Random Questions Flashcards
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What were the ancient renown grapes made from air-dried grapes in Roman times in Veneto?
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Retico and Acinatico
Forerunners for recito wines
2
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Difference between Vespaiolo and Vespaiola
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1st is a wine; 2nd is the grape
3
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What does Ziresi mean?
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Means cherry trees which are iconic part of the Trentino landscape
4
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What is the traditional practice for Ribolla Gialla?
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Ferment and macerate on the skins, producing strong phenolic character
5
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What does “Vino da meditazione”
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Literally wine of meditation where wine should be sipped alone than served with desert
6
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What region has the smallest ownership (p ha) in Italy?
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Valle d’Aosta
7
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Which of the following was instrumental in the unification of Italy 1861?
a. Kingdom of Sicilia
b. Kingdom of Napoli
c. House of Savoy –> Kingdom of Sardegna
d. Papal States
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c. House of Savoy
8
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What year was DOC regulation approved in Italy?
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1963
Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOC
9
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What are the 5 main sweet wines of N Italy made by Noble Rot?
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Romagna Albana DOCG (Albana) Trentino Vino Santo DOC (Nosiola) Recito di Soave DOCG (Garganega) Breganze Torcolato DOC (Vespaiola) Recito Della Valpolicella DOCG (Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella)
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What are the main rosatos of N Italy?
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Riviera del Garda Classico Chiaretto DOC (Lombardia)
Bardolino Chiaretto DOC (Veneto)
Alto Adige Lagrein Kretzer DOC (AA)
Ormeasco di Pornassio Sciac-trà DOC (Liguria)
11
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Where are Italy’s lowest average yields?
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Piemonte
12
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Where was the 1st place to emphasize single-vineyard wines?
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Piemonte
13
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What area claims the highest number of wine awards?
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Piemonte
14
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What does Piemonte mean?
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At the foot of the mountain
And it is surrounded on 3 sides by mountains
15
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What is unique about Franciacorta?
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Like Champagne the name is enough to ID place of origin. Protected
16
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What is the smallest DOCG in Italy?
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Scanzo DOCG or Moscato di Scanzo DOCG (Lombardia)
17
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What was the 1st and 2nd DOCGs for Metodo Classico?
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Franciacorta
Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico
18
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What was the first DOC in Oltrepò Pavese?
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Oltrepò Pavese DOC
19
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What is the only DOC in Lower Lombardia?
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Lambrusco Mantovano DOC
20
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What is the sweet rare, distinctive & rich dessert wine from Trentino DOC?
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Moscato Rosa
21
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How are the great number of wines produced in Trentino?
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Single variety
22
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What does Maso mean?
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TAA word for homestead, indicates an estate winery
23
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What is the inter-regional IGT that covers Veneto and T-AA?
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Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT
24
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What are the red blends allowed in Alto Adige DOC?
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Cabernet-Lagrein
Merlot-Lagrein
Cabernet-Merlot
25
What is Italy's most northerly appellation?
Alto Adige Valle Isarco DOC
26
What is Klausner Laitacher?
Red blend of
Schiava + Lagrein + Portugieser + Pinot Nero
Alto Adige Valle Isarco DOC
27
Where is the historic home for Schiava?
Santa Maddalena Alto Adige
28
What is the Riviera degli Ulivi?
Cost of Olive trees on SE shore of Lake Garda
29
What does "recia" from Recioto mean?
"Ear"
| Old practice of picking berries on lateral side that had better sun exposure
30
What grape from Monti Lessini was exported to Germany for German sparkling wine Sekt?
Durella - a notoriously high acidic white grape
31
What is Torcolato?
Technique were grapes are bound in clusters with 2 pieces of twine suspended from rafters.
32
What are the 2 Monti Lessini DOCs based on Durella?
Monti Lessini DOC (Durella single variety)
| Lessini Durello DOC (sparkling)
33
What DOC is a major producer of Merlot in Veneto?
Piave DOC
34
What is Torchiato name (Sweet passito in Conegliano)?
Ancient art of the traditional grape press "Torchio"
35
What are the DOC/Gs in Vini Vulcanici?
Most important Volcanic DOCs
Soave, Gambellara, Colli Euganei, Lessini Durello, Etna, Campi, Flegrei, Orvieto, Montefiascone, Vesuvio, Vulture & Bianco di Pitigliano
36
What are wines labeled Serprino?
Colli Euganei DOC - Glera used to produce spumante and frizzante & Pinella for frizzante
37
What inter-regional in FVG and Veneto was famed amongst the Romans and Venecians?
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Lison DOC
Friuliano based (called Tai)
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38
What DOC in FVG takes its name from the Roman road Via Annia and is its smallest DOC?
