Italy 2 Flashcards

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Brindisi

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Adriatic port and doc for robust red wine made mainly from negroamaro grapes, and Chardonnay-based whites shipped mainly in bulk.

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DOC in puglia in the far south east of Italy, associated with the nero di troia grape, although it may also be a 100% aglianico or either of the two cabernets. The same flexible production rules are applied to the white, which was traditionally based on bombino bianco, but varietal chardonnay and sauvignon blanc are also allowed. Confusingly, no fewer than three parallel docgs were created in the early 2010s: Castel del Monte Bombino Nero DOCG, Castel del Monte Nero di Troia Riserva DOCG, and Castel del Monte Rosso Riserva DOCG (minimum 65% Nero di Troia), none with the track record for quality that this level implies.

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Mediterranean island off tuscany. Viticulture played an important role in the economy of the island in the ancient world, and pliny described Elba as ‘insula vini ferax’ (an island with abundant production of wine). This continued until the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when a quarter of the cultivated surface was occupied by vines. Emigration from the island and the increasing attractions of the booming tourist industry have drastically reduced the role of wine in the overall economic picture, however, to the point where hardly 100 ha/250 acres of the Elba doc are in production, three-quarters of it white wine. The whole of Elba is covered by one DOC, called Elba, with whites based on trebbiano Toscano, vermentino, and Ansonica (Sicily’s inzolia), and reds on the ubiquitous sangiovese. The one docg is a sweet dried-grape wine, the red aleatico passito.

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Island and tourist destination in the Bay of Naples in the Italian region of campania (see map under italy) which has managed to preserve a small part of the vineyards which once covered a significant part of the island. The doc Ischia wine, produced from 60 ha/148 acres of vineyards, is most commonly a white blend based on 45 to 70% forastera grapes with biancolella. Reds are typically a blend of guarnaccia and piedirosso (locally known as Per’e Palummo), the latter of which, on its own, may be either a dry red or a sweet dried-grape wine. While these red wine grapes are widespread in Campania, Forastera and Biancolella are almost exclusively grown on Ischia on steep, terraced vineyards, often accessible only by monorail. Only few producers persevere but Casa d’Ambra is notable.

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Relatively new and as yet relatively unrealized doc for sweet, still or sparkling white wines made in sardinia in the image of moscati d’asti.

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Wine from vineyards on the slopes of the Sorrento peninsula in southern Italy achieved prominence from the latter half of the reign of Augustus in the first decade of the 1st century ad. It ranked high in Classical rome, but behind caecuban and falernian, in pliny’s assessment. It was produced from the vine known as the Aminnea Gemina Minor, which, unusually for one of the classic wines, was trellised rather than grown up trees. The wine itself was a rather thin white wine, which nevertheless could be described as ‘strong’. It may well have had a high acidity. There are recommendations to age it for 20 to 25 years. It never won universal approval—‘a high class vinegar’ was the opinion of both the emperors Tiberius and Caligula, and there are some signs that its medicinal properties were among its most important selling points.

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A white wine which was among the most famous wines of Roman Italy and was much praised by the Roman poets. The type of grape is unknown. The wine was produced on Monte Massico, the line of hills which runs down to the sea on the west coast of Italy between the rivers Garigliano and Volturno. This zone is adjacent to the territory which produced falernian and some writers treat Massic as a subtype of that famous wine. The wine was transported to Sinuessa on the coast, where there were numerous kilns producing the amphorae in which the wine was exported.

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Historically the most important producer of taurasi in the southern Italian region of campania. Staunch defenders of the aglianico grape, which was widely replaced after the Second World War by the higher-yielding Trebbiano and Sangiovese, they convinced their grape suppliers to continue growing it by paying higher prices for it. Mastroberardino was the first, and for a long period the sole producer to bottle taurasi rather than selling it off in bulk. The family split in 1994, with one branch retaining the vineyards but setting up under the Vignadora label, and the other branch retaining the name but seeking grapes elsewhere.

