IWS

Question 1

Name Calabria’s largest and oldest DOC

Answer 1

Cirò DOC

Question 2

Hills and mountains comprise more than 90% of the Calabrian territory. True or false?

Answer 2

TRUE

Question 3

Is Calabria predominantly planted to red or white grapes?

Answer 3

Red

Question 4

Cirò Bianco is based on what grape variety?

Answer 4

Greco Bianco

Question 5

What style is Greco di Bianco DOC?

Answer 5

Sweet passito

Question 6

Name the waterway that separates Calabria from Sicilia

Answer 6

Strait of Messina

Question 7

What is the principal white grape in Calabria?

Answer 7

Greco Bianco

Question 8

What is the most widely planted grape in Calabria?

Answer 8

Gaglioppo

Question 9

Name the dominant vine training method in Calabria

Answer 9

Alberello

Question 10

For much of the 19th and 20th centuries, Calabria was mainly known for the production of bulk wine (vini da taglio). True or False?

Answer 10

TRUE

Question 11

What name did the ancient Greek settlers give to Calabria?

Answer 11

Oenotria (“the land of the vines”)

Question 12

Cirò Rosso DOC must contain at least 80% of which grape variety?

Answer 12

Gaglioppo

Question 13

Greco di Bianco is believed to be genetically identical to what grape variety?

Answer 13

Malvasia di Lipari

Question 14

Which mountain range runs down the centre of Calabria?

Answer 14

The Southern Apennines

Question 15

Name a pioneering wine producer from Calabria.

Answer 15

Librandi

Question 16

Which grape, when translated, means ‘‘beautiful foot’’?

Answer 16

Gaglioppo

Question 17

What is the true Greco Bianco also referred to as?

Answer 17

Greco Bianco di Gerace

Question 18

Cirò Rosso DOC includes Superiore and Superiore Riserva. True or False?

Answer 18

TRUE

Question 19

What is the minimum percentage of Greco Bianco in Greco di Bianco DOC

Answer 19

95% with a minimum of 14% abv

Question 20

What is the DOCG of Calabria?

Answer 20

There are no DOCGs in Calabria