Italy - Northern Italy - Trentino-Alto Adige / Friuli / Veneto

Question 1

Where is Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli and Veneto?

Answer 1

Trentino-Alto Adige: Northeastern Italy- border of Austria and Switzerland.

Friuli: Northeastern Italy - border of Slovenia.

Veneto: Northeastern Italy, includes Venice and Verona.

Question 2

What’s the climate of these regions?

Answer 2

Trentino-Alto Adige/Friuli: Cool Continental

Veneto: Cool Mediterranean, closer to the east

Question 3

What’s the physical features of these regions?

Answer 3

Trentino-Alto Adige/Friuli: Alps

Question 4

What kinds of wines are made in Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli and Veneto?

Answer 4

Trentino-Alto Adige/Friuli: Single grape variety wines, noted on the wine label.

Friuli: Orange wine and natural wines

Question 5

What are the white grape variety names?

Answer 5

Trentino-Alto Adige: Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Bianco

Veneto: Garganega, Glera, Trebbiano di Soave, Chardonnay

Friuli: Pinot Bianco, Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio, and Sauvignon Blanc (called Sauvignon), Friulano, Ribolla Gialla

Question 5

What are the classifications?

Answer 5

IGP, DOC, DOCG

Question 6

What are the red grape variety names?

Answer 6

Trentino-Alto Adige: Pinot Nero, Teroldego, Lagrein

Friuli: Merlot, Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso

Veneto: Corvina, Rondinella

Question 7

What’s Delle Venezie DOC/Trevenezie IGP?

Answer 7

Includes the entire regions of Veneto, Friuli, and the Trentino portion of Trentino-Alto Adige.

Question 8

In Trentino-Alto Adige, most of production is …….

Answer 8

DOC status-single grape variety wines.

Question 9

Name some DOCs of Friuli

Answer 9

Friuli Isonzo DOC, Friuli Colli Orientali DOC, Friuli Grave DOC

Question 10

Name some DOCs of Trentino-Alto Adige

Answer 10

Alto-Adige (Südtiroler) DOC, Trentino DOC, Valdadige DOC

Question 11

Name 4 styles of wine from Veneto and describe them. Go!

Answer 11

Prosecco DOC: Spumante wines made in the Charmat method from the Glera grape variety.

Soave DOC/Soave Superiore DOCG: Dry white wines made mostly from the Garganega grape variety. Superiore has elevated alcohol and longer minimum aging requirements.

Valpolicella DOC: Dry red wines primarily from the Corvina and Rondinella grape varieties.

Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG: Red wine primarily from Corvina with Rondinella. Uses the Appassimento process of drying the grapes and concentrating sugars. Minimum 14% abv and residual sugar is often perceptible.

Question 12

In Veneto, what are Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Spumante Superiore DOCG, Recioto di Soave DOCG, Recioto di Valpolicella DOCG and Valpolicella Ripasso DOC?

Answer 12

Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Spumante Superiore DOCG: More specific designation for Prosecco, higher alcohol requirement.

Recioto di Soave DOCG: Sweet white wine made from Garganega grapes dried in the Appassimento method.

Recioto di Valpolicella DOCG: Sweet red wine made from Corvina and Rondinella grapes dried in the Appassimento method.

Valpolicella Ripasso DOC: Corvina and Rondinella grapes. Use of the remaining must and lees from the production of Recioto della Valpolicella and/or Amarone della Valpolicella. Young wine is combined with the lees and goes through a short second fermentation. This leads to wines with more flavor, tannin, and alcohol.

Question 13

General terms for Veneto?

Answer 13

Classico, Superiore, Secco, Amabile, Charmat, Appassimento, Recioto

Question 14

Name some producers/proprietary brands of Trentino-Alto Adige, Friuli, Veneto, Amarone and Veneto, Prosecco.

Answer 14

Trentino-Alto Adige:
Cantina Terlano, Tiefenbrunner

Friuli:
Jermann, Movia, Livio Felluga, Schioppettino, Josko Gravner

Veneto, Amarone: Bertani, Masi, Allegrini, Tommasi, Dal Forno, Quintarelli

Veneto, Prosecco: Bisol, Mionetto, La Marca, Zonin, Zardetto

Question 15

Tell me about the history of these regions.

Answer 15

Many of the producers in Alto-Adige are co-ops. Be familiar with the history of Amarone.