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What are the top two DOCG for Aglianico? What is the third and where is it located?

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Taurasi DOCG (Campania)

Aglianico del Vulture Superiore DOCG (Basilicata)

Third best is Aglianico del Taberno DOCG and it’s located in Campania

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Between what elevations must vines for Aglianico del Vulture Superiore DOCG be planted?

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Between 200-700m

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What are the grape requirements for Taurasi DOCG (Campania) vs. Aglianico del Vulture Superiore DOCG (Basilicata)?

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Taurasi DOCG : min 85% Aglianico plus 15% other non-aromatic red grapes of Avellino

Aglianico del Vulture Superiore DOCG: 100% Aglianico

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What is the dominant soil type of Aglianico del Vulture Superiore DOCG?

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Volcanic

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What are the aging requirements for Taurasi DOCG?

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Normale: Min 3 years from December 1 of the harvest year (1 year in wood)

Riserva: Min 4 years from December 1 of the harvest year (18 months in wood)

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What are the aging requirements for Aglianico del Vulture Superiore DOCG?

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Superiore (Normale): Min 3 years from November 1 of the harvest year (1 year in wood, 1 year in bottle)

Riserva: Min 5 years from November 1 of the harvest year (2 years in barrel, 2 years in bottle)

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What are the aging requirements of Aglianico del Vulture DOC vs Superiore DOCG?

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DOC:
Not released until September 1 of the year following harvest. Can be released as Tranquile or Spumante.

DOCG:
Superiore min 3 years from November 1 of harvest year (1 in wood, 1 in bottle)
Riserva min 5 years from November 1 of harvest year (2 years in barrel, 2 years in bottle)
Released as tranquile only

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What style of wine is produced in the Greco di Bianco DOC?

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Sweet, still passito white wine from min 95% Greco Bianco

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What are the principal white and red grapes respectively for wines from the Ischia DOC?

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White: Forastera and Biancolella for still and sparkling white

Red: Guarnaccia and Piedirosso for still red and passito

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What is the most important DOC of Molise and what are the styles and grapes?

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Biferno DOC

Whites from mostly Trebbiano Toscano
Reds from mostly Montepulciano plus Aglianico

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What are the synonyms for Graciano and Carignan resectively in Sardinia?

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Graciano is called Bovale Sardo

Carignan is called Bovale Grande

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Where is Brindisi DOC and what are the colors, styles, and sweetness levels produced there?

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Puglia

Dry still Red, white, and rosé styles.

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What is the main red grape of Brindisi DOC? White grape?

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The main red grape is Negroamaro. Chardonnay is the top white grape.

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What is the synonym for Nero D’Avola in Sicily?

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Calabrese

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What is the most important DOC of Calabria? What are the main white and red grapes respectively?

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Cirò DOC

White: Greco Bianco (min 80%)
Red: Gaglioppo (min 80%)

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Where is the Melissa DOC and what are the main grapes?

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Calabria; like Cirò DOC the main grapes are Greco Bianco and Gaglioppo

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What is the DOC area of Gravello? What IGP is it bottled under? Who is the producer, what are the grapes, and what is its nickname?

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Librandi; Cirò DOC but bottled under Val di Neto IGP
Gaglioppo and Cabernet Sauvignon
Super Tuscan of the South

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What is the DOC of A’Vita?

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Ciró DOC

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What is the top white wine DOC of Calabria and what style is this DOC most famous for?

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Greco di Bianco DOC; sweet passito styles

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Lacryma Christi is associated with what DOC of Campania?

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Vesuvio DOC

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What are the grapes used in the production of Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio Rosso? Bianco?

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Rosso: min 50% Piedirosso plus Aglianico and Sciascinosso

Bianco: min 35% Coda di Volpe plus Verdeca, Fallanghina, and Greco

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What are the 3 main soil types of Campania and which areas are each associated with?

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Volcanic/Sandy: Vesuvio DOC, Campi Flegrei DOC

Alluvial: Sannio DOC and Aglianico del Taburno DOCG

Limestone/Tufo: Irpinia DOC, Taurasi DOCG, Fiano di Avellino DOCG, and Greco di Tufo DOCG

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What is the most famous and long-lived white wine of Campania?

