Italy - Northern Italy (Piedmonte)

Question 1

This region in Italy is called “the foot of the mountain”

Answer 1

Piedmont

Question 2

What Mountains surround Piedmont

Answer 2

Apennine Mountains on 3 sides

The Alps

Question 3

What river cuts through the heart of Piedmont

Answer 3

Po River

Question 4

What is the climate of Piedmont

Answer 4

Continental

Question 5

What key nature feature protects Piedmont from certain weather

Answer 5

Rain shadow effect from the Alps

Question 6

Where is Piedmont geographically located

Answer 6

On the border of Switzerland and France

Question 7

What other geographical features of piedmont

Answer 7

Tanaro River
Langhe Hills

Question 8

What is the soil type of Piedmont

Answer 8

Differences in soil types

Question 9

White wines in Piedmont

Answer 9

Arneis ⚪️
Moscato ⚪️
Cortese ⚪️

Question 10

Main red grapes of Piedmont

Answer 10

Nebbiolo 🔴

Dolcetto 🔴

Barbera 🔴

Spanna: Local name for Nebbiolo in Gattinara and Ghemme 🔴

Question 11

What are the two most famous DOCGs of Piedmont

Answer 11

Barolo

Barbaresco

Question 12

What are the aging requirements in Piedmont for Barolo

Answer 12

38 months total aging with a min of 18 months in oak.

Question 13

What are the aging requirements in Piedmont for Barbaresco

Answer 13

26 months total aging with a min of 9 months in oak

Question 14

What are classifications in Piedmont

Answer 14

IGP, DOC, DOCG

Question 15

Types of wine in Piedmont

Answer 15

Dry, sweet, sparkling, red, white

Question 16

Piedmont label terms

Answer 16

Normale
Riserva

Question 17

What is Nebbia

Answer 17

Local name of fog rolling off the foothills of the Alps

Question 18

What is Sorì

Answer 18

Best site (privileged site)

Question 19

What should you pair with?

Answer 19

Big tannins require meat or fat

Question 20

Service of Beverage

Answer 20

Long range of ageability for Barolo and Barbaresco

Question 21

Top Barolo producers

Answer 21

Ceretto
Vietti
Sandrone

Giuseppe Mascarello
Giacomo Conterno

Bruno Giacosa
Elio Altare

Question 22

Top Barbaresco producers

Answer 22

Gaja
La Spinetta

Ceretto
Vietti
Bruno Giacosa

Produttori del Barbaresco

Question 23

Best vintages of Barolo

Answer 23

2013
2016
2019
2020
2021

Question 24

Best vintages of Barbaresco

Answer 24

2013
2015
2016
2017
2019
2020

Question 25

Dry red wine from the Nebbiolo grape variety (there are 3!)

Answer 25

Barolo DOCG Barbaresco DOCG Roero DOCG Ghemme DOCG (known as Spanna) Gattinara DOCG (known as Spanna)

Question 26

Off-dry, semi-sparkling white wine from the Moscato grape variety

Answer 26

Moscato d'Asti DOCG

Question 27

Dry white wines, made from the Cortese grape variety

Answer 27

Gavi DOCG

Question 28

Dry red wines made from the Barbera grape variety.

Answer 28

Barbera d'Asti DOCG

Question 29

Fully sparkling Moscato

Answer 29

Asti DOCG

Question 30

Off-dry, semi-sparkling red wine from Brachetto

Answer 30

Brachetto d'Acqui DOCG

Question 31

Metodo Classico sparkling wines, min combined 90% Pinot Noir and/or Chardonnay

Answer 31

Alta Langa DOCG

Question 32

Dry white wines from Arneis. Name the appellation

Answer 32

Roero Arneis DOCG

Question 33

Top Barbaresco Vineyards

Answer 33

Ovello Montestefano Pora Asil

Question 34

Top Barolo Vineyards:

Answer 34

Cannubi Brunate Monprivato

Question 35

What is the main grape in Moscato D'Asti

Answer 35

Moscato Bianco - a riper version

Question 36

What is the difference between Moscato Spumante and Moscato D'Asti

Answer 36

Spumante is a full sparkling wine and Moscato D'Asti is a frizzante partiality sparkling - Spumante higher alcohol / D'Asti lower alcohol

Question 37

Where do they grow more traditional method sparkling wines in Piedmont

Answer 37

Alta Langa DOCG