Liguria & Emilia-Romagna

Question 1

The region of Liguria occupies what?

Answer 1

A narrow band of mountainous coastland south of Piedmont

Question 2

What is the terrain of Liguria like?

Answer 2

steep, treacherous coastal terrain

Question 3

What is the climate of Liguria?

Answer 3

Mediterranean

Question 4

What white grape is particularly successful in Liguria?

Answer 4

Pigato (Vermentino)

Question 5

What DOCs create great Pigato (vermentino)?

Answer 5

Colli di Luni and Riviera Ligure di Ponente

Question 6

The local red grape Rossese may also be produced as what?

Answer 6

Riviera Ligure di Ponente DOC varietal wines, or as Rossese di Dolceacqua DOC

Question 7

What remain amongst Liguria’s most well known wines?

Answer 7

the basic, light Bosco-based whites of Cinque Terre DOC

Question 8

What are Emilia-Romagna’s 2 DOCG appellations, neither considered of tremendously high repute?

Answer 8

Romagna Albana & Colli Bolognesi Classico Pignoletto

Question 9

When was Romagna Albana promoted to DOCG?

Answer 9

1987, notable for being Italy’s first (and most regularly ridiculed) white wine DOCG

Question 10

What does Romagna Albana DOCG cover?

Answer 10

white (golden, really) wines made from the Albana grape in a range of possible styles. The most promising versions are passito

Question 11

What are the wines of Colli Bolognesi Classico Pignoletto DOCG like?

Answer 11

DOCG in 2011, tart, dry varietal white wines from Pignoletto in an area stretching southward from the city of Bologna.

Question 12

What is Pignoletto most likely identical to?

Answer 12

an autochthonous variety known to the ancient Romans as Pino Lieto, is most likely identical to Umbria’s Grechetto.

Question 13

In the central provinces of Modena and Reggio, production is nearly monopolized by what?

Answer 13

Lambrusco

Question 14

Producing frizzante red wines from over sixty subvarieties of the Lambrusco variety, what are some examples of DOCs?

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Sparkling Lambrusco wines, made in a range from dry to dolce, are prevalent in Emilia-Romagna but not exclusive to the region, where else does a Lambrusco DOC lie?

Answer 15

Lambrusco Montovano DOC lies just over the regional border in Lombardy

Question 16

What catapulted Lambrusco into the international spotlight and became one of Italy’s biggest export success stories,?

Answer 16

In the 1970s, Banfi’s “Riunite” brand