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1
Q

Somontano DO is the only region of Spain that grows the variety…

A

Moristel

2
Q

Name the three types of soil we come across in Jerez.

A

Albariza
Barros
Arenas

3
Q

Which grape variety covers more than 60% of Sierra de Salamanca DO?

A

Rufete

4
Q

Where does the Phylloxera Festival take place?

A

San Sadurni d’Anoia

5
Q

Spanish and Portuguese term for a fortified wine.

A

Generoso

6
Q

Name the only Galician region which is specialising in red wines from the Mencia grape.

A

Ribeira Sacra

7
Q

Large earthenware vessel, occasionally used to ferment and store wine in Central and Southern Spain and Southern Chile.

A

Tinaja

8
Q

Syrup used for sweetening wine in Spain, especially Sherry, made by boiling down and thus concentrating unfermented grape juice.

A

Arrope

9
Q

“Raw” sherry category, whereby unlike mass-market brands, it is only very lightly clarified before being bottled and sold.

A

En Rama

10
Q

Rioja synonym for Trousseau.

A

Maturana Tinta

11
Q

Famous synonym of Mazuelo.

A

Carignan

12
Q

What are the two winds that influence Sherry DO?

A

Poniente

Levante

13
Q

Name the municipalities of Ribera del Duero.

A

Burgos
Soria
Segovia
Valladolid

14
Q

Which grape variety represents over 80% of the vineyards of Jumilla DO?

A

Monastrell

15
Q

First two red wine estates in Castile-la-Mancha to receive Denominacion De Pago status.

A

Finca Elez

Dominio De Valdepusa

16
Q

Name the five districts of Navarra (from north to south).

A
Tierra Estrella
Valdizarbe
Baja Montana
Ribera Alta
Ribera Baja
17
Q

Catalan synonym of Carinena.

A

Samso

18
Q

Name the two main white grape varieties used in Toro.

A

Malvasia

Verdejo

19
Q

Name of Spanish DO that borders Roussillon.

A

Emporda

20
Q

Name the DOs of Andalucia.

A
Jerez
Manzanilla Sanlucar de Barrameda
Malaga
Sierras de Malaga
Montilla-Moriles
Condado de Huelva
21
Q

Binissalem’s dominant red and white grapes.

A
Manto Negro (red)
Moll (white)
22
Q

Name the principal grape variety of Condado de Huelva DO.

A

Zalema

23
Q

Name the DOs of Galicia.

A
Rias Baixas
Ribeiro
Ribeira Sacra
Monterrei
Valdeorras
24
Q

Maximum permitted yields (kg/ha) for Rioja wines (red and white).

A

White: 9000 kg/ha
Red: 6500 kg/ha

25
Q

When did Rioja became the first DOCa?

A

1991

26
Q

When was new varieties approved for Rioja, for the first time since 1925?

A

2007

27
Q

Name the two latest vintages that have been rated as excellent by the Regulatory Council in Rioja.

A

2011

2010

28
Q

Which type of training is the traditional one used in Rioja?

A

Bush training (Goblet)

29
Q

Which is the maximum elevation for the vineyards of Rioja?

A

700 m.

30
Q

Where is the Consejo Regulator of Rioja based?

A

Logrono

31
Q

Name the four distinct categories of classification for the bodegas in Rioja.

A

Winegrowers
Co-operatives
Wine keepers
Ageing Bodegas (to be classified as such, it must have minimum fifty 225lt. oak casks and 22500lt. of wine in stock)

32
Q

Rioja Oriental (formerly Baja) accounts for ….% of Rioja’s wine production.

A

40%

33
Q

In which region of Spain do we come across, almost exclusively, the grape Parraleta?

A

Somontano

34
Q

Legal minimum of criaderas in a solera.

A

2 (plus a solera)

35
Q

Special tulip-shaped glass in which Sherry is customarily served in Spain.

A

Copita

36
Q

Spanish term for vineyard, used particularly in Jerez and Castilla Y Leon.

A

Pago

37
Q

Extremelly rare white variety of Ribera del Duero.

A

Albillo

38
Q

What is Fondillon?

A

Alicante non-fortified wine made from overripe Monastrell grape, with minimum permitted alcohol 16% and minimum allowed ageing 10 years

39
Q

Smallest subregion of Rias Baixas.

A

Soutomaior

40
Q

Name the five subregions of Rias-Baixas DO (from north to south).

