Liguria

Question 1

What is the name for Dolcetto in Liguria?

Answer 1

Ormeasco

Question 2

What style of wine is Cinque Terre Sciacchetrà?

Answer 2

Sweet white passito

Question 3

Rossese is known as what grape in France?

Answer 3

Tibouren

Question 4

What was the first DOC in Liguria?

Answer 4

Rossesse di Dolceaqua DOC

Question 5

What is the percentage of Rossese in Rossesse di Dolceaqua DOC?

Answer 5

95%

Question 6

Bianchetta Genovese is genetically identical to what other Ligurian grape?

Answer 6

Albarola

Question 7

Costa de Sera, Costa de Campu and Costa da Posa are subzones of what DOC?

Answer 7

Cinque Terre DOC

Question 8

In which part of Liguria would Pigato likely be grown, the Western or Eastern Riviera?

Answer 8

Western Riviera

Question 9

What are the three main grapes of Cinque Terre DOC?

Answer 9

Bosco, Albarola, and Vermentino

Question 10

What grape is native to Liguria?

Answer 10

Bosco

Question 11

What are the top 4 grapes in Liguria?

Answer 11

Vermentino
Pigato
Rossese
Albarola

Question 12

Describe the wine industry in Liguria.

Answer 12

Small, family owned estates
Wine consumed locally
Local tourist market were

Question 13

What is Sciactra?

Answer 13

A rosato wine made from Ormeasco by short skin contact

Question 14

What grape(s) are used in Pornassio DOC?

Answer 14

Ormeasco