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Fundamentals Flashcards

1
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How many administrative regions (regioni) are there in Italy

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20

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2
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What % of Italy is covered by mountains and hills?

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77%

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3
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What are the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea?

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Sardegna and Sicilia

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4
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What are the two main mountain ranges in Italy?

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The Alps and the Apennines

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5
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What is the highest peak in the Apennines?

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Massif of Gran Sasso in Abruzzo

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6
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What is the highest peak in the Alps?

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Monte Bianco

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7
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What type of soils are the hills of Langhe, Monferrato and Chianti?

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Sedimentary soils

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8
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What type of soils are the hills of Franciacorta and those around Lake Garda (Bardolino)?

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Morainic soils

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9
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What type of soils are the hills of Veneto, Toscana and Campania?

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Volcanic soils

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10
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Which plain is the largest in Italy?

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Padan Plain

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11
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What is often referred to as “the sweet spot” for ideal vineyard land?

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mid-slope of a hill

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12
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What is the orientation of a slope also known as?

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Aspect

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13
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What term is used to refer to vineyards that are cultivated under extremely difficult conditions?

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Heroic

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14
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What term is used to refer to vineyards whose traditional cultivation methods and techniques are tied to a specific place?

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Historic

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15
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What are the four basins of the Mediterranean Sea?

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Adriatic Sea
Ionian Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
Ligurian Sea

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16
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What river has the tributaries of Tanaro, Dora, Baltea and Sesia rivers?

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Po River

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17
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Limestones, calcareous marls and dolomitic sands are examples of what type of soil?

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Sedimentary soils

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18
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What is the term for resulting deposit of sediment (rocks and soils) that was transported by a glacier?

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Moraine

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19
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What type of soil is schist or gneiss?

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Metamorphic soil

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20
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What type of climate is characterised by hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters?

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Mediterranean climate

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21
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What type of climate has warm summers and cold winters with large diurnal and annual temperature variations?

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Continental climate

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22
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What is the name for winds that are warm and dry and descend on the leeward side of a mountain after the condensation of water vapour on the windward side?

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Foehn winds

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23
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What wind is also known as the Greco?

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The Bora

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24
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Which wind blows from the north, bringing cold air from the Alps?

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Tramontana

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25
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Which wind blows through the spring into autumn and brings warm, dry air from the Sahara Desert?

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Scirocco

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26
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What wind is a westerly one?

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Ponente

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27
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What is the most-planted red grape in Italy?

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Sangiovese

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28
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What is the most planted white grape in Italy?

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Glera

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29
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What white grape is native to the Roero Hills?

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Arneis

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30
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What is the white grape of Gavi in Piemonte?

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Cortese

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31
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What is the primary white grape of western Veneto?

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Garganega

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32
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Moscato Bianco is known commonly around the world as what?

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Muscat Blanc á Petits Grains

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33
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Which white grape’s traditional home is the area of Collio, around the town of Oslavia?

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Ribolla Gialla

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34
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What grape is known as Ugni Blanc in France?

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Trebbiano Toscana

35
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What grape is also known as Traminer Aromatico?

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Gewürztraminer

36
Q

Which aromatic red variety likely comes from Acqui Terme in Piemonte?

37
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What indigenous Valle d’Aosta red grape is also known as Picciourouzo?

A

Petit Rouge

38
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What is the primary red grape of Valpolicella and Bardolino?

39
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How long after bud break does flowering typically happen?

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6 to 9 weeks

40
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Why are green harvests undertaken?

A

To limit yields

41
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Typically how long after véraison are grapes picked?

42
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What is the name of the application used to combat downy mildew?

A

Bordeaux Mixture (copper sulfate application)

43
Q

What is the name of the Asian fruit fly that has threatened European vineyards?

A

Drosophila suzukii

44
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Which two varieties from Langhe have been particularly affected by Flavescence dorée?

A

Barbera and Dolcetto

45
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What is the name of the vine affliction that results in poor fruit set after cloudy, wet weather?

46
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Who introduced the first type of high-training systems for the vine?

A

The Etruscans

48
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Which vine-training system could be considered as an early example of overhead vine training?

49
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Which pergola vine-training system uses an inclined arm?

A

Pergola Trentina

50
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Which two high vine-training systems are commonly in use in Emilia-Romagna?

A

Sylvoz and Geneva Double Curtain

51
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What is the name of the common long, cane-pruned training system that has been used in Italy, with all its variants, for centuries?

52
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What is the name of the fungus-resistant hybrids that are being experimented with to address climate change?

A

PIWI (pilzwiderstandsfähig)

53
Q

What vessels were Italian red wines traditionally aged in?

A

Slavonian oak or chestnut casks (botti)

54
Q

Which traditional white winemaking practice was largely abandoned in the 1970s?

A

Allowing skin contact

55
Q

The great majority of Italian sparkling wines are made by what method?

A

Tank method

56
Q

Asti DOCG and Prosecco DOCG are made by what method?

A

Tank method

57
Q

Traditional method sparkling wines of Italy typically have more or less dosage than Champagne?

A

Less dosage

58
Q

The trend to use amphora began in the 2000s due to which Colio winemaker?

A

Josko Gravner

59
Q

What is the Italian term for aging on lees?

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Sui lieviti aging

60
Q

In autolysis, what is released to result in a creamy texture?

A

Mannoproteins

61
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What technique is used in white winemaking to better integrate lactic flavours often created by MLF?

A

Lees stirring (bâtonnage)

62
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What are four common fining agents?

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Bentonite, Gelatin, Egg whites, Casein

64
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What is the name of the technique of partially drying grapes after harvest to concentrate sugars, acids, and flavor?

A

Appassimento

65
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What are the two methods used to make rosato wines?

A

Direct press and bleeding the tank (salasso)

66
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Who is creditted with pioneering the method to make sparkling wine, that we now call the tank method?

A

Federico Martinotti

67
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What is the alcohol level of a finished wine made by Asti method?

68
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Which two categories of Italian wines fit in the EU category of Protected Designation of Origin (PDO)?

A

DOC and DOCG

69
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What is the name of the seal with a unique alphanumeric code on an Italian wine bottle that ensures authenticity?

A

Fascetta or sigillo

70
Q

What term refers to the original and historic winegrowing area within a DOCG or DOC?

71
Q

What is the official new name for Menzioni Geografica Aggiuntiva (MGA)?

A

Unità Geografica Aggiuntiva (UGA)

72
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If grape variety or vintage is on the label of an IGT wine, what proportion of the grapes must be that grape or of that vintage?

73
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If a wine is labeled as just Vini, which seven grape varieties can be displayed on the label?

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Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, and Cabernet

74
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What is the name of the voluntary organization formed by producers, co-operatives, and merchants of a DOC or DOCG?

75
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What is the name of the official legal document behind the regulations of a DOC, DOCG, or IGT?

A

Disciplinare di produzione

76
Q

Which were not one of Italy’s ancient indigenous tribes?

A

The Phoenicians

77
Q

The Etruscans are closely associated with which vine-training methods?

A

Vite maritata all’albero

78
Q

Comuni are?

A

Administrative divisions analogous to municipalities

79
Q

What is the name of the period of political and civil rebirth that began around 1815?

A

Risorgimento

80
Q

The eastern coastline of Italy is bordered by?

A

The Adriatic Sea

81
Q

Which region is least well-known for its vineyards on volcanic soils?

82
Q

Turbiana is also known as?

A

Trebbiano di Lugana

83
Q

Esca is?

A

A grapevine trunk disease

Italian Wine Scholar Unit 1 (9 decks)

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