Friuli Annia DOC
39
What is considered the home of Ribolla Gialla?
Collio in the sub-zone of Oslavia
40
What is considered the finest Sauvignon in Italy?
Collio Goriziano DOCG
41
What is the only way Ribolla Gialla can be produced under Friuli DOC?
Spumante
42
What is the only DOC outside Emilia-Romagna that produces Lambrusco?
Lambrusco Mantovano DOC
43
What DOC is known as Mountain Bubbles and 1st DOC for Traditional Sparkling?
Trento DOC
| Ferrari
44
What is Vigneti di Montagna?
Designation under Piemonte DOC where vines nee to be 500m+, 30%+ Gradient
45
What is the new subzone for Trentino Superiore that produces Müller Thurgau?
Valle di Cembra
46
What is a distinct variety of Nebbiolo?
Nebbiolo Rosé
Related but light color, acid
High ABV
Not favored
47
Where is the major center for Vermouth
Torino
| Also made in Asti and Carelli
48
What appellation in Piemonte is more comparable to Valle d’Aosta?
Carema DOc
49
What region boasts the highest concentration of vineyards and wineries?
Langhe Hills
50
What Nebbiolo region surprisingly allows for rosé?
Nebbiolo d’Alba
51
Where can Barolo and Barbaresco producers declassify their wines?
Nebbiolo d’Alba DOC
52
For Nebbiolo d’Alba DOC where is most of the volume and what changed?
In Roero Hills
| Many producers label under Roero DOCG now
53
What is unique about Roero Hills vineyards?
Steep and need to be hand harvested
| And predate Romans
54
What was the people’s wine in Piemonte?
Barbera d’Asti
55
Difference between Barbera d’Asti and Alba
Asti is quintessential
| Fruitier, Higher Acid, Mineral, refreshing
56
How many versions of Freisa d’Asti DOC are there?
4
Still, superiore, frizzante and spumante
Off dry frizzante is traditional
57
What are the 2 Piemonte appellations that comprise the 3rd largest Barbera production by volume?
Barbera del Monferrato Superiore DOCG
Barbera del Monferrato DOC
58
What is the only Monferrato, Piemonte appellation that allows international grapes?
Monferrato DOC
59
What rivers in Veneto form a border with FVG?
Tagliamento and Livenza River
60
What river forms the border between Veneto and ER?
Po River
61
What 3 grapes account for half of Veneto's total plantings?
Glera
Garganega
Corvina Veronese
62
Where is Italy's largest plantings of Carmenere and Malbec?
Veneto
63
Where is Soave Classico found?
Between Soave and Monteforte d'Alpone and into north hills
64
Can Chardonnay be used in Soave Superiore or Recioto di Soave?
Up to 10% in Superiore
| But NOT ALLOWED for Recioto
65
What DOC was the 1st to use Merlot and Cabernets in Veneto 19th c?
Colli Euganei
66
Two wines unique to Breganze DOC in Veneto
Vespaiolo - Single varietal Vespaiola
| Torcolato - 100% Vespaiola
67
What is another name for the tank method process?
Charmat Process
68
Where is the city of Prosecco actually located?
In Trieste province in FVG
69
What must any wine outside of Conegliano-Valdobbiadene DOCG, Asolo Prosecco DOCG or Prosecco DOC be labeled?
IGT and Prosecco cannot appear on the label outside of Italy
70
Which grape is completely unrelated to each other?
a. Corvina & Corvinone
b. Raboso Piave & Raboso Veronese
c. Glera & Glera Lunga
d. Garganega & Grecanico Dorato
a. Corvina & Corvinone
b. they are related but distinct varieties - RV lesser quality
c. related but distinct - GL is spicier less floral
d. Identical to Sicilian grape
71
What is Prosecco col Fonda?
Ancestral method Prosecco (ferment in bottle)
| "Prosecco with deposit"
72
Where is the only place the grape Pinella is grown?
Colli Euganei DOC in frizzante form
73
What is Glera called in Colli Euganei?
Serprino
74
What is Vini Vulcani and who belongs?
Italy's most important Volcanic DOCs
Soave, Gambella, Colli Euganei, Lessini Durello, Etna, Campi Flegrei, Orvieto, Montefiascone, Vesuvio, Vulture and Bianca di Pitigliano
75
What is Asti Secco?
Asti DOCG produced drier up to Extra Brut and labeled Asti Secco.
76
What is the only Northern Piemonte DOC that allows Croatina?
Bramaterrra DOC
77
What are the DOCs in Northern Piemonte that require the least amount of Nebbiolo?
Fara DOC
| Sizzano DOC
78
What two small lakes does Erbaluce di Caluso DOCG surround?
