Prominent People (Piemonte)

Question 1

Define Savoy

Answer 1

Feudal and cultural territory (11th-18the centuries) in parts of what are now Italy…. Origin French region of Savoie

Question 2

Count of Savoy Oddone

Answer 2

Married Adelaide of Susa, the Marquise of Torino (1045) marriage gave Oddone jursidiction over important parts of Piemonte. The house of Savoy expanded control over NW Italy

Question 3

Minster Cavour, Kingdom of Sardegna

Answer 3

Made Piemonte the center of the risorgimento (unification movement) leading to the United Kingdom of Italy in 1861

Question 4

Giulia Falletti

Answer 4

the last Marquise of Barolo asked that red wines be finsished dry in mid-1800’s. she intriduced the wines to the aristocracy of barolo therby making them famous amoung the Savoyard royal family

Question 5

Camillo Benso

Answer 5

Count of Cavour who worked to produce first dry red wines in Barolo

Question 6

Oudart

Answer 6

French enologist who worked with Camillo Benso to produce first dry red wines in Barolo

Question 7

Paolo Francesco Staglieno

Answer 7

Italian enologist and former military general who created dry-style Barolo by using closed vats and better cellar hygiene to avoid stuck fermentations

Question 8

Barolo Boys

Answer 8

Nickname given to a group of young producers in the 1980’s who experimented with more approachable styles in an effort to modernize the wines of Barolo

Question 9

Domizio Cavazza

Answer 9

Director of the Royal School of Enology of Alba who acquired the castle of Barbaresco and surrounding vineyards and founded the first cooperative in Barbaresco

Question 10

Angelo Gaja

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Wine producer credited with transforming Barbaresco wines to world-class, cult status and raising the image of Italian wines in general

Question 11

Bruno Giacoso, Vietti, and Ceretto

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Began to produce high-quality wines from Arneis in 1970’s in Roero and thereby transformed the grape into a highly-reputable grape

Question 12

Braida, Bersano, Scarpa, Coppo and Chiaro

Answer 12

Producers who in the 1980’s, transformed the wines of Barbera d’Asti with more diversity of style

Question 13

Arturo Bersani

Answer 13

in 1950’s produced a sweet, red sparkling wine using the tand method (Martinotti Method, Charmat Method) with the Brachetto grape)

Question 14

Carlo Gancia

Answer 14

Developed the sparkling version of Asti wine in the 19th Century using the Moscato Bianco grape. Raised in a Barolo family. Went to Reims for two years where he learned Champagne Production. returned to Canelli and made a sweet sparkling wine labeled Moscato champagne. Adopted the newly established tank method. Wines also called Asti Spumene in 1934

Question 15

La Scoica

Answer 15

Gavi pioneer who popularized wines made from Cortese grape in 1960-70’s