Campania Flashcards

1
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What are the predominant wines of Campania?

A

Volcanic

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2
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Which region is home to the ancient wine ‘Falernum’?

A

Campania

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3
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What are the 3 biotypes of aglianico and where are they commonly found?

A

1) Aglianico Amaro from Taburno
2) Aglianico di Taurasi
3) Aglianico del Vulture (Bascilicata)

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4
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What is the longest river in Campania?

A

Volturno

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5
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What is the blending requirement for Asprinio di Aversa DOC?

A

85% asprinio, 100% for the spumante version

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6
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What is Campania’s largest island?

A

Ischia

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7
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Is Campania predominantly a white or red region?

A

Red

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8
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What Campania variety takes its name from the grape cluster looking like a fox tail?

A

Coda di Volpe Bianca

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9
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What red grape from Campania is known as the ‘Barolo of the South’?

A

Aglianico

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10
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What important Aglianico DOCG lies in Campania?

A

Aglianico del Taburno DOCG

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11
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What is the blending requirement for Aglianico del Taburno DOCG?

A

85% Aglianico

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12
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What is the predominant grape in Campania?

A

Aglianico

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13
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What does Lacryma del Christi mean?

A

Tears of Christ

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14
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What is the signature grape of Ischia?

A

Biancolella

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15
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What DOC derives its name from the term for ‘burning fields’?

A

Campi Flegrei DOC

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16
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What biotype of Aglianico is found in Aglianico del Taburno DOCG?

A

Aglianico Amaro

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17
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What grape is the Campania, Aversa DOC based upon?

A

Asprinio

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18
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What does the grape Piedrosso’s name refer?

A

The red stem of the grape when ripe

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19
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What are lemon groves called in Amalfi?

A

Giardini di Iimoni

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20
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What vine training system can reach 50 ft into the air?

A

Asprinio vines

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21
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What vine training system is used in Aversa DOC?

A

Alberata Aversana

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22
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What does Lacrima Christi mean?

A

Tears of Christ

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23
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What was Campania’s first DOC?

A

Ischia DOC

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24
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What legendary 1968 wine brought peoples attention to aglianico?

A

Mastrobernadino Taurasi Riserva

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25
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What grape is found mainly in the village of Tufo in Campania?

A

Greco

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26
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What is one of Campania’s most ancient white grapes?

A

Falanghina

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27
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What Campania appellation was created in 1989 but has been around since Roman times?

A

Falerno del Massico DOC

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28
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What is the largest volcano in Campania?

A

Vesuvio

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29
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What subregion of Campania is dedicated to Falanghina?

A

Falanghina del Sannio DOC

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30
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What was Campania’s first DOC in 1966?

A

Ischia DOC

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31
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What is Vesuvio DOC commonly known as?

A

Lacryma Christi Del Vesuvio

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32
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How many appellations are there in Campania?

A

19 - 4 DOCGs and 15 DOCs

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33
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Is Greco related to Calabria’s Greco Bianco?

A

No

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34
Q

What region has the highest population density in all of Italy?

A

Campania

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35
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What is considered to be Campania’s most noble grape?

A

Fiano

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36
Q

What fruit are grown along the Amalfi coast?

A

Lemons

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37
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What region possesses some of Italy’s most ancient winemaking traditions?

A

Campania

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38
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What do the overwhelming number of Vesuvio DOC wines have on the label instead?

A

Lacrima Christi from Vesuvio

39
Q

What is the most widely planted white grape in Campi Flegrei DOC?

A

Falanghina

40
Q

What red grape in Campania performs well on volcanic soils?

A

Aglianico

41
Q

What appellation borders Fiano di Avellino to its north?

A

Greco di Tufo

42
Q

What Campania DOC is also a UNESCO world heritage site?

A

Costa d’Amalfi DOC

43
Q

What are lemons called along the Amalfi coast?

A

Sfusato

44
Q

Which region has the highest population density in Italy?

A

Campania

45
Q

What sub zone of Campania corresponded to the province of Avellino?

A

Irpinia

46
Q

What is the general topography of Campania?

A

80% hills and mountains

47
Q

What is the ancient name of Fiano sometimes found on labels?

A

Apianum

48
Q

What DOCG is based on the biotype called Aglianico Amaro?

A

Aglianico del Taburno DOCG

49
Q

What are the 2 distinct varieties of Falanghina?

A

Falanghina Flegrea and Falanghina Beneventana

50
Q

What varieties are associated with Falanghina del Sannio DOC?

A

Falanghina Beneventana

51
Q

What is considered to be Campania’s most noble white grape?

