Argentine Wine Woes

Please listen to the following BBC News report and answer the following questions. Then check your answers.








QUESTIONS

1. Where is the heart of the Argentine wine industry located?

2. "A glass of wine is soon ____________." (followed by a bottle)

3. Argentina is the ___th largest exporter of wine to _____ countries. (7th, 130)

4. Name three types of Argentine wine grapes. cabernet, chardonnay, malbec

5. Which countries are the greatest consumers of Argentine wine? US, UK

6. What is a current challenge to the progress of the Argentine wine industry?

7. How long does it take to bring wine to market? Why? 3 years - 1 to grow grapes, 2 before can sell wine

8. What makes Argentine wine "great" according to the video? glacier water from high Andes

9. Define these vocabulary terms.

vineyard	harvest	financing
cordillera	marketing plan	glacier
grandees	capital investment	poverty line

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Answers to "Argentine Wine Woes"

1. Where is the heart of the Argentine wine industry located? Mendoza

2. "A glass of wine is soon ____________." (followed by a bottle)

3. Argentina is the ___th largest exporter of wine to _____ countries. (7th, 130)

4. Name three types of Argentine wine grapes. cabernet, chardonnay, malbec

5. Which countries are the greatest consumers of Argentine wine? United States, United Kingdom

6. What is a current challenge to the progress of the Argentine wine industry? global economic downturn

7. How long does it take to bring wine to market? Why? 3 years - 1 to grow grapes, 2 before selling the wine

8. What makes Argentine wine "great" according to the video? glacier water from high Andes

9. Define these vocabulary terms.

vineyard - place where grapes are grown

harvest - a season for gathering agricultural crops

financing - gathering of money needed for a project or venture

cordillera - a system of mountain ranges often consisting of a number of more or less parallel chains

marketing plan - campaign to generate awareness of a product or service

glacier - a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface

grandee - "big wigs," important individuals in an industry

capital investment - money used by businesses to buy fixed assets (land, machinery)

poverty line - minimum income amount deemed necessary to achieve an adequate standard of living in a given country



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