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What is the local synonym for Nebbiolo in Gattinara and Ghemme?

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Spanna

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What are current Barolo Riserva aging requirements?

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62 months from November 1 of the harvest year, including 18 months in wood

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What types of soils are more common in Monforte d’Alba and Serralunga d’Alba?

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Serravallian (Helvetian) sandstone soils supply more structure in the wine

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IGT wines are considered what by the European Union?

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PGI (Protected Geographical Indication)

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What is Piedmont’s most planted white grape?

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Moscato Bianco

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Name three “modern” producers of Barolo?

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Paolo Scavino, Luciano Sandrone, Elio Altare

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What is the soil and style of Roero Nebbiolo?

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The sandy soils, north of the commune of Alba, provide a lighter style of Nebbiolo than Barolo or Barbaresco, and many producers are experimenting with modern approaches

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What is the red grape of Roero DOCG and what is allowable minimum?

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Minimum 95% Nebbiolo

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What are Barbaresco aging requirements?

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Minimum 26 months from November 1 of the harvest year (minimum 9 months in wood), may be released after January 1 of the third year following the harvest

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What is Piedmont’s most planted red grape?

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Barbera

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How long must a DOC be recognized before it is able to apply for DOCG?

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5 years

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What are the 11 communes of production of Barolo?

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Barolo, Castiglione Falletto, Serralunga d’Alba, Monforte d’Alba, La Morra, Diano d’Alba, Novello, Verduno, Grinzane Cavour, Cherasco, Roddi

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What are considered the trio of major Piedmontese red grapes?

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Nebbiolo, Dolcetto, and Barbera

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What types of soil characterize the vineyards of La Morra and Barolo?

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Tortonian soils, which contain a higher proportion of calcareous marl provide a softer style of wine

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Other than the big three, name six other indigenous red grapes of Piedmont?

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Brachetto, Grignolino, Ruche, Croatina, Vespolina, Freisa

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Name three “traditionalist” Barolo producers?

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Giacomo Conterno, Bartolo Mascarello, Giuseppe Rinaldi

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What are current Barolo aging requirements?

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38 months from November 1 of the harvest year, including 18 months in wood

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When did the first IGT’s appear?

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1994

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What are the aging requirement for Barbera d’Asti Superiore ?

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14 months from November 1 of the harvest year, including at least 6 months in oak

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20
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DOC and DOCG wines are considered what by the European Union?

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PDO (Protected Designation of Origin), on par with France’s AOC/AOP

21
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Barolo and Barbaresco are located along the ________ River in the __________ Province, an area encapsulated by the larger ________DOC

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Tanaro, Cuneo, Langhe

22
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Prior to 2010 what were the aging requirements for Barolo?

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Minimum three years of aging, two of which were in oak

23
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Other than Roero, what are two Nebbiolo based DOCG reds that are produced in the hills north of the Po River?

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Gattinara DOCG and Ghemme DOCG

24
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When was the first DOCG awarded? What were the three DOC’s that were first elevated to DOCG?

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Awarded in 1980 (Category introduced in 1963)

Brunello di Montalcino
Barolo
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano

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What do most DOCG’s and many DOC’s stipulate that is a notable departure from the legal requirements set by most french appellations?

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Minimum aging requirements for the wines

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What are the regulations on varieties for Gattinara DOCG?

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Minimum 90% Spanna (Nebbiolo), maximum 10% in total of Bonarda di Gattinara and Vespolina (Vespolina can not exceed 4%)

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What kind of climate does Piedmont experience?

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A continental climate and the Alps provide a “rain shadow” effect, although autumn hail can be a worry in the Langhe hills

28
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What is the white grape of Roero DOCG and what is the allowable minimum?

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Minimum 95% Arneis

29
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Name four non-international white grapes grown in Piedmont?

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Cortese, Arneis, Erbaluce, and Favorita (Vermentino)

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What are Barbaresco Riserva aging requirements?

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Minimum 50 months from November 1 of the harvest year (minimum 9 months in wood), may be released after January 1 of the fifth year following the harvest

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What are the two DOCG’s that focus on Barbera and when did they become DOCG’s

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Barbera d’Asti DOCG and Barbera del Monferrato Superiore DOCG. They beceame DOCG’s in 2008

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What are the regulations on varieties for Ghemme DOCG?

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Minimum 85% Spanna (Nebbiolo), combined maximum 15% Vespolina and Uva Rara (Bonarda Novarese)

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What river cuts through the heart of Piedmont as it flows eastward from its headwaters in the Western Alps?

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The Po River

34
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What is Barolo Chinato?

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A DOCG aromatized wine that is flavored with quinine

35
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Where is Carema DOC?

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In Piedmont, near the border of the Valle d’Aosta. It produces fragrant Nebbiolo wines, especially in warmer vintages

36
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When did the crus of Barbaresco and Barolo finally become enshrined as legal menzioni geografiche aggiuntive (geographic areas) of the DOCG’s?

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2007 and 2010 respectively

37
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What two grapes are often blended with Nebbiolo in Gattinara and Ghemme ?

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Vespolina and Bonarda

38
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Which five communes represent almost 90% of the DOCG’s demarcated land?

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La Morra, Barolo, Serralunga d’Alba, Monforte d’Alba, and Castiglione Falletto

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What is Sori known as in the Piedmontese dialect?

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Prized southern exposures

40
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Where is Roero?

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On the northwestern bank of the Tanaro River, opposite Barolo and Barbaresco

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When was Goria’s Law instituted and what did it do?

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It established the category of Indicazione Geografica Tipica (IGT), a more relaxed regulations, offering winemakers wider freedoms

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Barbaresco productions is concentrated in which three towns?

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Barbaresco, Neive, and Treiso. A portion of Alba is also permitted to make the wine

43
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What mountain range serves as the spine of Italy and what other mountain range brackets the northern regions?

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The Apennine Mountains are the spine and the Alps bracket the northern regions

44
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What does Piedmont mean?

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“the foot of the mountain”

45
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Where does most of the grape-growing occur in Piedmont? In what provinces?

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In the foothills south of the Po Valley, in the provinces of Asti, Alessandria, and Cuneo

46
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What river to the DOCG’s of Gattinara and Ghemme straddle?

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The Sesia River

47
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What are the two regions near Ghemme that produce similar Nebbiolo-based red blends?

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Lessona DOC and Sizzano DOC

48
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When was modern Italy unified? When was the provinde of Trentino-Alto Adige added?

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Modern Italy was unified as recently as 1861 and Trentino-Alto Adige was not added until the end of World War I

49
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What are the aging requirements for Barbera d’Asti normale?

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4 months from November 1 of the harvest year

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