A

Fiano

52
Q

What grape is considered native to the volcanic island of Ischia?

A

Biancolella

53
Q

What other fruit is the Costa d’Amalfi known?

A

Lemons

54
Q

What are the two stories explaining how the name Lacryma Christi come about?

A

1) pieces of heaven fell into the Gulf of Napoli when Lucifer was expelled from heaven and
2) the monks uses drip filter system on wine

55
Q

What is one of the finest and most ancient white grapes in Campania?

A

Greco

56
Q

What city in Campania was wiped out during a volcanic eruption and from which volcano?

A

Pompei from Vesuvio

57
Q

Which Campania is credited with saving Fiano?

A

Antonio Mastroberardino

58
Q

What is Campania’s most widely planted white grape?

A

Falanghina

59
Q

What are Campania underground caves called?

A

Tufo

60
Q

What Roman wine was considered the 1st growth of its time?

A

Falernum

61
Q

What is Ischia called ‘I’isola verde’?

A

The green island

62
Q

What Campania grape’s name comes from the word ‘aspro’ meaning ‘tart’?

A

Asprinio

63
Q

What are the 4 historic sub-regions of Campania?

A

Sannio
Irpinia
Cilento
Terra di Lavoro

64
Q

Which producers helped reintroduce Falanghina?

A

Villa Matilde, Grotta del Sole and Mustilli

65
Q

What does Pér ‘e Palummo and Piede di Columbo mean?

A

Pigeon’s foot

66
Q

What grape means ‘white foxtail’?

A

Coda di Volpe Bianca

67
Q

What does ‘vigneti ad alberata’ mean on labels?

A

That a grape has come from a vineyard with alberata aversana vine training system

68
Q

What is one of the best wines of Campania and is associated with a volcano?

A

Vesuvio DOC - Lacrima Chrisi del Vesuvio

69
Q

What white grape is native to the island of Ischia?

A

Biancolella

70
Q

Who was Antonio Mastroberdino and what did he do?

A

The founder of Campania’s wine industry bringing back native varieties

71
Q

What grape is considered the ‘King of Campania’?

A

Aglianico

72
Q

What does Piedross mean?

A

Red foot

73
Q

What DOC forms a circle around the slopes of Vesuvio?

A

Vesuvio DOC - Lacrima Christi del Vesuvio

74
Q

What was the Ferrovia del Vino and what did it do?

A

The wine railroad which took wines to northern Italy and France when phylloxera decimated their vineyards

75
Q

What does ‘vignetti ad alberata’ on a label mean?

A

That it was grown in a vineyard using the traditional tree training

76
Q

What is the 2nd most important red grape from Campania?

A

Piedrosso (Pér ‘e Palummo in local dialect)

77
Q

Does Campania have some of Italy’s earliest or latest harvests for dry wines?

A

Latest (Mediterranean climate but altitude plays a big part)

78
Q

Who propagated old vines of Falanghina Beneventura?

A

Leonardo Mustilli

79
Q

What is Campania’s greatest red grape?

A

Aglianico

80
Q

What river flows through both Greco di Tufo DOCG and Fiano di Avellino DOCG?

A

Sabato River

81
Q

What ancient grape, native to Campania is known as ‘white foxtail’?

A

Coda di volpe Bianca

82
Q

What is Ischia known as and why?

A

The green island ‘l’isla verde’ because of the colour of the tufa

83
Q

What grape is used in Campi Flegrei DOC?

A

Piedirosso

84
Q

How many native grape varieties does Campania have?

A

More than 100

85
Q

What sea does Campania face?

A

Tyrrhenian Sea

86
Q

Where might Falanghina get its name?

A

Phalangae - Latin for ‘stake’

87
Q

What variety of grape would you associate with Falerno del Massico and Campi Flegrei DOC?

A

Falanghina Flegrea

88
Q

What struck in the 1980s in Campania devastating the Irpinia region?

A

An earthquake

89
Q

What appellation means ‘burning fields’ in reference to its volcanic nature?

A

Campi Flegrei DOC

90
Q

What Campania DOC was created in 1989 to revive the ancient appellation of Falernum?

A

Falerno del Massico DOC

91
Q

What grape is considered the ‘Barolo of the South’?

A

Aglianico

92
Q

What is one of the prestigious appellations of Southern Italy producing aglianico?

A

Taurasi DOC

93
Q

What are the 3 biotypes of Aglianico?

A

Aglianico Amaro (Aglianico del Taburno) from Taburno, Aglianico di Taurasi from Taurasi and Aglianico del Vulture from Vulture in Basilicata

94
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Are international varieties prevalent in Campania?

A

No, there are very few