A
Ribeira Do Ulla
Val Do Salnes
Soutomaior
Condado Do tea
O Rosal
41
Q

In which part of Spain do we come across the rare but outstanding white grape Marmajuelo (Bermejuela)?

A

Canary Islands

42
Q

Southern Spanish region, producing both fortified and unfortified wines in the style of Sherry.

A

Montilla-Moriles

43
Q

When did Rioja achieve DO status? Name the red grape varieties allowed for use.

A

1925

Tempranillo / Garnacha / Graciano / Mazuelo / Maturana Tinta

44
Q

When did Priorat became the second DOCa (DOQ) of Spain?

A

2000 (as DOQ by Catalan authorities), 2009 (as DOCa)

45
Q

Most important and largest subzone of Vinos de Madrid DO.

A

Arganda (del Rey)

46
Q

Sanlucar de Barrameda’s equivalent to Amontillado.

A

Manzanilla Olorosa or Manzanilla Pasada

47
Q

Old Spanish term for Table Wines.

A

Vino de Mesa

48
Q

Main grape variety used in Bullas DO.

A

Monastrell (Mourvedre)

49
Q

What is the minimum % of Albarino that goes into a bottle labeled Val do Salnes or Ribeira do Ulla?

A

70% minimum

50
Q

What is Malvasia de Sitges?

A

Sweet passito wine produced in Penedes

51
Q

What is the synonym for Mission on the Canary Islands?

A

Listan Prieto

52
Q

Ribera del Júcar DO was a sub-zone to which region until 2005?

A

La Mancha

53
Q

What is Macabeo known as in Rioja?

A

Viura

54
Q

What ring-shaped DO surrounds Priorat?

A

Montsant

55
Q

What is Europe’s largest single demarcated wine region?

A

La Mancha DO

56
Q

What red grapes are authorized for Cava production?

A

Pinot Noir
Monastrell
Garnacha Tinta
Trepat (for rosé use only)

57
Q

Where does Jerez get most of it’s Pedro Ximénez?

A

Montilla-Moriles

it has dispensation to import PX must from here to compensate for the declining acreage in Jerez

58
Q

What is the principal grape of Montilla-Moriles?

A

Pedro Ximénez

59
Q

Where is DO Pago Finca Élez? When was it promoted?

A

La Mancha

2003

60
Q

What is the Rioja Crianza ageing requirement?

A

Red - 2 years (1 year in oak)

White - 2 years (6 months in oak)

61
Q

Where is the Pla i Llevant DO? What are the two main varieties?

A

The Balearic Islands

Manto Negro and Moll (Prensa Blanc)

62
Q

What is the varietal minimum % for Rías Baixas O Rosal?

A

Minimum 70% Albariño and Loureira combined

63
Q

What DO resisted phylloxera until the 1980s?

A

Jumilla, sandy soils (nearly 100 yrs after the louse hit Spain)

64
Q

What does “noble” mean on a Spanish label?

A

18 months ageing in cask of less than 600 L or bottle

65
Q

What five iconic producers are located in Haro?

A
López de Heredia 
La Rioja Alta 
Bodegas Muga 
Bodegas Roda 
CVNE
66
Q

Where is the Binissalem Mallorca DO? What are the main varieties?

A

The Balearic Islands

Manto Negro and Moll (Prensa Blanc)

67
Q

What village did Rene Barbier originally plant vines in Priorat?

A

Gratallops

68
Q

Name Galicia’s easternmost region.

A

Valdeorras DO

69
Q

Who is the only producer of Cava in southwestern Spain?

A

Bodegas Inviosa

70
Q

What is the main grape and the required % of Tierra del Vino de Zamora DO red?

A

Minimum 75% Tempranillo

71
Q

Name the three main red grapes of Rias Baixas.

A

Caino
Espadeiro
Mencia

72
Q

What soil characterises the best sites of Priorat?

A

Llicorella

73
Q

Name Spain’s largest autonomia.

A

Castilla y Leon

74
Q

What DO was a subregion of Tarragona until 2002?

A

Montsant DO

75
Q

What soil is principally suited for Moscatel in Jerez?

A

Arenas

76
Q

Where is Finca Allende producer located?

A

Briones, Rioja Alta

77
Q

What kind of mats are the grapes dried on in Malaga?

A

Esparto grass mats

78
Q

What are the principal grapes of La Mancha DO?

