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47 Cards in this Set
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Name the 6 Regional DOs of Chile |
Atacama Coquimbo Aconcagua Valle Central Sur Austral Region |
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Name the Sub-regional DOs of Coquimbo |
Valle del Elqui Valle del Limari Valle del Choapa |
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Name the Sub-regional DOs of Aconcagua |
Valle de Aconcagua Valle de Casablanca Valle de San Antonio |
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What are the sub-zones of Valle de San Antonio? |
Leyda Lo Abarca Rosario Malvilla |
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Name the Sub-Regional DOs of Valle Central |
Valle del Maipo Valle del Rapel Valle del Curico Valle del Maule |
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What are the DOs of Valle del Rapel? |
Valle de Chachapoal Valle del Colchagua |
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What are the sub zones of Valle del Curico? |
Valle del Lontue Valle del Teno |
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What are the sub zones of Valle del Maule? |
Valle del Claro Valle del Loncomilla Valle del Tutuven |
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What are the sub-regional DOs of Sur? |
Valle del Itata Valle del Bio-Bio Valle del Malleco |
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What sub zone of Aconcagua is the source of the grapes for Errazuriz "Sena"? |
Panquehue |
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What sub zone of Valle del Maipo is the source of Concha y Toro "Don Melchor" and Errazuriz "Vinedo Chadwick"? |
Puente Alto |
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Name 3 producers from Valle del Colchagua |
Casa Lapostole Montes Cono Sur |
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Name 3 producers from the Valle del Maipo |
Almaviva Concha y Toro Cousino Macul |
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Name a producer from Valle del Curico |
Miguel Torres |
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What is the main grape varietal associated with the production of Pisco? |
Moscatel |
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What is the minimum % of grapes allowed in a varietal bottling in Chile? For EU export? |
75%, 85% |
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What is the minimum ABV for all Chilean wines? |
11.5% |
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What is the minimum ABV for reserva and reserva especial wines in Chile? |
12%, reserva especial must see oak |
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What is the minimum ABV for reserva privada and gran reserva wines in Chile? |
12.5%, gran reserva must see oak |
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What two wines placed 1-2 at the Berlin Tasting in 2004? |
Errazuriz "Vino Chadwick" 2000 Errazuriz & Mondavi "Sena" 2001 |
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Where are the San Fernando and Chimbarongo sub zones? Why are they important? |
Eastern slopes of Colchagua. Good sites in an otherwise unexciting appellation. Casa Lapostole's "Clos Apalta" is sourced from there. |
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Name the IGs of the North region of Argentina. |
Jujuy Salta Tucuman Catamarca |
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Name the IGs of the Cuyo region of Argentina |
La Rioja San Juan Mendoza |
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Name the IGs of the Patagonia region of Argentina |
La Pampa Neuquen Rio Negro |
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Name the subzones of Mendoza |
Northern Central Eastern Southern Valle de Uco |
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Name the subzones of San Juan |
Valle de Tulum Ullum Jachal Fertil Zonda |
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Name the DOCs of Argentina and their corresponding locations |
Lujan de Cuyo- Central Mendoza San Rafael- Southern Mendoza |
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What is the most important subregion of Patagonia? Name 2 producers |
General Roca. Bodegas Chacra, Bodegas Noemia |
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Where are the highest vineyards in Argentina found? |
Cafayette, Salta |
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What are the aging requirements of Argentina? |
Whites: Reserva- 6months, Gran Reserva- 1yr Reds: Reserva: 1 year, Gran Reserva- 2 yrs |
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What is the zonda? |
fierce, dry, hot afternoon wind coming down off the Andes into Argentina |
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Name 3 wine growing regions in Uruguay? |
Canelones, Montevideo, Maldonado |
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Name 3 wine growing regions in Brazil? |
Serra Gaucha, Vale do Vinhedos, Vale do Sao Francisco |
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Name 3 wine growing regions in Bolivia? |
La Paz, Camargo, Tarija |
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Name 3 wine growing regions in Peru? |
Lima, Moquegua, Tacna |
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What is the main difference between a Chilean and Peruvian Pisco Sour? |
Chilean Pisco sour does not use egg whites |
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What is the most common grape used in the production of Pisco? |
Quebranta |
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What is the unique about the "cut" of pot-distilled Peruvian Pisco? |
"Heads" cut is not discarded |
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Where is Cognac de Canelones produced? |
Canelones, Uruguay |
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What is the minimum ABV for Tannat in Uruguay? |
10.5% |
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What are the clones of Argentine Torrontes? |
Torrontes Riojana Torrontes San Juanino Torrontes Mendocino |
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What are the three pink skinned grapes of Argentina? |
Cereza Criolla Chica Criolla Grande |
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What is the parentage of Torrontes? |
Criolla Chica x Muscat of Alexandria |
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Name two of Michel Roland's projects in Argentina? |
Yacochuya, Bodegas Etchart |
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Where is the Famatina Valley? |
La Rioja, Argentina |
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Where is Vista Flores? |
Uco Valley, Argentina |
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Where is the Maipu Valley? |
Central Mendoza, Argentina |
