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Italy- Northern italy Flashcards

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Valle d’Aosta has how many DOC’s

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One - Valle d’Aosta

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Valle d’Aosta has what type of climate

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Continental climate and it vineyards are located on the Dora Baltea River

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What are the 7 subzones of Valle d’Aosta

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Arnad-Montjovet
Blanc de Morgex de la Salle
Chambove
Donnas
Enfer d’Arvier 
Nus
Torrette
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Main whites of Valle d’Aosta

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Blanc de Morgex
Muller-Thurgau
Pinot Grigio
Chardonnay 
Petit Arvine
Muscato
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What are the main red grapes of Valle d’Aosta

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Petit rouge

Picotendro (Nebbiolo)

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What styles of wine are made in Valle d’Aosta

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Still white, rosé and red and late harvest wines are produced

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Lombardy climate is

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True continental climate

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Four major lake are in lombardy but what two are the most important

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Lake Garda

Lake Iseo

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In Lombardy, what has a long history of sparkling winemaking back to 1570

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Franciacorta

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Franciacorta started a rival to quality of what in the 1960’s

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Champagne

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What grapes tend to be preferred grapes for sparkling wines

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Pinot noir
Pinot blanco
Chardonnay

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What is the Maine grape in Valtellina in Lombardy

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Nebbiolo (chiavennasca)

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What are the different areas/docgs of Lombardy

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Franciacorta DOCG
Franciacorta Millesimato
Franciacorta Riserva
Scanzo DOCG
Oltrepo Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG
Valtellina Superiore DOCG
Sforzato do Valtellina DOCG
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Franciacorta DOCG has sparkling wines for what method and what grapes

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Traditional method sparkling wines from Pinot noir , Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc
Styles may include Blanc, rosé, satén, millesimato ( vintage) and Riserva

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What is Satén style wine in Lombardy

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Sparkling wine made from all white grapes and bottles at less than 5 Atmospheres of pressure

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Millesimato means

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vintage
Millesimato - the term indicates that the sparkling wine is produced with wines obtained from grapes of a single harvest, vintage, in this case called “millesimo”.

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Franciacorta has be aged for how long

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Minimum 18 months on lees after triage and 25 months total

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Franciacorta Satén and Riserva has to aged for how long

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Minimum 23 months on lees after triage and 31 months total

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Franciacorta Millesimato aging requirements

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Minimum 30 months on lees after triage and 37 months total

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Franciacorta Riserva aging requirements

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Minimum 60 months on the lees after triage and 67 months total

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Scanzo DOCG requirements

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A dried, sweet wine made from 100% muscato di Scanzo , a red version of mascato. The grape have to be dried for a minimum of 21 days

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Oltrepo Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG requirements

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Sparkling wines made in the traditional method, can be white , rosé and varietally labeled Pinot noir

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Valtellina Superiore DOCG requirements

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dry reds from chiavennasca ( Nebbiolo ) can be Riserva and labeled with a subzone. Maybe labeled as stagsfassli if bottle in Switzerland. Wines need to be aged 24 months and 3 years for Riserva

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Sforzato do Valtellina DOCG requirements

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Dry wine from dried Nebbiolo grapes. Minimum 14% ABV with high tannins

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Liguria has what type of climate

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Mediterranean climate and the biggest influence is the Ligurian Sea

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Is there any docgs in Liguria

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No

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The most notable docs in Liguria

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Clinque Terre
Colli di Luni
Riserva Liguria di Ponente

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Liguria doc Clinque Terre has what type of requirements

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Dry and sweet wines from Bosco and Vermentino

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The doc Colli di Luni from Liguria has what type of requirements

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Whites from Vermentino and trebbiano, reds from Sangiovese

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The DOC Rivera Ligure di Ponente requirements in Liguria

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Varietally labeled dry to sweet wines from

Vermentino, pigato and moscato and dry to sweet red from Rossese

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Emilia Romagna climate is

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Continental climate with Mediterranean influences from the Adriatic Sea

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Where river does Emilia Romagna located near

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Lies on the fertile plains of the Po River Valley

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What are the two docgs that are rare in the United States from the Emilia Romagna

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Albana Romana

Colli Bolognesi Classico Pognoletto

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The DOCG Albana Romana has what type of wines

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Dry to sweet white wines from Albana

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The DOCG Colli Bolognesi Classico Pignoletto is made what style of wines

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Dry still and sparkling wines from Pignoletto

36
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Most promising grapes of Emilia Romagna come from what

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Lambrusco grapes

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What are the DOC’s from Emilia Romagna have the grape Lambrusco

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Lambrusco Grasparossa di Castelvetro
Lambrusco di Sorbara
Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce

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From the DOC’s from the Lambrusco grape the wines are what

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Frizzante and can range from a light rosé to dark and can be one dry it slightly sweet

39
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Trentino-Alto Adige climate is

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Climate is Alpine-Continental Cool climate

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Trentino-Alto Adige is the regions capital of what

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This region is the capital of varietally labeled wines from a mass and international varieties

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Trentino-Alto Adige is actually two what

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Two regions following a valley north to south

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What lakes is the biggest boat of water in Trentino-Alto Adige

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Lake Garda and the region follows the Adige River

43
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Is there any DOCG’s in Trentino-Alto Adige

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No DOCG’s

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Trentino-Alto Adige have their own AOC that makes what style of wines

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Every style of wines

45
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The Della Venezie DOC umbrellas what?