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Greco di Tufo DOCG

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What is the DOC of Marisa Cuomo?

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Costa d’Amalfi DOC

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What are the main red and white grapes of Costa d’Almafi DOC respectively?

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Red: Mostly Piedirosso plus Aglianico and Sciascinoso

White: Falanghina and Biancolella

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What are the main red and white grapes of Ischia DOC?

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Red: Guarnaccia and Pedirosso

White: Forastera and Biancolella

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Who produces “Turriga”? What is the IGT? What is the grape and what famous consultant worked with this winery?

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Argiolas is the winery; Isola dei Nuraghi IGT in Sardinia; Cannonau is the grape

Giacomo Tachis did work here.

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What is the only Rosato DOCG of Italy?

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Castel del Monte Bombino Nero DOCG

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What is the principal white grape of Castelli Romani DOC?

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Malvasia di Candia or Malvasia di Lazio

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In what part of Sicily is most of the plantings of Catarratto planted?

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Western side in the province of Trapani

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What is the top cantina sociale in Sicily?

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Settesoli

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Where is Copertino DOC and what is the star grape here?

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Puglia

Negroamaro

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What is the appellation and style of Vallone “Gratticaia”?

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Salento IGT in Puglia; passito from Negroamaro

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What is the drawback of sun-drying for passito wines rather than dried under cover or in specialized drying rooms?

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This can result in excessive color, caramelized flavors, and loss of aroma.

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What is Ortugo and where is it produced?

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The name of a grape in Emilia-Romagna where it is produced in still, frizzante, and spumante styles with up to 17g/L RS and bottled under its own DOC (Ortugo dei Colli Piacentini DOC)

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Where is the winery La Stoppa located?

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Emilia-Romagna

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Where is the Dinavolo winery located?

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Emilia-Romagna

38
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The producer Terre Rosse is most closely associated with which appellation?

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Colli Bolognesi DOC

39
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Alberto Tedeschi is associated with what DOCG?

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Colli Bolognesi Classico Pignoletto DOCG

40
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What are the two DOCGs of Emilia-Romagna?

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Romagna Albana DOCG

Colli Bolognese Classico Pignoletto DOCG

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What are two top DOCs for Falanghina?

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Falanghina del Sannio DOC

Falerno del Massico DOC

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What are the colors, styles, and sweetness levels of wine produced in the Falerno del Massico DOC?

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Dry, still white from mostly Falanghina

Dry, still red from either a blend of mostly Aglianico and Piedirosso or varietally as Primitivo.

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Where might one find white and/or sparkling wines produced by the Forastera grape?

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Ischia DOC in Campania

44
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What is considered Lazio’s most reputable/famous DOC?What are the styles and grapes used in its production?

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Frascati DOC

Secco, amabile, or abboccato bianco and brut or extra dry spumante from Malvasia del Lazio/Malvasia di Candia plus Trebbiano Toscano.

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What are the 3 DOCG of Lazio? What are the styles associated with each?

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Frascati Superiore DOCG (Dry still, white)
Cannelino di Frascati DOCG (Late Harvest White)
Cesanese del Piglio DOCG (Dry, still Red)

46
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Casal Pilozzo is most closely associated with wines from where?

47
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What region in Italy has the highest plantings of Gaglioppo?

48
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What are the grapes of Gravello and who produces this? Where is the winery located?

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Gaglioppo and Cabernet Sauvignon; Librandi located in Calabria in the Cirò DOC

Wine is bottled as Val di Neto IGP

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In what region of Italy would you most likely find plantings of Magliocco, Mantonico, and Pecorello?

50
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What is the Cirò Boys?

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An informal collective of young natural and organic wine producers in Calabria whose aim is to create a focused effort at expressing the terroirs of Calabria through its native grapes.

51
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What is Garganega called in Sicily?

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Grecanico Dorato

52
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What are the styles produced and grape varietals used in Orvieto DOC?

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Dry and sweet still white wine with sweetness ranging from Abbocato to Dolce and can be botrityzed.

