History Flashcards
Who did what?
Introduced the concept of terror by matching grape to soil types
The Romans
Who did what?
** Advanced viticulture and winemaking in Italy’s south**
The greeks
Who did what?
Taught the indigenous tribes of brthern Italy how to grow vines and how to make wine
The Estruscans
Put civilizations in order: romans, estruscans, lombards, greeks, kingdom of Sardegna
Etruscans, greeks, romans, lombards, kingdom of Sardegna
True or false about middle ages
Wooden barrels became widespread to the detriment of winw quality
True
True or false about middle ages
The first mentions of nebbiolo, barbera and garganega appear
True
True or false about middle ages
. The overall quality of wine imoproved tremendously
False
True or false about middle ages
Monaesteries preserved wine culture and viticulture
True
True or Flase
Spain’s controlling interest in Italy was cosiderably reduced by the Austrian Habsburg Empire
True
True or false about Modern Age
Corks and glass bottles were in widespread use in Italy by early 18 th
False
True or false about Modern Age
KIngdom of Sardegna united the country into the kingdom of Italy in 1861
True
True or false about Modern Age
A winter freeze in 1709 almost all vineyards north -italy
True
True or false about Modern Age
Discovering of America caused economic crisis in Italy
True
In which province would be most likely volvanic hills?
Veneto
The majority of Italy’s vioneyards are found on:
. Hillsides
. In the plains
. In the mountains
Hillsides
True or false
The Alpes block humid air currents from thr Adriatic sea
False
True or false
The Prealps are a lower altitude range contiguous to the Alps
True
True or false
The Padana plain separates de Alps from the Apenines
True
True or false
The Apenines are considerably lower in Altitude than the Alps
True
The climate of the Padana plain is:
. Fully continental
.Mediterranean
. Sem continental
. Alpine
Fully continental
Locate the Garda Lake
K
Which of the following regions do not enjoy autonomous status:
. Valle dÁosta
. Piemonte
. Trentino Alto Adige
. Friuli Venezia Giulia
. Piemonte
What is the longest river?
Dora Baltea
Po
Brenta
Adige
Po
Which sea does not border Italy?
Ionian
Adriatic
Tyrrhenian
Baltic
Baltic
True and false about mezzadria system :
. Was widespread in northern and central Italy
. Favored landowners
. Farmers tend to plan only one crop
. Abolished in the 60’s
. More focused on quality rather than quantity
1, 2 and 5 ar ecorrecot
True or false
Pergolas train vines to grow as high as 1.9 mts off the ground
True
True or false
Tendone in only used for high quality wines
False
True or false
As a rule, vines trained on a pergola deliver large crop loads
True
True or false
**Grapes grown on pergolas have little risk og sunburn
True
Which is the most planted red grape in Italy?
Sangiovese
Montepulciano
Barbera
Merlot
Sangiovese
True or false
Isolation of winegrowing areas led to the extintion of indigenous grapes
False
True or false
Phylloxera was the cause of extintion of several indgenous grapes
True
True or false
There are at least 350 grapes varietes cultivated in Italy
True
True or False
*Some indigenous Italioan grapeshave been written since middle ages**
True
True or false
Most of Italy’s sparklings are made in traditional method
No.
True or Flase
Italian sparklings: low dosage levels
True
True or false
Both Pinot noir and chardonnay are used for sparkling wine in several wine regions**
True
True or false
Italian sweet wine production pre-dates middle ages
True
True or false
Italy’s white wines were traditionally made with skin contact
True
True or false
Red wines were traditionally aged in small french oak**
False
Talento indicates
. A sparkling wine made Trentino
. A wine made in the Talento region
. A wine made by a member of talento association
. A sparkling made in the traditional method
A sparkling made with traditional method
On which wine bottle would yo expecto to see a gold fascetta?
. Venezia Giulia IGT
. Barolo DOCG
. Prosecco DOC
. Langhe DOC
An a blue one?
Barolo Docg
And
. Prosecco DOC
. Langhe DOC
True or false regarding classic dessignation :
A. Indica una larga tradición reproducir un vino específico
B. Es la área original histórica de unaDOCG o DOC
C. Indica una mayor calidad y prestigio
D. El vino tiene las mismas regulaciones que la apelación regular
D no es correcta
Cuál de las siguientes aseveraciones es falsa?
. El Consorcio llega a cabo las pruebas de control de calidad de las DOC y DOCG
. Los consorcios son asociaciones voluntarias que comprenden los productores a los mercaderes y se relacionan determinadas DOC y DOCG
. La DISCIPLINARE es el documento oficial y legal detrás de cada denominación de origen e indicaciones geográficas típicas
. Los Consorcio puede representar múltiples denominaciones de origen garantizadas o no
. La A es la respuesta incorrecta ya que se encargan los exámenes de calidad a terceros partidos
Poner en orden de categoría las categorías de la Unión Europea de la más alta a la más baja
. Indicación geográfica protegida
. Vini
. Vino con variedad de uva o cosecha
. Denominación de origen protegida
. DOP
. IGT
. Vino con indicación de añada o de variedad
.  Vino
Cuál de las siguientes variedades no puede aparecer en una etiqueta de vino italiano genérico
Pinot noir
Cabenret sauvignon
Syrah
Merlot
Pinot noir
Cuál de los siguientes ítems debe estar regulados por una DOCG
Crianza
Estilo del vino
Densidad del vino
Tecnicas de vinificacion
Rendimiento por hectarea
Limies fisicos
Alcohol final
Todas
