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What grape is Piedmont most known for and which is the most widely planted?

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Nebbiolo and Barbera, respectively. Other red varieties include Brachetto, Dolcetto, Freisa, Grignolino, and Ruche.

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What white varieties are prevalent in Piedmont?

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The leading white varieties are Moscato, Arneis, and Cortese. The still whites are typically medium bodied with delicate aromatics.

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How many DOCs/DOCGs in Piedmont?

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Piedmont has more high-level wine appellations than any other Italian region: 18 DOCGs and more than 40 DOCs, with no IGTs in the region.

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What area/type of wines does the Piedmont DOC cover?

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The Piedmont DOC, which covers the entire region, allows still and sparkling wines from more than a dozen grape varieties.

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What area does the Langhe DOC cover?

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The Langhe DOC, surrounds and includes the vineyards of Barolo, Barbaresco, and Roero, as well as the areas surrounding the towns of Alba and Ovada.

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What are the aging requirements for Barolo and Barbaresco?

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Barolo requires a minimum aging period of 38 months; riserva wines must be aged for 62 months. Barbaresco requirements are less strict than Barolo’s, with a minimum of only 26 months, and 50 months for the riserva.

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What grape is Asti Spumante made from?

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100% Moscato Bianco (Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains) grapes.

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How is Asti DOCG produced?

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Asti DOCG is typically produced using the Charmat method. Asti DOCG is traditionally a semi-sweet to sweet wine, however, as of 2017, a dry version—known as Asti Secco—is also permitted. A bottle-fermented, Metodo Classico version of Asti is also permitted under DOCG rules, which must be bottle-aged on the lees for a minimum of 9 months and is required to have a degree of residual sugar.

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What is the difference between Asti DOCG and Moscato d’Asti DOCG?

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The calmer Moscato d’Asti DOCG is a frizzante (lightly sparkling) version made using the partial fermentation method of sparkling wine production—often referred to as the Asti Method—in which a single fermentation in a pressurized tank is halted by refrigeration, leaving a substantial amount of residual sugar in the wine.

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What is the grape of Gavi DOCG?

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Cortese

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What other specialty wine is Piedmont known for?

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Vermouth, an aromatized and fortified wine flavored with herbs, spices, aromatic woods, and other natural ingredients. Italian vermouth is normally red and sweet.

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What are the twp main red varieties in Piedmont?

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Barbera, Nebbiolo

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Which DOCG used to be part of Barbera DOCG d’Asti and requires wines to be made of 100% Barbera as opposed to 90% in the former DOCG?

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Nizza, which requires 18 months of aging (30 for reserva wines)

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Which appellation produces a lighter, earlier drinking Nebbiolo and a popular white wine as well?

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Roero (home to Roero Arneis white)

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Which seven areas near the Sesia river in northern Piedmont produce Nebbiolo-based blends? What is Nebbiolo called there? Which grapes are used in the blend?

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Gattinara, Ghemme, Boca, Sizzano, and Fara, Lessona and Bramaterra.
Spanna.
Blending grapes Croatina, Uva Rara and Vespolina.

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Which DOCG on SE area of Piedmont makes white wine from the Cortese grape

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Gavi DOCG (aka Cortese di Gavi / Gavi del Comune di Gavi)

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Which Italian grape variety makes a wine that could be called “Italian sangria”?

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Brachetto

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which Piedmont grape variety makes a wine that could be called “Italian Gamay”?

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Grignolino

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What are three geographic features of Gavi DOCG?

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SE corner of Piedmont: 1) Alps/Appenines provide rain shadow/North wind shelter 2) Proximity to Mediterrannean gives maritime influence 3) Soil is limestone with some red volcanic soil and clay

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What does Arneis mean in English and why?

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“Little Rascal” - it is difficult to grow/has low acidity/susceptible to powdery mildew

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Name 5 other red varities that Piedmont is known for other than Nebbiol and Barbera

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Dolcetto, Grognolino, Freisa, Brachetto, Croatina (aka Bonarda)

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Other are the white grape varieties/wines Piedmont is known for?

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Moscato D’Asti/Asti, Arneis, Cortese, Erbaluce, Timarosso, Favoritina (related to Vermentino).

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Which DOC area is Timorasso native to?

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Colli Tortonesi

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Name three red/ three white varietal wines the Colli Tortonesi known for?

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Red: Barbera, Croatina, Dolcetto (also in Novello style)
White: Timorasso, Favorita and the most significant varietal in the DOC, Cortese (in still, frizzante and spumante versions)

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Which popu;ar table grape is used for a white varietal in both the Roero and Langhe regions?

