Calabria

Question 1

What style is Grecco di Bianco DOC?

Answer 1

Sweet passito

Question 2

What is the principal white grape in Calabria?

Answer 2

Grecco Bianco

Question 3

Name Calabria‘s largest and oldest DOC

Answer 3

Cirò DOC

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Malvasia di Lipari

Question 5

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 5

True

Question 6

Is Calabria predominantly planted to red or white grapes?

Answer 6

Red

Question 7

What is the most widely planted grape in Calabria?

Answer 7

Gaglioppo

Question 8

Name the waterway that separates Calabria from Sicilia

Answer 8

Strait of Messina

Question 9

Cirò Bianco is based on what grape vatiety?

Answer 9

Greco Bianco

Question 10

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

Answer 10

True

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Gaglioppo

Question 12

Name the dominant vine training method in Calabria

Answer 12

Alberello

Question 13

What name did the ancient Greek settlers give to Calabria?

Answer 13

Oenotria („the land of the vines“)