro • Pinot Noir - Río Negro White • Chardonnay - Mendoza, Buenos Aires • Torrontés - Salta, La Rioja, Mendoza and San Juan • Sauvignon Blanc- Buenos Aires • Riesling - San Juan and La Rioja • Chenin Blanc - Mendoza • Viognier - Mendoza and San Juan • Sémillon - Mendoza and Río Negro |
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Name the wine regions in argentina
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•Mendoza -
•San Juan - •Salta - •La Rioja - •Catamarca - •Río Negro - Jujuy •Neuquén - •Córdoba - •Buenos Aires - |
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Salta:
geography grapes? |
argentinas most northen wine region. situated on the 25* line. The vinyards here are teh highest in the world and grape growing here is only possible because of the high elevation. which provides cool climate.
malbec, cab, merlot, syrah, and tannat. Torrontes is the white grape |
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Catamarca
location? the grapes here are mainly used to? |
south of Salta
distilled into brandy and the rest is used for local wine |
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La Rioja (arg)
give info about the region |
this is a got region that produces wines for local consumption
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San Juan, ARG
location production size grapes known for |
directly south of La Rioja
second largest to Mendoza Malbec & cab. syrah is starting to develop low quality wine |
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Mendoza
basic info important subregion grapes |
largest and most important wine region
Uco Valley malbed, merlot, tempranillio, pinotnoir, sauve blanc, chard, syrah |
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List the subregions of Mendoza
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Valle Central, Mendoza area, Valle de Uco, San Rafael area
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Rio Negro
climate grape grown now? |
coolest wine region of argentina so people think it will be good for sauv blanc
Malbec |
