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True or False: As of 2021, female premium wine drinkers are driving the growth in the US wine market?`
True
According to Wine Intelligence, 2021 my very well be remembered as the year of the female premium wine drinker. Despite the population of premium wine drinkers declining since 2014, wine volume growth in the US wine market in 2020 and 2021 has continued, largely driven by an increase in the volume of premium wine consumed. This has recently been thanks to female consumers, whose numbers have grown 13% since 2019 alone.
As of November 2021, which of the following Arizona AVAs is the newest?
Verde Valley
Located in the center of Arizona, the Verde Valley became an official AVA in November, 2021, making it Arizona's third (after the Sonoita and Willcox AVAs). Verde Valley consists of 219 square miles in northeastern Yavapai County, centered on the junction of Oak Creek and the Verde River. According to the Verde Valley Wine Trail, the newest AVA includes 19 commercial vineyards (farming 136+ acres of wine grapes) and 25 tasting rooms.
The Texoma AVA sits at the state's north-central border with Oklahoma. It was in this region that 19th century viticulturist Thomas V. Munson first discovered that grafting vitis vinifera grapevines onto native American vine rootstock resulted in vines that were resistant to the louse phylloxera, which had been devastating the vineyards of Europe at the time.
The Texas High Plains AVA accounts for what percent of the state's total wine grape production?
80%
Established in 1993, the Texas High Plains AVA enjoys large diurnal temperature shifts and high elevation plantings that help wines grapes achieve ripeness while maintaining good acidity. While it's the second largest AVA in Texas, it accounts for a whopping 60-80% of the state's annual wine grape production.
True or False: Most Rioja wine is exported outside of Spain?
False
Spain remains the major consumer of Rioja's wines, accounting for 63% of the total volume of Rioja wines that are sold. Exports are, however, a key component to the continued success of Rioja on the global wine market: 37% of Rioja sales are the result of exports.
True or False: Moscatel de Setúbal is the only Portuguese DOC that requires the Moscatel grape variety?
False
Moscatel de Setúbal has several categories and aging sub-types (including Superior and Reserva) and must be made primarily from Muscat of Alexandria or Moscatel Roxo grapes. The fortified wines of the Moscatel Douro DOC also require the use Moscatel (in that case, the Moscatel Galego variety).
How many bottles of Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco were sold in 2019?
92 million
2019 was the best year so far in the history of Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco sales. 92 million bottles of the bubbly were sold worldwide, with over 43% exported of that production around the globe.
As of 2021, Oregon has almost 800 wineries in operation. According to the Oregon Wine Board, the economic activity in Oregon related directly or indirectly to the state's wine industry totals over $5.6 billion.
True or False: California's Lodi wine region actually thrived during Prohibition?
True
During the mid-19th century, immigrants from Italy and Germany came to Lodi in California, and brought European wine grape varieties with them. By the 1880s, wine was a booming industry in Lodi, and subsequently the region actually prospered during Prohibition, rather than contracting or collapsing like most other wine producing regions in the USA during that time. During Prohibition, survived by supplying "legal" home winemakers via rail lines. Lodi
growers expanded grape acreage as a result.
WHich of the following winegrowing areas is NOT in Chile's Valle de Maipo subregion?
Peumo
Chile's Valle de Maipo is part of the country's larger Central Valley wine region, and includes 13 winegrowing areas including the well-regarded Pirque and Puente Alto. While also included in the Central Valley, Peumo is part of the Valle del Rapel subregion.