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Favorita (relative of Vermentino)

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Which early-ripening varietal is the Diano d’Alba DOCG known for?

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Dolcetto

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What varietal is Carema DOC known for and what larger DOC is it part of?

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Nebbiolo

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What does the Canavese DOC “rosso” wine consist of?

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Minimum 60% Barbera, Bonarda, Freisa, Nebbiolo, Neretto di Bairo, and/or Uva Rara (locally Bonarda di Cavaglià) + OANG

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Freisa grape?

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Freisa is the wild and more rustic kin of Nebbiolo. An ancient variety found in Italy’s NW region of Piedmont (Chieri), the Monferrato, and the Langhe,

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What are the DOCs west of Milan known for Nebbiola (aka Spanna)-based blends and what river are they on?

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Sesia River.
East Side of River: Boca, Ghemme DOCG), Sizzano,Fara.
West side of river:
Bramaterra, Gattinara (DOCG) and Lessona.

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What are the Super DOCs in Sesia river area and what are their benefits

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Colline Novares (East side of Sesia DOCs) and Costa della Sesia (West of river Gattinara and Lessona).
Benefit the smaller DOCs by allowing blends and having no aging limits.

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Which DOCs of Alto Piemonte have volcanic soils?

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Bramaterra, Gattinara, Boca

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What are the names that Nebbiolo goes by in Alto Piemonte?

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Spanna in the Novara area (Sesia River) and “Prunent” (a parent clone of Nebbiolo)
in Valli Ossolane

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Which other appelations does the Canavese DOC incorporate?

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Carema DOC (Nebbiolo) and Erbaluce DOCG

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Canavese Rosso must have a minimum of six grape varieties in any combination - what are they?

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Nebbiolo, Barbera, Bonarda, Freisa Uva Rara and the local rarity Neretto di Bairo

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What are the four “support grapes” in Alto Piemonte?

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Barbera, Uva Rara (Bonarda), Vespaiolo and Croatina

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Which red grapes are native to the Valsusa region of Northwestern Piedmont and how do they figure into the Rosso wine from here?

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Neretta Cuneese, Becuèt and Avanà.
Rosso: min. 60% Avanà, Barbera, Becuet, Dolcetto, and/or Neretta Cuneese + OANRG

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What are the 7 DOC/DOCG wine appelations in the Torinese wine zone

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Caluso, Canavese, Carema, Freisa di Chieri, Collina Torinese, Pinerolese, and Valsusa (in order from largest cultivated area to smallest)

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Which Torinese wine region is known for “viticoltura eroica” and what unusual grape varieties/varietals is it famous for?

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Pinerolese DOC. It is known for the grape Doux d’Henry and “Pinerolese Ramie”
60% of one or more: Avanà, Avarengo, Becuet and Chatus +max 40% OANRG

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1) What grapes comprise Collina Torinese rosso and 2) what two indigenous varieties is the DOC known for?

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1) Collina Torinese Rosso must be 60% Barbera / 25% minimum of Freisa / 15% can be ONARG.
2) Malvasia di Schierano, and Pelaverga (aka Cari)

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What is the “charmat” (tank) method of sparkling wine production known as in Italy?

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Martinotti Method

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What grape varieties are typically in a Pinerolese Rosso?

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Minimum 50% Barbera, Bonarda Piemontese, Chatus (aka Nebbiolo di Dronero) or Nebbiolo, +OANRG

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What native white grape (historically a table grape) makes a white varietal wine in Valsusa?

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Baratuciat

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What are the red only and white only DOCs in the Torinese area and what varietals do they specialize in?

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Carema DOC
(Nebbiolo min 85%)
Erbaluce di Caluso
(Erbaluce 100%)

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Which lake, east of the Sesia river in Alto Piemonte, divides Piedmont and Lombardy?

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Lake Maggiore

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Name the 10 native grape varieties in the Turin Hills/Alpine region of Piedmont

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Avanà, Avarengo, Becuet, Doux d’Henry, Pelaverga Grosso, (aka Cari) Neretto di Bairo, Neretto di Cuneese . Ner d’Ala, Airale, Chatus, Baratuciat and Erbaluce

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What is the Alta Langa DOCG known for

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TM Spumante wines only. (Oinot Noir/Chardonnay).
Aged min. 30 months / always a vintage year

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Which DOC is known for reviving the native white grape Timorasso and how is the varietal wine sometimes labeled?

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Colli Tortonesi
Derthona (a former Roman colony in 148 BC)

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Which DOC is known for producing a red from a parent clone of Nebbiolo and what is it called?

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Valli Ossolane / Prunent

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