A

Airen

Cencibel (Tempranillo)

79
Q

Where is DO Pago Calzadilla?

A

La Mancha (promoted in 2011)

80
Q

When did Sherry receive DO status?

A

1933

81
Q

What DO’s traditional style is dople pasta?

A

Utiel-Requena DO

82
Q

Name the four iconic Rioja producers that got started in the latter half of the 19th century.

A

Lopez de Heredia
CVNE (Compana Vinicola del Norte de Espana)
La Rioja Alta
Berceo

83
Q

What two Bordeaux trained winemakers helped introduce new techniques in the 1850’s in Rioja?

A

Marques de Riscal

Marques de Murrieta

84
Q

When did Ribera del Duero receive DO status?

A

1982 (there were only 9 wineries at the time)

85
Q

What is Palomino known as in Jerez?

A

Listan

86
Q

What is the minimum % for Toro DO red?

A

Minimum 75% Tinta de Toro

87
Q

Who founded Vega Sicilia and when?

A

Don Eloy Lacanda y Chaves

1864

88
Q

What is the Rioja Reserva ageing requirements?

A

Tinto - 3 years (1 year in oak and 6 months in bottle)

Blanco/Rosado - 2 years (6 months in cask)

89
Q

What are the ageing requirements for Cava?

A

Basic - 9 months on lees
Reserva - 15 months on lees
Gran Reserva - 30 months on lees

90
Q

Name the styles of wine authorized by the Rueda DO.

A

White (minimum 50% Verdejo)
Red (dominated by Tempranillo)
Rosado (minimum 50% Tempranillo)

91
Q

Name two iconic producers that are in Logrono, Rioja Alta.

A

Marques de Murrieta

Artadi

92
Q

What is the southernmost DO in Galicia?

A

Monterrei DO

93
Q

What is the scientific name of American oak?

A

Quercus Alba

94
Q

What is Rueda DO Dorado?

A

Dry, fortified, oxidised wine

95
Q

Name the two DOs of the Balearic Islands.

A

Pla i Llevant

Binissalem

96
Q

Name the three subzones of Penedes.

A

Baix-Penedes
Medio-Penedes
Alt-Penedes

97
Q

What region is Rioja Oriental (formerly Baja) shared with?

A

Navarra

98
Q

Name the authorized grapes of Bierzo DO.

A

Red: Mencia, Garnacha Tintorera
White: Dona Blanca, Godello, Malvasia, Palomino

99
Q

Where is Dominio de Pingus?

A

Ribera del Duero

100
Q

What is the principal variety of Almansa DO?

A

Monastrell (Mourvedre)

101
Q

What variety is perfectly suited for Alt-Penedes?

A

Parellada

102
Q

Who introduced stainless steel fermentation in the 1960s to Spain and where?

A

Miguel Torres

Catalonia

103
Q

What autonomia of Spain never has had Phylloxera?

A

Canary Islands

104
Q

What are the levels of quality for Spain?

A
Vino de la Tierra (VdIT)
Vinos de Calidad con Indicacion Geographica (VCIG)
Denominacion de Origen (DO)
Denominacion de Origen Calificada (DOCa)
Vinos de Pago (DO Pago)
105
Q

What iconic producer is located in Cenicero, Rioja Alta?

A

Marques de Caceres

106
Q

World’s largest sparkling wine producer.

A

Henkell (has bought Freixenet’s 50,67% shares)

107
Q

What is Negra de Madrid?

A

A local synonym for Garnacha in Vinos de Madrid

108
Q

Where is Pittacum?

A

Bierzo DO

109
Q

Where is the DO Pago Bodegas Otazu?

A

Valdizarbe, Navarra

110
Q

What is the varietal minimum % for Rías Baixas Condado do Tea?

A

Minimum 70% Albariño and Treixadura combined

111
Q

What are the five authorized white varieties for Cava?

A
Parellada
Macabeo (Macabeu)
Xarel-lo
Chardonnay
Subirat Parent (Malvasia)
112
Q

What grapes may be varietally labeled from the Rueda DO?

A

Verdejo
Sauvignon Blanc

(both minimum 85%)

113
Q

When did Rueda receive its DO status?

A

1980

114
Q

What DO of Spain is said to be the ancestral home for Mazuelo? What is this grape called in France?

A

Cariñena

Carignan

115
Q

What is the synonym for Tempranillo in Penedès?