Candia
| Viverone
79
What are the 2 DOCs in Alto Adige that are shared with Trentino?
Lago di Caldaro DOC
| Valadige DOC
80
What areas does ASTI DOCG overlap
Most of Barbaresco
| Sarralunga in Barolo
81
How many villages are within Asti DOCG?
50 within Asti, Cuneo and Alessandria
82
What soils do Moscato Bianco prefer?
Calcareous soils eg Terre Bianche
83
Why is Asti Method better for aromatic grapes?
Single Fermentation preserves fragrance and fresh quality
84
What bank of the Tanaro is Asti on?
Right Bank
85
What Piemonte DOC borders Liguria, ER and Lombardia?
Colli Tortonesi DOC
Between Alto Monferrato &
Oltrepò Pavese
86
Where is the non ER Lambrusco? What is the DOC and what is the dominant grape?
Lombardia
Lambrusco Mantovano DOC
Lambrusco Viadanese
87
Where is the only other area where Nebbiolo thrives outside of Piemonte?
Vatellina
88
Where are the largest Coops found?
ER's Lambrusco region
89
What unique grapes are grown in Colli Piacentini sub region Vin Santo di Vigoleno?
Santa Maria
| Melara
90
What is the Lambrusco district often called?
Terri di Lambruschi (Land of Lambrusco)
91
What is the Southern part of Collio found in Slovenia called?
Brda or Goriška Brda
92
Where is the best example of Sauvignon in Italy?
Collio DOC
93
Where is the historic home for Ribolla Gialla?
Oslavi, Collio DOC
94
Where is Pinot Grigio made in the Alsatian style?
Collio DOC
95
What are Super Whites?
White blend of Collio Bianco DOC
Mix of native (Friulano, Ribolla, Malvasia)
+
International (SB, C, PB, PG)
96
Where is the only appellation where Tazzelenghe can be produced?
Collio Oriental
97
Where is the classic area for reds in Collio Oriental
Buttrio, Cividal & Manzano
98
What vineyard area of Slovenia is part of Collio?
Western Primorska
99
What is the difference between wine producers in TAA and FVG?
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TAA = Coops
FVG = family owned
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100
What is Flysch or Cormons named after?
The town of Cormon
101
Most productive wine region in Italy?
Veneto
102
What are the primary fining agents for wine production and what do they do?
Bentonite (clay) - bonds with proteins
Gelatin - bonds with tannin
Egg White - bonds with tannin
Casein - bonds with tannin & acid
103
Nizza DOCG was separated from what appellation?
Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG
| Includes 18 villages
104
What does Valpolicella mean?
Assumed to mean "valley of the many cellars"
105
DOC in ER with "vini delle sabbie" (wine of the sands) and no phylloxera?
Bosco Eliceo DOC
106
What is the ER DOC named after a Roman jug?
Gutturnio DOC
| "Gutturnium"
107
Best place for Sylvaner?
Val Isarco (95% of total plantings)
108
What are the majority plantings in AA - native or international?
International
109
What was the Roman capital of Val d'Aosta?
Augusta Praetoria
110
What is the difference between Emilia and Romagna?
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Emilia = frizzante
Romagna = still
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111
What are the Frizzante DOC wines of Emilia
Gutturnio
Piacentini
Lambruscos
Bolognesi
112
What two areas in Lombardia and Emilia are next to each other and have similar growing conditions?
Picenza
| Oltrepò Pavese
113
What are Super Whites typically labeled?
Bianco
In Collio, Orientali and Venezia Giulia IGT
Either 1. Intense aromatic or 2. Barrel aged
114
What are the 3 DOCs on FVG's Coastal Plain
Latisana
Annia
Aquileia
115
What area has the largest plantings of Malbec and Carmenère?
Veneto
116
What was the Roman outpost in Trentino?
Tredentum (Trento)
117
Where did Trentino sell during in the Middle Ages?
Germans in Bavaria
| Terdoldego, Schiava, Marzemino
118
Where is the only DOC in Veneto that produces Vin Santo?
Gambellara DOC
119
Where is the very rare Vin Santo Classico made in Veneto?
Gambellara DOC
120
Where is the only place you can grow Picolit?
Cialla Subzone in Colli Orientali
121
What are considered to be some of Italy's best valued white wines?
Custoza DOC
| Blend of TT + Garganega + Tai + Cortese
122
What town splits E/W Soave?
Monteforte d'Alpone
123
Is Cartizze required to be vintage dated?
No can be either
| Only Rivers are required to be vintage dated
124
Production area for Colli Orientali?
Cividale
125
What is Ancellota typically used for in Lambrusco?
Color
| Most is for MCR
126
What Lombardia region borders ER Lambrusco?
Lambrusco Mantovano DOC
