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What is the red grape of Valtellina?

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Chivennasca - Nebbiolo

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What is the dominant grape varietal of Soave DOC?

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Garganega

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Which red grape varietal is cultivated in Trentino-Alto Adige?

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Schiava

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What wine serves as the base for the Bellini cocktail?

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Prosecco

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What is the primary red grape varietal of Barolo and Barbaresco?

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Nebbiolo

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What is Italy’s most important DOCG for traditional method sparkling wines?

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Franciacorta

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What is the principal grape varietal of Amarone?

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Corvina

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How are Italian wines classified?

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Vino (Formerly Vino da Tavola - Table WInes), IGT (Geographica), DOC (Donominazione di Origine Controllata), DOCG (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita)

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What mountain range provides the “spine” of Italy?

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The Apennine Mountains

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What mountain range provides the northern border of Italy?

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The Alps

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What river cuts through the heart of the Piedmont region of Italy?

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The Po River

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What type of climate does Piedmont experience?

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Continental with a “rain shadow” effect from the Alps.

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What type of soil is found in Piedmont?

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Calcerous marl an sandstone with carying percentages of clay and sand.

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What are the prized southern exposed slopes of Piedmont called?

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Sori

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What three grape varietals make up the primary reds of Piedmont?

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Nebbiolo, Dolcetto, and Barbera

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Barolo Chinato is an aromatized wine flavored with what?

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Quinine

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What are Goria Laws?

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Passed in 1992 and established by Giovanni Goria, these laws further clarified Italian Wine Law and the quality standards/detrminations.

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What is the main soil of Tuscany?

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Tufa and volcanic to sandstone and limestone

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What is a Super Tuscan wine?

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Wines (usually red) that are produced outside of the Tuscan DOCG that exhibit exemplary characteristics of the region…especially as it relates to Chianti…or the Sangiovese…varietal.

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What is the primary varietal of Chianti Classico?

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Sangiovese

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Name three Super Tuscan wine producers.

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Sassicaia, Tignanello, Ornellaia

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22
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Who produces Flaccianello?

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Fontodi

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Who produces Tignanello?

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Antinori

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Who produces Solaia?

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Antinori

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Who produces Ornellaia?

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Tenuta dell’Ornellaia

26
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Name a producer of Franciacorta sparkling wine.

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Ca Del Bosco

27
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What is the Italian name for Pinot Noir?

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Pinot Nero

28
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When a Franciacorta sparkling wine is labeled “reserva”, what is the minimum amount of time it must be aged on its lees?

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5 years

29
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What two countries influence the wines of Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy?

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Italy and Germany

30
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What is the dominant red varietal of Trentino-Alto Adige?

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Schiava

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What is the white varietal in Veneto, Italy most well known for?

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Pinot Grigio (Pinot Gris)

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What perennially expensive, luxury wine does Veneto, Italy produce?

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Amarone

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What is the “appassimento” method for developing recioto wines?

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The grapes are hung from special lofts and dried before fermentation; concentrating sugar and extract.

34
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What are the special lofts used to make Amarone wine called?

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Fruttai

35
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What type of wine is Soave, Italy known for?

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White wines made from at least 70% Garganega, with Trebbiano di Soave, Chardonnay and Pinot Bianco added as well.

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What are the sparkling wines of Veneto called?

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Prosecco

37
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What is the trademark white varietal of Friuli-Venezia Giulia?

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Friulano - also known as Tocai Friulano (or Tai)

38
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What is the primary varietal of Chianti?

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Sangiovese

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What are the traditional squat, straw covered, Italian glass bottles of Chianti called?

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Fiasco

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What type of climate does Tuscany, Italy enjoy?

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Mostly a dry, maritime=influenced climate. Some areas may also have a more seasonal, continental climate.

41
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What is “governo”?

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Refermentation with the juice of dried grapes.

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What are the two primary soil types of Chianti Classico?

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Galesro (soft, friable, marl-like) and alberese (sandstone)

43
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What is the most powerful expression of Sangiovese in Tuscany, Italy?

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Brunello di Montalcino - made from 100% Saniovese Grosso (Bruno) varietal

44
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What is the traditional dessert wine of Tuscany, Italy called?

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Vin santo

45
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What is the primary white wine of Umbria called?

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Orvieto - Used to toast the first successful nuclear reaction of the Manhattan Project by physicist Enrico Fermi.

46
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What story is most famously related to di Montefiascone in the Latium region of Italy?

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“Est! Est! Est!”

47
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Name a DOCG of Campania and the varietal used to create its white wine?

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Fiano di Avellino; Fiano

48
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What is the most famous wine expression of Sicily?

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Marsala

49
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What is the varietal most planted in Sicily?

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Cataratto

50
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What Southern Italy region does not contain any DOCG zones?

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Calabria

51
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What is the only white wine DOCG of Tuscany, Italy?

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Vernaccio di San Gimignano

52
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What DOCG zone does the Super-Tuscan Sassicaia have its own subappellation?

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Bolgheri

53
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What is the primary white grape of Marches?

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Verdicchio

54
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What is the principal red grape of Taurasi DOCG?

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Aglianico

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