A

Ull de Llebre

116
Q

What white grape is used to produce Txakoli? Red grape? What is the rosado style known as?

A

White: Ondarrabi Zuri
Red: Ondarrabi Beltza
Ojo de Gallo: rose style

117
Q

What does Rías Baixas mean?

A

Low estuaries

118
Q

What is the synonym for Tempranillo in Castilla-La Mancha?

A

Cencibel

119
Q

What symbol is always present on the cork of Cava?

A

Four-pointed star

120
Q

What indigenous grapes are mainly used to produce white and red wines in Somonatano?

A

Alcanon (white)

Parraleta (red)

121
Q

What is the star white grape of Valdeorras?

A

Godello

122
Q

What are the three DOs of Murcia?

A

Jumilla
Yecla
Bullas

123
Q

What are the four estate vineyards that Lopez de Heredia produces its wines?

A

Tondonia
Bosconia
Gravonia
Cubillo

124
Q

What does Somontano mean?

A

Beneath the mountain

125
Q

What are the two main grapes of Malaga?

A

Moscatel
Pedro Ximenez (PX)
(usually subjected to soleo process for 20 days)

126
Q

Term for a Sherry stockholder who sells wine to shippers.

A

Almacenista (marketing term used by Lustau)

127
Q

Largest Sherry producer.

A

Gonzalez Byass

128
Q

Name the three `vino de Pagos that are located in Navarra.

A

Arinzano
Prado de Irache
Otazu

129
Q

Who owns 50,67% of Freixenet?

A

Henkell

130
Q

What is the common vine training method for Sherry production?

A

Vara y pulgar

131
Q

Catalan synonym of Xarel-lo.

A

Pansa Blanca

132
Q

Where and when did Gyropalette or Girasol was developed?

A

Catalunia

1970s

133
Q

Grass mats used in Sherry production to dry grapes.

A

Esparto

134
Q

Name the two co-presidents of Corpinnat.

A

Recaredo

Gramona

135
Q

In 2010, Sherry authorities decreased the minimum solera ageing required before bottling from what to what?

A

From 3 to 2 years

136
Q

Name the two sub-varieties of Palomino in Jerez.

A

Palomino Fino

Palomino de Jerez

137
Q

What is “lenta”?

A

In Sherry production, a slow fermentation that lasts about a week

138
Q

What is the must for Sherry production called? What are the three stages of this must called?

A

“Mosto de Yema”

Primera Yema, Segunda Yema, Mosto Prensa

139
Q

Where is Aalto Bodegas y Vinedos located?

A

Ribera del Duero

140
Q

Name the first Montilla-Moriles producer to commercialise bottled, dessert-styled PX in 1970 and remains the world’s only specialist in 100% vintage PX.

A

Toro Albalá (Don PX Convento is his premium wine)

141
Q

How many half-bottles are extracted on average, each year from the solera cask of Valdespino Moscatel Toneles?

A

100

142
Q

Synonym of Tannat in Pais Vasco.

A

Bordelez Beltza

143
Q

Which producer makes “St. Jacques - La Ultreia”? What is the region and the dominant grape?

A

Bodegas Raul Perez
Bierzo
Mencia

144
Q

Until when was irrigation forbidden in Spain?

A

1995

145
Q

Maximum Yields for Jerez Superior.

A

80 hl/ha

Other Vineyards: 100 hl/ha

146
Q

What is Merenzao?

A

Synonym of Trousseau (Bastardo)

147
Q

Name the 3 DOs of Pais Vasco.

A

Arabako Txakolina
Bizkaiko Txakolina
Getariako Txakolina

148
Q

Minimum ageing for Crianza wines in Valdeorras DO.

A

2 years (12 months in wood for red wines / 6 months in wood for white wines)

149
Q

What is Ojo de Gallo?

A

Txakoli Rosé (minimum 50% Ondarribi Beltza)

150
Q

Name a DO of Asturias.

A

It has none / Only one VCIG named Cangas

151
Q

Synonym of Ondarrabi Zuri Zerratia in Pais Vasco.

A

Petit Courbu

152
Q

Synonym of Izkiriota in Pais Vasco.

A

Gros Manseng

153
Q

Synonym of Izkiriota Ttippia in Pais Vasco.

A

Petit Manseng

154
Q

Name the only authorized variety for red wines from Arabako Txakolina DO.

