Southern Italy

Question 1

What Southern Italy region is associated with the following grapes?
Aglianico
Falanghina
Fiano
Greco

Answer 1

Campania

Question 2

What Southern Italy region is associated with the following grapes?
Carricante
Catarratto
Grillo
Inzolia
Nero d’Avola
Nerello Mascalese

Answer 2

Sicily

Question 3

What Southern Italy region is associated with the following grapes?
Primitivo
Nero di Troia
Negroamaro

Answer 3

Puglia

Question 4

What Southern Italy region is associated with the following grapes?
Vermentino
Cannonau
Carignano

Answer 4

Sardinia

Question 5

What are the 3 main soil types of Campania?

Answer 5

Alluvial
Volcanic and sandy
Limestone and clay

Question 6

What type of soils do the Campania regions of Sannio and Beneventano have?

Answer 6

Alluvial

Question 7

What type of soils do the Campania regions of Campi Flegrei and Vesuvio have?

Answer 7

Volcanic and Sandy

Question 8

What type of soils do the Campania regions of Fiano di Avellino, Greco di Tufo, Taurasi have?

Answer 8

Limestone and clay

Question 9

What is the intensity, aroma/flavor, body acid and texture of Fiano?

Answer 9

med- to med ai/fi
floral, peach, hazelnut
med+ body
med to med + acid
waxy texture

Question 10

What Puglia wines have medium intensity red cherry and redcurrant fruit with a black pepper note, high but fine-grained tannins and medium (+) acidity.

Answer 10

Nero di Troia

Question 11

What Puglia wines have black plum and black cherry fruit, medium to high alcohol, medium acidity and medium (+) tannins. The variety is also used to make rosé wines (rosato, deep pink orange in colour).

Answer 11

Negroamaro

Question 12

What Puglia wines have medium (+) to pronounced, ripe to jammy red cherry and strawberry fruit, medium acidity and medium to medium (+) tannin. Quality is across the range from acceptable to outstanding wines.

Answer 12

Primitivo

Question 13

What are the three styles of Moscato made on the island of Pantelleria?

Answer 13

Dry
Late Harvest
Passito

Question 14

How are dry Moscato wines from Pantelleria made?

Answer 14

fermented in stainless steel, released early to retain aromatic Muscat character

Question 15

How are Late Harvest Moscato wines from Pantelleria made?

Answer 15

picked a week later than for dry wines with the fermentation being stopped to retain residual sugar for a sweet style

Question 16

How are Passito Moscato wines from Pantelleria made?

Answer 16

made with semi-dried grapes, traditionally sun-dried, with high levels of residual sugar.

Question 17

What is Sicily’s only DOCG?

Answer 17

Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG

Question 18

What is the Sardinian name for the Grenache Noir grape variety?

Answer 18

Cannonau

Question 19

Which form of vine training is a requirement for Carignano del Sulcis Superiore DOC (on Sardinia)?

Answer 19

Bush vines

Question 20

Compare and contrast the structure of the wine industries in Campania and Sicily.

Answer 20

Both regions have private estates and co-operative wineries. Both have important and large co-operatives: Settesoli in Sicily and La Guardiense in Campania. Settesoli, responsible for 7% of all vineyards. La Guardiense accounts for 15% of production in the Benevento province.

Campania has some large private companies with vineyards in multiple denominations and provinces. Mastroberardino pioneered the commercialisation of the Campanian grape varieties.

By contrast, Sicily has a relatively small number of large and influential companies (Planeta, Donnafugata and Tasca d’Almerita), unlike the pattern of ownership in the rest of Italy.