Calabria

Question 1

Is Calabria planted to mostly red or white

Answer 1

Red

Question 2

What name did the ancient Greeks give to Calabria

Answer 2

Oenitria = land of the vines

Question 3

Name the waters that separate Sicily from Calabria

Answer 3

Straits of Messina

Question 4

What is the principal white grape In Calabria

Answer 4

Greco Bianco

Question 5

What style is Greco di Bianco DOC

Answer 5

Sweet passito

Question 6

Was Calabria noted for bulk or quality wines in 19 and 20th centuries

Answer 6

Yes Vino da Taglio

Question 7

Cirò Bianco is based on which white grape

Answer 7

Greco Bianco

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Gaglioppo

Question 9

What % do hills and mountains represent in Calabria

Answer 9

Over 90%

Question 10

Greco di Bianco is genetically identical to which grape

Answer 10

Malvasia di Lipari

Question 11

Name Calabria’s largest and oldest DOC

Answer 11

Cirò DOC

Question 12

Name the dominant VTS in Calabria

Answer 12

Alberello

Question 13

What is the most widely planted grape in Calabria

Answer 13

Gaglioppo for red 55% and Greco Bianco for white, 90% of grapes are red

Question 14

What % of Calabria is hills

Answer 14

49%

Question 15

What is Krimisia

Answer 15

Wine given to the winners of the Olympic games

Question 16

Which is the most Southerly DOC

Answer 16

Greco di Bianco DOC

Question 17

Which is the most westerly DOC

Answer 17

Ciro

Question 18

What is Librandi

Answer 18

Wine producer of Calabria