Principally produced from Trebbiano Toscano/Procanico (min 60%) and Grechetto

53
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What are all of the synonyms for Grenache in Sardegna?

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Cannonau
Granaccia
Tocai Rosso

54
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What crossing produced Grillo?

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Muscat of Alexandria x Catarratto

55
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What is Grillo called in Liguria?

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Rossese Bianco

56
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What are the permitted wine styles of the Orvieto DOC?

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Dry to sweet, still white

Late Harvest botrytized and unbotrytized/passerillage still white

57
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What style of wine is permitted in the Cannelino di Frascati DOCG?

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Exclusively white, still late harvest

58
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What is the min RS for Cannelino di Frascati DOCG?

59
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Romano Levi is a producer of what?

60
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What two seas are proximal to Apuglia?

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Adriatic and Ionian Sea

61
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Why can’t Emidio Pepe release his wines as DOCG?

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He ages them in concrete and not oak.

62
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In what Italian region might you find wines from Tintilla?

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Molise; Tintilla del Molise

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What are the grape requirements for Biferno DOC (Molise) reds?

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70-80% Montepulciano
10-20% Aglianico
max 20% non aromatic black grapes suitable for viticulture in Molise

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What is the alberata vine training method?

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Vines trained to trees

65
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What DOCG is bisected by the Calore River?

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Taurasi DOCG

66
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What are the colours, styles, and sweetness levels produced in the Greco di Tufo DOCG?

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Dry, still white
Extra Brut to Extra Dry Sparkling

67
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What are the grape requirements for Greco di Tufo DOCG?

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Min 85% Greco plus Coda di Volpe

68
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What does Lacryma Christi del Vesuvio indicate on a bottle of wine from Vesuvio?

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Higher abv at 12%

69
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What is the name of the vine training method found in Basilicata where three vines are trained on three posts tied together to look like a tripod?

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What is the most-planted grape in Sicily? Second-Most?

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Cataratto is the most-planted; Nero d’Avola is second most.

71
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On what side of Mount Etna are the largest number of producers?

72
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What are the age requirements for Etna Rosso Riserva DOC?

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Min 4 years including 12 months in wood.

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What is the minimum percentage of Carricante in Etna Bianco DOC? Superior?

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min 60% for Etna Bianco
min 80% for Etna Bianco Superiore

74
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What is the minimum percentage of Nerello Mascalese for Etna Rosso?

75
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Wine produced in the foothills of the Hyblaen Mountains is produced in what DOCG?El

A

Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG

76
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Eloro Pachino is a grand cru vineyard in what DOC and from what grape?

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Eloro DOC; Nero d’Avola

77
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Where does Marsala get its name?

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Arabic name Mars el-Allah which means “Allah’s harbor”

78
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What are the four main white grapes of Marsala production?

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Inzolia
Grillo
Cataratto
Damashino

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What is the minimum percentage of red grapes that must be used in the production of Rubino Marsala and what are the grapes that can be used?

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Perricone
Nero d’Avola
Nerello Mascalese

Min 70% red grapes. Max 30% white grapes

80
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Which style of Marsala requires a min 1% addition of Mosta Cotto? What is this added for?

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Ambra; added to mimic the tawny color typically achieved from barrel aging

81
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What is the min aging for Solera or Vergine Marsala Stravecchio ?

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Min 10 years

82
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True or False, Marsala Vergine must be secco in style?

83
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What are the sweetness levels for Marsala?

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Secco: 0-40g/L
Semi-Secco: 40-100g/L
Dolce: 100+ g/L

84
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What was the first vintage of Marco de Bartoli’s Vecchio Samperi?

85
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Where is Marsala aged for the first 4 months of its aging process?

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In whatever container. The rest is in wood.

86
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How is Zibbibo different compared to Moscato Bianco?

A

Thicker skins and can resist sunburn

87
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Where does Zibbibo get its name?

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From the arabic word Zibbib which means dried grape.

88
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What are senditoio and serre used for in Pantelleria?

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To accelerate the drying process by intensifying the heat of the climate. Senditoio are walled areas that amplify the sun and serre are drying tunnels.

89
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Where is 3/4 of Italy’s Vermentino planted?

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