Under the 2008 EU wine law framework adopted by Spain, which two umbrella quality categories replaced the older VQPRD/vino de mesa division?
Wine Law
Question · Easy
The INDO (Instituto Nacional de Denominaciones de Origen) historically created which body at the regional level to administer each DO?
How many Spanish wines currently carry DOCa (Denominación de Origen Calificada) status?
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For a Spanish red wine to carry the 'Gran Reserva' designation, what is the minimum total aging requirement?
Which Spanish quality category sits between Vino de la Tierra (IGP) and DO within the DOP framework and is essentially a 'stepping stone' toward DO status?
Question · Medium
Vinos de Pago are a DOP category reserved for single estates of recognised prestige. Approximately how many Vinos de Pago existed in Spain as of 2024?
Under national Spanish wine law, a wine labelled 'Roble' typically indicates what?
Approximately how many DOs (Denominaciones de Origen) exist in Spain (including the two DOCa)?
Which of the following is NOT a recognised synonym for Tempranillo?
Grape Varieties
Which Spanish red variety is known in France as Mourvèdre and dominates much of Jumilla, Yecla and Alicante?
In Rioja, the traditional black-grape blending partner that contributes colour, acidity and structure (known as Mazuelo locally) is the same variety as which French grape?
Which white grape is the most planted white variety in Spain — and one of the most planted white grapes in the world — historically the backbone of La Mancha's bulk wine and brandy de Jerez?
Graciano in Rioja is valued for which contribution to red blends?
Which three white grapes are the traditional base blend of Cava?
Which variety is genetically identical to Macabeo, the white grape that becomes the dominant white in Rioja Blanco?
Palomino Fino is the backbone of which category of Spanish wine?
In Rioja DOCa, which three sub-zones are officially recognised today?
Rioja
A red Rioja Reserva must spend a minimum of how long in oak barrel?
When was Rioja elevated to DOCa (the first region in Spain to achieve this status)?
Which Rioja sub-zone is generally the warmest and historically produced higher-alcohol Garnacha-based wines?
What is the name of the single-vineyard classification introduced by Rioja's Consejo Regulador in 2017?
A traditionalist (Clásico) style Rioja Gran Reserva from the mid-20th century is most associated with extended aging in which type of vessel?
Which three grapes are the only permitted white varieties historically used in Rioja Blanco before 2007 (when new varieties were authorised)?
What is the approximate minimum total aging for a red Rioja Gran Reserva under DOCa rules?
A Rioja wine labelled 'Vino de Municipio' must source at least what percentage of grapes from the named village?
Question · Hard
Ribera del Duero DO was established in which year?
Castilla Y Leon
In Ribera del Duero, Tempranillo is typically known by which local name?
The Rueda DO is best known for still white wines from which variety?
Which DO in Castilla y León is the historic home of the Mencía grape, producing fragrant, medium-bodied reds on schist-and-slate slopes?
Toro DO is known for especially powerful reds from Tempranillo, which locally is called what?
Cigales DO is traditionally associated with which wine style?
Arribes DO, along the Portuguese border, is known for reds from which native grape with small berries and firm tannins?
Tierra de León DO is best known for reds and rosados from which native black grape?
Priorat DOCa/DOQ is famous for old-vine blends of which two black grapes grown on llicorella soils?
Catalonia
The modern renaissance of Priorat in the late 1980s is associated with the 'Clos' pioneers led by which producer who arrived in 1979?
Montsant DO (est. 2001) effectively surrounds Priorat. Which of the following statements is correct?
Penedès DO is the historic heartland of which Spanish sparkling wine?
Cava DO was officially recognised as a geographic (rather than merely method-based) DO in which year?
Which independent Catalan sparkling designation split from Cava in 2019, requiring organic viticulture and 100% estate vinification in Penedès?
Conca de Barberà DO is best known as the origin of which black grape used in Catalan rosé Cava and still reds?
Empordà DO lies in the far north-east of Catalonia. Which style is it most historically known for?
Rías Baixas DO was established in which year?
Galicia
How many sub-zones does Rías Baixas DO have today?
Which Galician DO, centred on the Sil river canyon, is known for fragrant, medium-bodied reds from Mencía grown on steep schist terraces?
Valdeorras DO is best known for whites from which grape, revived from near-extinction in the 1970s–80s?
Ribeiro DO's signature white grape, favoured over Albariño in the region, is:
The three Txakoli DOs (Getariako Txakolina, Bizkaiko Txakolina, Arabako Txakolina) in the Basque Country primarily make what style?
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