Calabria

Question 1

Name Calabria’s largest and oldest DOC

Answer 1

Cirò DOC

Question 2

What name did the ancient Greek settlers give to Calabria?

Answer 2

Oenotria (the land of the vines)

Question 3

Name the dominant vine training method in Calabria

Answer 3

Alberello

Question 4

Is Calabria predominantly planted to red or white grapes?

Answer 4

Red

Question 5

What is the principal white grape in Calabria?

Answer 5

Greco Bianco

Question 6

Name the waterway that separates Calabria from Sicilia

Answer 6

Strait of Messina

Question 7

What style is Greco di Bianco DOC?

Answer 7

Sweet passito

Question 8

Hills and mountains comprise more than 90% of the Calabrian territory. True or false?

Answer 8

TRUE

Question 9

Greco Bianco is believed to be genetically identical to what grape variety?

Answer 9

Malvasia di Lipari

Question 10

What is the most widely planted grape in Calabria?

Answer 10

Gaglioppo

Question 11

For much of the 19th and 20th centuries, Calabria was mainly known for the production of bulk wine (vini da taglio). True or false?

Answer 11

TRUE

Question 12

Cirò Bianco is based on what grape variety?

Answer 12

Greco Bianco

Question 13

Cirò Rosso DOC must contain at least 80% of which grape variety?

Answer 13

Gaglioppo