A

Ondarrabi Beltza

155
Q

Minimum alcohol content for Albariño Rias Baixas DO.

A

11,3%

156
Q

What are the main soils that are found in Ribeira do Ulla subzone of Rias Baixas DO?

A

Alluvial

157
Q

Name the 2 subzones of Monterrei DO.

A

Valle de Monterrei

Ladera de Monterrei

158
Q

Which popular grape in known as Araúxa in Monterrei?

A

Tempranillo

159
Q

When was Ribeiro DO established?

A

1932

160
Q

Which grape variety should be present at least 85% in the espumoso wines of Valdeorras DO?

A

Godello

161
Q

Spanish synonym for Alicante Bouschet.

A

Garnacha Tintorera

162
Q

Name the first vintage of Bodegas del Palacio de Fefiñanes Albariño de Fefiñanes.

A

1928

163
Q

Which Spanish wine region has been attracting attention for the quality potential of its old Garnacha vines and is located near Madrid?

A

Sierra de Gredos

The region does not have its own appellation yet

164
Q

Name the most popular producer of Uclés region.

A

Bodegas Fontana

165
Q

What is the Rioja Gran Reserva ageing requirements?

A

Tinto - 5 years (2 year in oak and 2 years in bottle)

Blanco/Rosado - 4 years (6 months in cask)

166
Q

Name the 3 subzones of Rioja DOCa.

A

Rioja Alta
Rioja Alavesa
Rioja Oriental (formerly Baja)

167
Q

Which popular grape in known as Carabuñeira in Galicia.

A

Touriga Nacional

168
Q

Under which Spanish DO does Torres Celeste is released?

A

Ribera del Duero (Valladolid)

169
Q

Under which Spanish DO does Torres Mas La Plana is released? Which vintage of this wine triumphed over some of the most famous wines in the world, including some of the best from Bordeaux?

A

Penedès

1970 vintage

170
Q

Under which Spanish DOQ does Torres Perpetual and Salmos is released?

A

Priorat

171
Q

Alvaro Palacios L’Ermita first vintage.

A

1993

172
Q

Which visionary Danish winemaker produced Pingus? Name the first vintage and the DO which is released. What is the average yield of this wine?

A

Peter Sisseck
1995
Ribera del Duero
12 hl/ha

173
Q

Where is Emilio Moro located?

A

Ribera del Duero

174
Q

Who is the owner of Bodega Numanthia? In which DO is it located? When was it founded?

A

LVMH
Toro
1998

175
Q

Macán is a joint venture between……….

A

Vega Sicilia and Baron Benjamin de Rothschild

176
Q

René Barbier Clos Mogador first vintage.

A

1989

177
Q

Where is Clos Mogador located?

A

Gratallops, Priorat

178
Q

Name the 12 villages of Priorat (from north to south).

A
La Morera de Montsant
Escaladei
Poboleda
La Vilella Alta
Torroja del Priorat
La Vilella Baixa
Porrera
Gratallops
El Lloar
Masos del Terme de Falset
Bellmunt del Priorat
Solanes del Terme de El Molar
179
Q

When was the “Vi de Vila” wines introduced in Priorat?

A

2009

180
Q

What are the 5 age categories of Malaga DO Vino de Licor?

A
Málaga Pálido
Málaga
Málaga Noble
Málaga Añejo
Málaga Transañejo
181
Q

When we come across the term Vendimia Asolelada in Malaga DO wine, what does it mean?

A

Wines produced solely from Pedro Ximénez and/or Moscatel dried through the “soleo” method

182
Q

Name the 3 dominant grape varieties of Terra Alta DO.

A

Garnatxa Blanca
Garnatxa Negra
Garnatxa Peluda

183
Q

Synonym of Clairette Blanche in Pla de Bages DO.

A

Picapoll Blanco

184
Q

Which famous enologist started Terroir al Limit with Dominik A. Huber?

A

Eben Sadie

185
Q

Where is Mondéjar DO located?

A

Castilla-La Mancha

186
Q

What is the gobelet trellising system called in Spain?

A

En Vaso

187
Q

What is the Andalucian name used for Graciano?

A

Tintilla de Rota

188
Q

In which Spanish DO do we find the subzone named Sarrania de Ronda?

A

Sierras de Málaga

189
Q

What are the minimum and maximum allowed planting densities of Empordà DO?

A

2900 / 6500 vines per ha