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What are the 2 DO's of the Balearic Islands?
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Binissalem Mallorca &
Pla i Llevant |
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What is the main red grape of Binissalem Mallorca DO?
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Manto Negro
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What is the main white grape of Binissalem Mallorca DO?
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Moll (Prensal Blanc)
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What is the syn for Moll in the Balearic Islands?
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Prensal Blanc
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What are the 10 DO's of the Canary Islands?
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La Palma
El Hierro La Gomera Abona (Tenerife) Tacoronte-Acentejo (Tenerife) Ycoden-Daute-Isora (Tenerife) Valle de Güímar (Tenerife) Valle de la Orotava (Tenerife) Gran Canaria Lanzarote |
Monte Lentiscal, formerly a DO, was absorbed into the Gran Canaria DO
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What are the 5 DO's of the Island of Tenerife?
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Abona,
Tacoronte-Acentejo, Ycoden-Daute-Isora, Valle de Güímar & Valle de la Orotava |
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What are the grapes of the Canary Islands?
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White: Malvasía, Gual, Forastera Blanca, Moscatel, and Listán Blanco (Palomino) & PX
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Red: Listán Negro, Negramoll (Tinta Negra Mole) and Malvasía Rosada
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Where is Mount Teide located?
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is an active volcano on Tenerife, Canary Islands.
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It is the 3rd highest volcanoe in the world.
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What is the Canary Islands most new DO?
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La Gomera DO 2009.
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What is the westernmost island of the Canary Islands?
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El Hierro
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What are the subzones of the La Palma DO?
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Hoyo de Mazo
Fuencaliente Norte de La Palma |
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What is Vinos de Tea?
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Traditional white, red, and rosado wines of Norte de La Palma, aged for a max. 6 months in Canario Pine wood.
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T or F is Vinos de Tea eligible for the La Palma DO?
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FALSE
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What does Tea mean on the Canary Islands?
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is the Spainish-Canary word for the species of pine that dominates the forest, and from which the 500 liter barrels made in which the wines are aged
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What is the grape used in Vinos de Tea?
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Albillo
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What is Vino Dulce Clásico?
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Canary Islands. produced from "sunned" Moscatel or Malvasía grapes, and has a min. 45 g/l of res. sugar.
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What was the 1st DO of the Canary Isalnds?
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Tacaronte-Acentejo .1992
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T or F the Canary Isalnds have not been hit by phylloxera?
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FALSE
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What was Spain's first off shore DO?
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Binissalem Mallorca 1991. Tacaronte-Acentejo 1992
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What is the Canary Islands largest DO?
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Tacaronte-Acentejo
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What is Ycoden-Duate-Isora named after?
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Ycoden,Duate, & Isora are the names of the 3 areas that were occupied by the Guanche, the tribespeople who inhabited these Islands
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What is the Alicios?
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humid winds from the west in the Canary Islands. The winds help keep the vines well watered
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What is Montañas del Fuego?
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The active volcanoe on the Isalnd of Lanzarote
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What are the "orginal" grapes of Canary Islands?
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Bermejuela, Gual, & Sabro
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How are the grapes trained in the Valle de la Orotavo?
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low pergolas about 23 inches above the soil. Locally, this is known as cordón.
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what is Ceniza?
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Volcanic ash found on the Lanzarote
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What is vine training method on Lanzarote?
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due to the high winds of the alicios, the growers scooped out hollows known as hoyos in the ash, or built cairns (abrigos) around the vines to protect them
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