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IWS Unit 2 (Central & Southern Italy) > Final review > Flashcards

Final review Flashcards

1
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What is Toscana’s easternmost appellation

A

Cortona

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2
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Biancolella is native to what island

A

Ischia

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3
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Etna DOC is in what province

A

Catania

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4
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Lazios most significant red grape is what

A

Cesanese

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5
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Sicilias grape harvest can begin as early as what month

A

July

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6
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What sea does Primitivo di Manduria DOC face

A

Ionian sea

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7
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What percent of Aglianico del Vulture must be Aglianico

A

100%

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8
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Umbria’s native and most distinctive red grape is what

A

Sagrantino

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9
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Puglia’s first DOC is what

A

San Severo DOC

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10
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Umbria’s most planted international grape is what

A

Merlot

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11
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Sicilia’s most widely planted red grape is what

A

Nero d’Avola

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12
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Grillo is the result of a natural crossing between Catarratto Bianco and what

A

Zibibbo

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13
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Sardegna’s most important river is what

A

Tirso river

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14
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Leonardo Mustilli is credited with reviving which grape variety?

A

Falanghina (Beneventana)

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15
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What is Sardegna’s only DOCG appellation

A

Vermentino di Gallura DOCG

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16
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What is the most planted grape in Campania

A

Aglianico

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17
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“Apianum” is the ancient Latin name for which grape variety

A

Fiano

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18
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Sardegna’s signature white grape is what

A

Vermentino

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19
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Frappato is a grape variety historically grown around which town in southeast Sicilia

A

Vittoria

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20
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What is Offida Rosso DOCG’s principal grape

A

Montepulciano

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21
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The winegrowing area of Orvieto DOC is crossed by what two rivers

A

Tevere and Paglia

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22
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Name the main vine training system in the Costa d’Amalfi DOC

A

Pergola

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23
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What historic sub-region is Campania’s southernmost winegrowing area?

A

Cilento

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24
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What is the name of the large limestone plateau located in Central Puglia?

A

Murge

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25
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Hills and mountains comprise more than 90% of the Calabrian territory. True or false?

A

True

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26
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What is the only red DOCG of Lazio

A

Cesanese del Piglio

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27
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What is Sicilia most widely planted international red grape?

A

Syrah

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28
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Name Puglia’s three flagship red grape varieties

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Primitivo, Negro Amaro, Nero di Troia

29
Q

What was the first Italian wine to receive DOC status?

A

Vernaccia di San Gimignano

30
Q

Sicilia’s Calabrese grape is more widely known by what name?

A

Nero d’Avola

31
Q

Describe the predominant topography of the Abruzzo region

A

Mountains

32
Q

What are Marche’s most widely planted grapes

A

Montepulciano and Sangiovese

33
Q

Bolgheri Sassicaia is a sub-zone of Bolgheri DOC. True or false?

A

False

34
Q

What did Giorgio Lungarotti do

A

Instrumental in elevating Umbrian wines from obscurity in the 20th century

35
Q

What is the dominant grape variety in the blend of Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone DOC?

A

Trebbiano Toscano

36
Q

Vernaccia di Oristano DOC is located on Sardegna’s west-central coast. True or false?

A

True

37
Q

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

A

Antonio Mastroberardino

38
Q

What is Molise’s most widely planted white grape?

A

Trebbiano Abruzzese

39
Q

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

A

Piedirosso

40
Q

Bombino Bianco is grown mainly in nortern and central Puglia. True or false?

A

True

41
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What is the dominant vine training method in Calabria

A

Alberello

42
Q

Sicilia’s grape harvest can take place as late as what month

A

November

43
Q

The Castel San Lorenzo DOC lies within which historic sub-region

A

Cilento

44
Q

What is the traditional vine training system adopted in Molise?

A

Pergola abruzzese

45
Q

What style is Greco di Bianco DOC?

A

Sweet passito

46
Q

What is the local lemon liqueur produced on the Amalfi Coast

A

Limoncello

47
Q

Alberata Aversana is the traditional vine training system of what DOC

A

Aversa (or Asprinio di Aversa) DOC

48
Q

What is Italy’s second-largest plain, located in northern Puglia

A

Tavoliere delle Puglie (or Tavoliere)

49
Q

What is Sicilia’s capital city?

A

Palermo

50
Q

What is the traditional Malvasia variety of Basilicata?

A

Malvasia Bianca di Basilicata

51
Q

What are the two active volcanoes located on Sicilia’s Aeolian Islands

A

Stromboli and Vulcano

52
Q

What is the traditional vine training system in Abruzzo?

A

Pergola Abruzzese

53
Q

What is Procanico

A

Trebbiano Toscano

54
Q

What river crosses the classico sub-zone of Castelli di Jesi

A

Esno river

55
Q

What is the “spur” of the Italian boot

A

Gargano Promonotory

56
Q

What is the “heel” of the Italian boot

A

Salento

57
Q

What is Puntinata

A

Malvasia del Lazio

58
Q

What river runs through Molise

A

Biferno river

59
Q

What is the historic name for Basilicata

A

Lucania

60
Q

What Malvasia is often blended with Negro Amaro

A

Malvasia Nera di Brindisi/Lecce

61
Q

What is the ancient Greek name for Calabria

A

Oenotria (land of the vines)

62
Q

What is Pachino

A

Sub-zone of Eloro DOC

Wine is Nero d’Avola >=80%, Frappato/Perricone 0-20%

63
Q

What is the most important and longest river in Campania

A

Volturno river

64
Q

What wine does Val di Cornia Rosso DOCG make

A

Sangiovese + Cab Sauv/Merlot

65
Q

What wine does Suvereto DOCG make

A

Cab. Sauv/Merlot based blend
Sangiovese 100%
Cab. Sauv 100%
Merlot 100%

66
Q

What wine does Falerno del Massico DOC make

A

Rosso: Aglianico
Bianco: Falanghina

67
Q

What wine does Campi Flegrei DOC make

A

Rosso: Piedirosso
Bianco: Falanghina

68
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What wine does (Valledolmo-)Contea di Sclafani DOC make

A

Rosso: Nero d’Avola, Perricone
Bianco: Catarratto

IWS Unit 2 (Central & Southern Italy) (13 decks)

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