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Wines of Chile - 101 Crossword
Test you knowledge of Chilean wines.
Note: all answers are readily available on the new Wines of Chile website.
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4. Capital city around which many historic wineries are found.
6. Northern desert that helps protect Chilean vid froms pests & disease.
8. Mountain range that gives fresh clean water to the vine.
9. Pacific current lending coolness to Chilean wine country
14. The northern Elqui Valley has made lots of news, including an Oz Clark top wine, with this varietal.
16. Valley of premium reds takes name from tallest mountain in the Americas
17. Southern valley Southern valley
18. Modern valley close to the sea, known for it's Coastal Sauvignan Blanc and Pinot Noir.
19. Chile's signature grape variety.
20. Wine Spectator chose their wine of the year [A Carmenere] from this premium part of Colchagua Valley.
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1. Most widely grown varietal in Chile.
2. Growing trend in Chilean wine-making due to naturally advantageous conditions.
3. Ocean that provides cooling effect.
5. Carmenere is also known as
7. Some of the oldest vines in the world today grow in this southern valley of Chile.
10. In Chile plants need not be grafted due to this disease never having struck Chile
11. Owing to ocean and mountain influence, Chile has greater ________ differences from east to west than from north to south.
12. Coastal valley -- sounds like a president's house wine.
13. Closure for whites and young reds.
15. Of many Chilean Cabernets this valley is known to lend its Cabernet history, elegance and perhaps a hint of mint.