Italie du Sud

Question 1

What grape goes into Taurasi DOCG?
What is the profile of the grape?

Answer 1

Aglianico.
Aglianico is a late ripening, thick-skinned grape that produces full-bodied red wine high in acid and tannin with flavors of smoked spice, dark black fruits and plums.

Question 2

What DOCG in Campania is based on Aglianico?

Answer 2

Taurasi DOCG

Question 3

What are the 2 major white grapes of Campania?

Answer 3

GRECO
FIANO

Question 4

What are the 2 DOCG white wines of Campania?

Answer 4

Fiano di Avellino DOCG (fuller)
Greco di Tufo DOCG (leaner)

Question 5

What are the soils mainly like in Campania?

Answer 5

VOLCANIC.
Thanks to the eruptions of Mt. Vesuvius, volcanic soils abound in Campania.

Question 6

What is the name of the extinct volcano in Basilicata?

Answer 6

Monte Vulture

Question 7

Which DOC in Basilicata is based on Aglianico?

Answer 7

Aglianico del Vulture DOC

Question 8

Campania is on which sea?

Answer 8

Tyrrhenian Sea

Question 9

While mostly landlocked, Basilicata has a coastlines on which two seas?

Answer 9

Tyrrhenian Sea
Ionian Sea

Question 10

Is Campania north or south of Lazio?

Answer 10

Campania is south of Lazio.

Question 11

In Puglia, vines were traditionally ______-trained. Today, vines are more commonly ______-trained.

Answer 11

Traditionally bush-trained
Today more cordon-trained (making mechanized harvesting easier)

Question 12

What are the 2 noteworthy red grapes of Puglia?

Answer 12

Negroamaro
Primitivo (Zinfandel)

Question 13

Which DOC in Puglia best represents Negroamaro?

Answer 13

Salice Salentino DOC

Question 14

Most grapes grown in Sicily are bottled under which appellations?

Answer 14

IGT Terre Siciliane
Sicilia DOC (only if yields are somewhat smaller)

Question 15

Which red grape variety is the main component of Terre di Sicilia IGT / Sicilia DOC wines?

Answer 15

Nero d’Avola

Question 16

What international grape varieties are widely planted in Sicily?

Answer 16

Chardonnay
Syrah

Question 17

Some of Sicily’s best wines come from what small appellation?

Answer 17

ETNA DOC

Question 18

Red wines from Etna DOC are primarily made from what 2 grape varieties?

Answer 18

Nerello Mascalese
Nerello Cappuccio

Question 19

What is the typical profile of a white Etna DOC?

Answer 19

Medium body
High acid
Citrus
Stony/steely
If aged, honey and wax notes

Question 20

What are the predominant soils of Etna DOC?

Answer 20

Soils are sometimes pebbly and gravelly, sometimes sandy, or rather, ashes. Their volcanic composition determines the distinctive mineral flavour of Etna wines

Question 21

What is the famous fortified wine produced in Sicily?

Answer 21

Marsala is a fortified wine, dry or sweet, produced in the region surrounding the Italian city of Marsala in Sicily.
Marsala first received Denominazione di Origine Controllata (DOC) status in 1969.

Question 22

What was Sicily’s first DOC?

Answer 22

Sicilia DOC

Question 23

What body of water separates Sicily from the Italian mainland?

Answer 23

MESSINA Strait

Question 24

What is the most widely planted grape variety of Sardinia?

Answer 24

Over 250 grape varieties are cultivated on the island.
Leading the podium is CANNONAU, grown on 7,500 hectares.

For whites, Vermentino dominates with more than 5,000 hectares.

Question 25

Sardinia’s Cannonau is genetically identical to what grape variety?

Answer 25

Cannonau originates from the old Spanish grape Garnacha, known as Grenache.

Question 26

What is the only DOCG appellation of Sardinia?

Answer 26

Vermentino di Gallura is Sardinia’s only DOCG appellation, and covers white Vermentino-based wines from a large area at the northern end of the island.

Question 27

What is Sardinia’s most famous white grape variety?

Answer 27

Vermentino Grape
Sardinia’s most famous flagship white grape variety. Typically light-medium bodied and very floral with notes of spiced and green apple.