Campania Flashcards

1
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What style of training was brought by the greeks?

A

Bush training

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2
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What style of training did the etruscans promote?

A

Alberata (trees)

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3
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What is the topography of Campania?

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15% plains, 34% mountain, 51% hills

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4
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What is the longest river in southern Italy?

A

Volturno

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5
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Describe the climate of Campania

A

You get a lot of balance from altitude and the breezes from the Tyrrhenian sea. Mountain ranges close to the coast prompt higher levels of rainfall.

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6
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Describe the soils of Campania

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Largely volcanic on top of limestone, sandstone, and calcareous clay.

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7
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What makes native grapes special as it relates to campania?

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Campania boasts the highest number of native grapes in Italy.

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8
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What was considered the first wine appelation?

A

Falernum in ancient Rome

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9
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What was the most sought after ancient wine in antiquity?

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The roman falernum wine.

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10
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What are the three biotypes of Aglianico?

A

Amaro (Aglianico del Taburno,)
Aglianico di Taurasi (Taurasi)
Aglianico del Vulture (Vulture, Basilicata)

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11
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What important event happened in 79 AD?

A

Eruption of Vesuvio

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12
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Which of the following wines would have a slightly tannic mouthfeel
greco di tufo
fiano di avellino

A

Greco di tufo

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13
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What makes Campania ideal for viticulture?

A

Perfect climate, many indigenous grapes, and ideal soils

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14
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What is Campania’s most important and longest river?

A

Volturno

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15
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Which of Campania’s wine districts houses three of the region’s four DOCGs?

A

Irpinia

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16
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What is Campania’s most widely planted white variety?

A

Falanghina

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17
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Which appelation was created specifically to revive and play homage to Falernum, the great wine of antiquity?

A

Campi Flegrei DOC

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18
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Who was Antonio Mastroberardino?

A

He is considered the father of Campania’s modern wine industry, he saved many grapes from extinction, and he led the creation of Taurasi DOC/G

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19
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Which area was so known for volcanic activity that the Romans considered it the “gateway to the underworld?”

A

Campi Flegrei

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20
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Which appelation is known for tiny, terraced vinyards planted on precariously steep cliffs?

A

Costa d’Amalfi DOC

21
Q

What was the significance of the “wine railroad?”

A

It brought aglianico to northern wine regions grappling with phylloxera

22
Q

Alberata Aversana is the traditional vine training system of what DOC?

A

Aversa (or Asprinio di Aversa) DOC

23
Q

Lacryma Christi is a sub-designation of which Campanian DOC?

A

Vesuvio DOC

24
Q

What is the auxiliary grape that is allowed for a maximum of 15 % in the wines of Greco di Tufo? DOCG?

A

Coda di Volpe Bianca

25
Q

Which ancient civilisation instituted the practise of low-trained bush vines in Campania?

A

Greeks

26
Q

Name the main vine training system in the Costa d’Amalfi DOC

A

Pergola

27
Q

What is the most widely planted white grape variety in Campania?

A

Falanghina

28
Q

Name the local lemon liqueur produced on the Amalfi Coast

A

Limoncello

29
Q

Which wine producer is universally considered the founding father of Campania’s modern wine industry?

A

Antonio Mastroberardino

30
Q

What is the most widely planted grape variety in Campania?

A

Aglianico

31
Q

Leonardo Mustilli is credited with reviving which grape variety?

A

Falanghina (Beneventana)

32
Q

In which Campanian DOCG would you find the villages of Lapio, Montefredane, Summonte and Cesinali?

A

Fiano di Avellino DOCG

33
Q

Name Campania’s first DOC

A

Ischia DOC

34
Q

What was the first DOCG appellation in southern Italy?

A

Taurasi DOCG

35
Q

The Greeks brought grape vines to Campania. True or false?

A

True

36
Q

Name the principal and longest river in Campania

A

The Volturno

37
Q

“Apianum” is the ancient Latin name for which grape variety?

A

Fiano

38
Q

Which historic sub-region is Campania’s southernmost winegrowing area?

A

Cilento

39
Q

The Falerno del Massico DOC was created to revive the legacy of which ancient Roman appellation?

A

Falernum

40
Q

Name Campania’s capital city

A

Napoli

41
Q

The Etruscans instituted the practise of low-trained bush vines in Campania. True or false?

A

False

42
Q

Per’ e’ Palummo is the synonym for what grape variety?

A

Piedriosso

43
Q

Sannio is one of the four historic sub-regions of Campania. True or false?

A

True

44
Q

Which grape variety, high in tannin and acidity, is nicknamed the “Barolo of the South”

A

Aglianico

45
Q

Biancolella is considered native to which volcanic island?

A

Ischia

46
Q

What is the principal and most prestigious appellation for wines made from the Greco grape variety?

A

Greco di Tufo DOCG

47
Q

What is the minimum ageing time required for Aglianico del Taburno DOCG?

A

2 years

48
Q

Which biotype of Aglianico is traditionally grown in the Taburno area?

A

Agalianico Amaro (or Aglianico del Taburno)

49
Q

Asprinio di Aversa wines must be made from at least 85% of which grape variety?

A

Asprinio