Calabria

Question 1

Is Calabria predominantly planted to red or white grapes?

Answer 1

Red

Question 2

What is the most widely planted grape in Calabria?

Answer 2

Gaglioppo

Question 3

What is the principal white grape in Calabria?

Answer 3

Greco Bianco

Question 4

What name did the ancient Greek settlers give to Calabria?

Answer 4

Oenotria (“the land of the vines”)

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Gaglioppo

Question 6

Cirò Bianco is based on what grape variety?

Answer 6

Greco Bianco

Question 7

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 7

TRUE

Question 8

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

Answer 8

TRUE

Question 9

Name Calabria’s largest and oldest DOC

Answer 9

Cirò DOC

Question 10

Name the dominant vine training method in Calabria

Answer 10

Alberello

Question 11

What style is Greco di Bianco DOC?

Answer 11

Sweet passito

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Malvasia di Lipari

Question 13

Name the waterway that separates Calabria from Sicilia

Answer 13

Strait of Messina

Question 14

Is Calabria predominantly planted to red or white grapes?

Answer 14

Red