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Plural colline, is the Italian word for hills, and its use in a wine name indicates that the wine is produced on slopes of a certain elevation (it is an almost direct equivalent of France’s côte, Côtes, and Coteaux). Accordingly, articles about Colli Somewhere are listed not under Colli, but under S for Somewhere. Elevation is obviously in the eye of the beholder, however, and the word colli is used to describe both mere knolls and near-mountainous viticulture at elevations of over 500 m/1,600 ft. Colli and its variations can be found not only as the title of various docs but also as a part of their descriptive apparatus: chianti, for example, is produced in the Colli Senesi and the Colline Pisane (Chianti dei Colli Senesi, Chianti delle Colline Pisane). The absence of the word does not imply that a given wine is produced in the flatlands; much of Italy’s finest wine—barbaresco, barolo, brunello di montalcino, vino nobile di montepulciano—is produced from hillside vineyards without that fact being indicated in the wine’s name.

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The origins of viticulture in tuscany are as problematic as the origins of the Etruscan peoples who flourished in central north Italy from the 8th century bc until being absorbed by the Romans from the 3rd century onwards. However, at its height, Etruscan society was heavily influenced by the culture of the Greek colonies of southern Italy. They imported fine Greek pottery for use in the symposium and made their own copies. The dinner and drinking party was a favourite theme in the lavish paintings which adorned their tombs. Indeed, the Etruscans became a byword among Greek and Roman moralists for luxurious living and eccentric customs, such as allowing wives to participate in banquets. There are literary references to Etruscan wine from the late 3rd century bc, but much earlier, from the late 7th century, the wine was exported in a distinctive type of amphora well beyond Italy to southern France. Various wines are attested throughout the region in the classical period, although none was universally recognized as of the highest class.

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Vino Vini Varietali PGI aka Indicazione Geografica Protetta (IGP) aka Indicazione Geografica Tipica (IGT) PDO aka Denominazione di Origine Protetta (DOP) aka Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOC/DOCG)

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DOCG (0) ``` DOC (1) Valle d'Aosta (Vallee d'Aosta) DOC - Arnad Montjovet - Blanc de Morgex et de la Salle - Chambave - Donnas - Enfer d'Arvier - Nus - Torrette ``` IGT (0)

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Valle d’Aosta. It is landlocked and mountainous

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It is nestled near the western alps and experiences a continental climate, with long cold winters and short, hot summers

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It ranks last in the 20 major regions Italy

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In a narrow band of vineyards around the Dora Baltea River

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Arnad- Montjovet, Blanc de Morgex et de la Salle, Chambave, Donnas, Enfer d’Arvier, Nus and Torrette

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Petit Rouge- Torette, Chambave, Enfer d’Arvier Picotendro (Nebbiolo)-Donnas and Arnad- Montjovet reds La Salle- Blanc de Morgex or Prie. It is responsible for making sparkling wines. It is grown on Mont Blanc. Varietal wines are also allowed. These include Petit Arvine, Gamay, Petit Rouge, Fumin and Premetta (which is usually a Rose)

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- Narrow band of mountainous coastland south of Piedmont - Viticulture has long been established in the region - Vineyards are on steep treacherous coastal terrain - Mediterranean climate - Pigato (Vermentino) is very successful here especially in Colli di Luni and Riviera Ligure di Ponente. - The red grape Rossese can be produced as Riviera Ligure Di Ponente DOC or Rossese Di Doceacqua DOC. - The white wine of Cinque Terre DOC made from Bosco are very well known

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1963. DOCG the more prestigious title was introduced this same year.

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1980. Brunello Di Montalcino, Barolo and Vino Noble De Montepulciano were upgraded.

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Because DOC and DOCG restrictions had been watered down

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“Super Tuscans” (ie Sassicaia, Tiganello)

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It introduced the category of Indicazione Geographica Tipica (IGT). This offered w/makers more freedom

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The Apennine Mountains. The Alps are the bracket of the Northern region.

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After the collapse of the Austo- Hungarian Empire at the end of WW1

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Piedmonte and Tuscany.....they say.