Campania

Question 1

What style of training was brought by the greeks?

Answer 1

Bush training

Question 2

What style of training did the etruscans promote?

Answer 2

Alberata (trees)

Question 3

What is the topography of Campania?

Answer 3

15% plains, 34% mountain, 51% hills

Question 4

What is the longest river in southern Italy?

Answer 4

Volturno

Question 5

Describe the climate of Campania

Answer 5

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.

Question 6

Describe the soils of Campania

Answer 6

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

Question 7

What makes native grapes special as it relates to campania?

Answer 7

Campania boasts the highest number of native grapes in Italy.

Question 8

What was considered the first wine appelation?

Answer 8

Falernum in ancient Rome

Question 9

What was the most sought after ancient wine in antiquity?

Answer 9

The roman falernum wine.

Question 10

What are the three biotypes of Aglianico?

Answer 10

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

Question 11

What important event happened in 79 AD?

Answer 11

Eruption of Vesuvio

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Greco di tufo

Question 13

What makes Campania ideal for viticulture?

Answer 13

Perfect climate, many indigenous grapes, and ideal soils

Question 14

What is Campania’s most important and longest river?

Answer 14

Volturno

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Irpinia

Question 16

What is Campania’s most widely planted white variety?

Answer 16

Falanghina

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Campi Flegrei DOC

Question 18

Who was Antonio Mastroberardino?

Answer 18

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

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Campi Flegrei

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Costa d’Amalfi DOC

Question 21

What was the significance of the “wine railroad?”

Answer 21

It brought aglianico to northern wine regions grappling with phylloxera

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Aversa (or Asprinio di Aversa) DOC

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Vesuvio DOC

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Coda di Volpe Bianca

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Greeks

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Pergola

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Falanghina

Question 28

Name the local lemon liqueur produced on the Amalfi Coast

Answer 28

Limoncello

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Antonio Mastroberardino

Question 30

What is the most widely planted grape variety in Campania?

Answer 30

Aglianico

Question 31

Leonardo Mustilli is credited with reviving which grape variety?

Answer 31

Falanghina (Beneventana)

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Fiano di Avellino DOCG

Question 33

Name Campania's first DOC

Answer 33

Ischia DOC

Question 34

What was the first DOCG appellation in southern Italy?

Answer 34

Taurasi DOCG

Question 35

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

Answer 35

True

Question 36

Name the principal and longest river in Campania

Answer 36

The Volturno

Question 37

"Apianum" is the ancient Latin name for which grape variety?

Answer 37

Fiano

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Cilento

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Falernum

Question 40

Name Campania's capital city

Answer 40

Napoli

Question 41

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

Answer 41

False

Question 42

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

Answer 42

Piedriosso

Question 43

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

Answer 43

True

Question 44

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

Answer 44

Aglianico

Question 45

Biancolella is considered native to which volcanic island?

Answer 45

Ischia

Question 46

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

Answer 46

Greco di Tufo DOCG

Question 47

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

Answer 47

2 years

Question 48

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

Answer 48

Agalianico Amaro (or Aglianico del Taburno)

Question 49

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

Answer 49

Asprinio