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Trentino-Alto Adige and the Veneti and is where much of the Italy’s mass market wine come from

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What are the most important Doc’s of Trentino-Alto Adige

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Casteller DOC
lago di Caldero DOC
Teroldego Rotaliano DOC

47
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What type of wine does Casteller DOC from Trentino-Alto Adige make

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Dry red wines from Schiava, merlot and Lambrusco

48
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What type of wines does Lago di Caldero DOC from Trentino-Alto Adige make

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Dry to sweet red wines from Schiava

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What type of wines if Terildego Rotaliano DOC from Trentino-Alto Adige make

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Dry red and rosé from Teroldego

50
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Vento’s climate is

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Starts if as Continental moves into Mediterranean

51
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What rivers and lake that play the most influenced in Veneto

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Adige and Piave River cut through the subregions on their way to the ocean and lake Garda

52
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Vento and the wines of Valpolicella especially gains fame for a style of what?

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Winemaking that includes drying grapes into raisin until they lose much of their moisture, creating wines that are big, rich and white or red, sweet or dry.

Dried for a minimum of 3 years and the process is time consuming and expensive

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Veneto’s main white grape

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Garganega, trebbiano , Pinot Grigio

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Veneto’s main red grape

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Corvina

55
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Vento is also home to what wine and grape

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Home of Prosecco made from the glera grape. Prosecco can still be medicine but new regulations and single vineyard wines are easing the reputation

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What are the most important DOC and DOCG in Veneto

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Amarine Della Valpolicella DOCG
Recioto Della Valpolicella DOCG
Valpolicella DOC
Valpolicella Rioasso DOC
Barbollna Superior DOCG
Colli Asolani DOCG
Colli Eugene’s Fior d’Aranado DOCG 
Conegliano Valdibbiadene Prosecco DOCG
Montello Rosso DOCG
Recioto do Gambellara DOCG
Soale Superior DOCG
Recioto do Soave DOCG
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Which DOCG is considered the highest quality DOCG for Prosecco ?

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Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG

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Colli Asolani DOCG winemaking and grapes

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Dry to sweet white sparkling wine from the glera grape, made in either the Charmat or traditional method. Can be “Sui Lieviti” or Spumante Superiore. A wine from a single harvest, must be fermented in the bottle and left in disgorged. Minimum 90 days on lees

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Fruili-Venezia Giulia climate is

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Mediterranean climate and shares similar growing varieties and long wine growing history with Slovania

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The best quality usually coming from DOC’s and based on what type of wines

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Based on dry, high acid white wines. Can be fermented in stainless steel to keep their varietal characteristics or some will have skin contact or be barrels aged to add richness

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Fruili-Venezia Giulia is a big area for what type of grape?

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Pinot Grigio

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Local varieties of white grapes Fruili-Venezia Giulia

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Malvasia, traminer, ribolla gialla, romandolo, picolit, and friulano

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Local red grapes of Fruili-Venezia Giulia?

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Pignolo, Refosco, and Scioppettino

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Fruili-Venezia Giulia what styles are made here

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All styles are made here including Prosecco

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What are the most important DOCG’s are in Fruili-Venezia Giulia

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Colli Orientali del Fruili Picolit DOCG
Lison DOCG
Rama doll DOCG
Rosazzo DOCG

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Amaro e Della Valpolicella DOCG has what type of style of wine and grapes

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Dry to semi dry wine from dried corvina and rondinella grapes. This region has a historical center called “Classico”. There is also a a sub zone, Valpantina. Minimum 14% ABV, aging is a minimum 2 years and Riserva is 4 years minimum

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Recioto Della Valpolicella DOCG has what style of wine and grapes

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Sweet red wine make from Corvina and Rondinella in the Amarone style. Can be still or sparkling and labeled with Classico or Valpentena

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Valpolicella DOC has what stile of wines and grapes

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Dry red wine from corvina and rondinella. Same area as amarone, can be regular , Classico, valpantina and superior

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Valpolicella Ripasso DOC has what style of wines and grapes

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Ripasso is when a wine is run through the spent sounds of an Amarone fermentation. This ass body and richness to the wine. Dry red wine fromCorvina and rondinella

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Bardollna superiors DOCG has what style of wines and grapes

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Dry red wine from corvina and rondinella

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Colli Asalani DOCG has what type of style of wine and grapes

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Dry to sweet white sprawling wine for the glera grape, made in either the Charmat method or traditional method. Can be “sui lieviti” or Spumante Superiore, a wine from a single harvest and must be fermented in the bottle and left undisgorged, minimum 90 days on lees

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Colli Euganel Fior d’Arando DOCG has what type of style of wine and grapes

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Still, sparkling orange passito sweet wines from Muscato Giallo

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Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG has what type of style of wine and grapes

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Dry to sweet sparkling wine from the Glera grape made in the Charmat method. Can be still, frizzante, spumante Superiore or have a “rive” a single vineyard on the label. This is considered the highest quality DOCG got Prosecco

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Montello Rosso DOCG has what type of style of wines and grapes

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Dry red wines from Cabernet Sauvignon, merlot, and Cabernet franc. Can be Superiore

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Recioto do Gambellara DOCG has what type of style of wines and grapes

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Dry to semi-sweet white wine made from Garganega. Can be sparkling or Classico

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Soave Superiore DOCG what type of style of wines and grapes

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Dry white wines from Garganega. Can be Classico or Riserva

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Recioto do Soave DOCG has what type of style of wines and grapes

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Dry to semi sweet white made by Garganega can be sparkling or Classico

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Colli Orientali del Fruili Picolit DOCG has what type of style of wines and grapes

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Sweet, passito wines make from Picolit, can be Riserva and be labeled with the sub-zone cialla

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Lison DOCG has what type of style of wines and grapes

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Dry white wine from Tai( Friulano) can be labeled Classico

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Ramandolo DOCG has type of style of wines and grapes

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Sweet passito wines made from Verdizzo-Fruilano

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Rosazzo DOCG has what type of style of wines and grapes

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Dry white wine a blend of Tai, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot blanc and Chardonnay

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