Italy - General

Question 1

Climate of Northern Italy

Answer 1

Cool Continental on North

Question 2

Who produced wine in Italy before the rise of the Romans?

Answer 2

Greeks and Estrucans

Question 3

What borders Italy?

Answer 3

Austria and Switzerland to the North
Tyrrhenian and Liguarian Seas to the West
Ionian Sea to the South
Adriatic Sea to the East

Question 4

Which two mountain ranges cover Italy? Which way do they run?

Answer 4

Alps cover Northern Italy from West to East
Appenine runs like back bone North to South

Question 5

Which river runs through Northern Italy?

Answer 5

Po River

Question 6

A traditional, theoretically superior vineyard within a DOC or DOCG

Answer 6

Classico

Question 7

Indicates extended aging and lower yields, higher than a Classico

Answer 7

Riserva

Question 8

Denotes higher alcohol and longer aging, Higher than Riserve

Answer 8

Superior

Question 9

Sparkling wine in Italian

Answer 9

Spumante

Question 10

Lightly sparkling wine in Italy

Answer 10

Frizzant

Question 11

Traditional method for making sparkling wine in Italy

Answer 11

Metodo Classico

Question 12

Dry in Italy

Answer 12

Seco

Question 13

Off-Dry in italy

Answer 13

Amabile

Question 14

Sweet in Italy

Answer 14

Dolce

Question 15

Wine made from dry grapes that is often sweet

Answer 15

Passito/Recioto

Question 16

Climate in Southern Italy

Answer 16

Warm Mediterranean

Question 17

Italian Wine Classification

Answer 17

DOCG
DOC
IGT
Vino

Question 18

What is the DOCG/DOC system based off of?

Answer 18

France’s AOC

Question 19

What does DOC stand for?

Answer 19

Denominazione di Orgine Controlatta

Question 20

IGT stands for?

Answer 20

Indicazoine Geografica Tipiica

Question 21

DOCG stands for

Answer 21

Denominazione di Orgine Controlatta e Garantita

Question 22

When was the first DOCG introduced and when was it awarded?

Answer 22

1980

Question 23

Which DOC were first awarded DOCG status?

Answer 23

July 1980:
Vino Noble di Montalcino
Barolo
Brunello di Montapulciano

October 1980:
Barbaresco

Question 24

Vino de Tavola

Answer 24

Table wine

Question 25

What was the purpose of the creation of Vino de Tavola

Answer 25

Create a system of wines that conflicted with the watered down DOC system

Question 26

What is the geographical requirments of Vino da Tavola

Answer 26

Can’t say anything other than Italy

Question 27

What are two iconic wines that started as Vino da Tavola? What type of wine are they?

Answer 27

Supertuscans

Sassicaia
Tignanello

Question 28

Latest Italian DOCG

Answer 28

Tullum AKA Terre Tollesi

Question 29

What country has the most grape varieties of anywhere in the world?

Answer 29

Italy

Question 30

What is the Santa Trinita Mediterranea

Answer 30

The Mediterranean Holy Trinity

• olive
• wine
• bread

Question 31

When did Cabernet Sauvignon come to Italy and what was it nicknamed?

Answer 31

Late 18th Century
Uva Francesca

Question 32

What is Grappa?

Answer 32

Clear brandy made mostly in Northern Italy by distilling the refermented pomace from winemaking

Question 33

What is considered a superior style of Grappa

Answer 33

Grappa di Monovutigno
Made from single grape variety like Riesling Moscato, Gewurztraminer or picolit

Question 34

When was the DOC system founded? Under what law?

Answer 34

February 12, 1963
Established max yields
Approves vareties and viticultural practices
Set geographical boundaries
Authorized vinification techniques
Stylrs
Min and Max Alcohol
Under Law 930

Question 35

What was the first white DOCG in italy?

Answer 35

Albana di Romagna in 1981

Question 36

When did the formation of modern Italy began?

Answer 36

1861 with the unification of most of the peninsula under the House of Savoy into the Kingdom of Italy

Question 37

When was Trentito-Alto Adige added to Italy?

Answer 37

After the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after WW1

Question 38

What is the Italy’s most sparsely populated area? What is their official language?

Answer 38

Valle D’Asota
French