italian wine

Question 1

What is region A

Answer 1

Valle D’Aosta

Question 2

What is region B

Answer 2

Piedmont (Piemonte)

Question 3

What is region C

Answer 3

Lombardy (Lombardia)

Question 4

What is region D

Answer 4

Veneto

Question 5

What is region E

Answer 5

Trentino/Alto-Adige

Question 6

What is region F

Answer 6

Friuli Venezia-Giulia

Question 7

What is region G

Answer 7

Emilia-Romagna

Question 8

What is region H

Answer 8

Liguria

Question 9

What is region I

Answer 9

Toscana

Question 10

What is region J

Answer 10

Umbria

Question 11

What is region K

Answer 11

Marche

Question 12

What is region L

Answer 12

Lazio

Question 13

What is region M

Answer 13

Abruzzo

Question 14

What is region N

Answer 14

Molise

Question 15

What is region O

Answer 15

Campania

Question 16

What is region P

Answer 16

Puglia

Question 17

Wht is region Q

Answer 17

Calabria

Question 18

What is region U

Answer 18

Basilicata

Question 19

What is region R

Answer 19

Sicily

Question 20

What is region S

Answer 20

Sardegna

Question 21

What is region T

Answer 21

Corsica

Question 22

Who first cultivated grapes to make wine in the lands that would become Italy?

Answer 22

Etruscans, Celtic tribes (Gauls), and Greek settlers before the Romans started to in 2nd Cent. BC

Question 23

How many grape varieties are there in italy?

Answer 23

350 authorized with at least 500 mor that are known (some suggest over 2000)

Question 24

Name three factors that help explain why Italy has so many distinctive wines.

Answer 24

• proliferation of many grape types
• pronounced regional differences with only recent attempts at unification (1861)
• different soil types
• different soil hours per year
• different winds, etc.

No other country as so many wide differences than Italy does

Question 25

1) Who discovered oak for wine storage and discovered its effects on wine?
2) Clay amphora bottling?

Answer 25

1) Celtic populations in Northern Italy
2) The Romans

Question 26

In what current country are the oldest continously used vineyards in the world?

BONUS: What subregion?

Answer 26

Italy

Valtellina in Lombardia

Question 27

Name the typically largest wine producing region in the world. The largest exporter to the US?

Answer 27

Italy. Italy. Revolution in 1970 changed italy from a mass producer to a producer of higher quality.

Question 28

What is IGT in the italian Appelation System?

When and why was it created?

Answer 28

Indicazione Geographica Tipica - Table wine that is typical of an indicated geographical zone but without regulations on varietals, viniculture, viticulture - only GEOGRAPHICAL constraints.

It was created in 1992 to give more indication of quality of wines where winemakers had increased levels of experimentation (i.e. “Super Tuscans”)

Question 29

What is DOC in the Italian Appellation System?

When and why was it created?

Answer 29

Denominazione di Origine Controllata - a QWPSR (Quality Wine Produced in a Specific Region) wine that has specific regulations controlling most aspects of the wine making. The government further taste tests the wine to make sure it adheres to a standard for that DOCG.

Along with the DOCG, it was created in 1963 to emulate the French AOC system to recognize the quality of wines.

Question 30

What is the DOCG in the Italian Appellation System?

When and why was it created?

Answer 30

Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita - a QWPSR (Quality Wine Produced in a Specific Region) wine that has specific regulations controlling almost all aspects of the wine making. The government further taste tests the wine to make sure it adheres to a standard for that DOCG.

Along with DOC, it was created in 1963 to emulate the French AOC systemto recognize quality and typical wines.

Question 31

What does “Classico” refer to?

Answer 31

For DOC and DOCG wines: wine produced in the oldest and most renowned regions of an Appellation.

Question 32

What does “Superiore” (Superior) refer to?

Answer 32

For DOC and DOCG wines: mainly referring to having a percentage of alcohol by volume than normally required for the Appellation.