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1
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Name the DOCG of

🧭 Campania

A
  • Aglianico del Taburno DOCG
  • Taurasi DOCG
  • Greco di Tufo DOCG
  • Fiano di Avelino DOCG
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Name the DOCs of:

🧭 Molise

A
  • Biferno DOC
  • Molise DOC
  • Pentro di Isernia DOC
  • Tintilla del Molise
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Variety of:

🍇 Taurasi DOCG

A

85% Aglianico minimum

🧭 Campania - Italy

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Aging rules for:

🪵 Taurasi DOCG

A
  • Classic:
    ➙ 🛢️ 3 years in total
    ➙ 🍾 including 12 months in wood
  • Riserva:
    ➙ 🛢️ 4 years in total
    ➙ 🍾 including 18 months in wood
    • Riserva: 4 y. ageing incl 18 mth in wood
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Date of creation of:

🎉 Taurasi DOCG

A

1993

🧭 Campania - Italy

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Minimum alcohol for

🥃 Taurasi DOCG

A
  • Rosso: 12% ABV
  • Riserva: 12,5% ABV
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Style of wine produced under:

🍷 Aglianico del Taburno DOCG

A
  • Rosso
  • Rosso Riserva
  • Rosato

🧭 Campania - Italy

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Minimum aging for:

🪵 Aglianico del Taburno Riserva DOCG

A

🛢️ 3 years in total
➙ 🪵 including 12 months in wood
➙ 🍾 6 months in bottle

🧭 Campania - Italy

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Minimum aging for:

🪵 Aglianico del Taburno DOCG

A

🛢️ 2 years in total

🧭 Campania - Italy

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Location & style of wine of:

🧭 Greco di Tufo

A

Still &Traditional Method Sparkling white wines:
➙ 🍇 85% Greco
➙ 15% Coda di Volpe maximum

🧭 Campania / Italy

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Aging rules for

🍾 Spumante & Spumante Riserva
of
Greco di Tufo DOCG

A
  • Spumante
    ➙ 18 months in bottle
  • Spumante Riserva
    ➙ 36 months

🦠 Process by the metodo classico method

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Location of:

🧭 Fiano di Avelino DOCG

A

Campania
Italy

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Varieties for:

🍇 Fiano di Avelino DOCG

A

Fiano 85% minimum
➙ + Trebbiano Toscano, Coda di Volpe, Greco

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Aging for:

🪵 Fiano di Avellino Riserva DOCG

A

12 months aging
➙ No method requiered

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Location of:

🧭 Ischia DOC

A

Ischia’s island
Of the coast, in the bay of Naples - Campania

🍇 White varieties Forastera + Biancolella
🍇 Red varieties: Piedirosso / Guarnaccia

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Varieties for:

🍇 Ischia DOC

A
  • white:
    ➙ 40-70% Forastera + Biancolella
  • Red:
    ➙ 40-50% Piedirosso
    ➙ 40-50% Guarnaccia
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Explain briefly:

🧭 🍷 Capri DOC

A
  • Bianco:
    ➙ 50% Falanghina + Greco
  • Rosso
    ➙ 80% Piedirosso

🧭 Campania / Italy

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Explain briefly:

🧭 🍷 Campi Flegrei DOC

A
  • Bianco & Spumante
    ➙ 50/70%Falanghina
  • Rosso & Rosso Passito
    ➙ 50% Piedirosso + Aglianico

🧭 Campania / Italy

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Minimum aging for:

🪵 Campi Flegrei Rosso Riserva DOC

A

2 years aging in total

🍇 Piedirosso based variety
🧭 Campania - Italy

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Explain briefly:

🍇 🧭 Irpinia DOC

A
  • Bianco, PAssito & Spumante
    ➙ Fiano & Greco based
  • Rosso & Passito
    ➙ 50% Aglianico
  • Campi Taurasini
    ➙ 85% Aglianico

🧭 Campania - Italy

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Minimum bottle aging for:

🍾 Irpinia Spumante DOC

A

18 months aging on the lees

🧭 Campania - Italy

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DOC & variety referred to:

🍇 Campi Taurasini

A

Irpinia DOC
➙ 🍇 85% Aglianico minimum

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23
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Name all DOCG of:

🧭 Puglia

A
  • Castel Del Monte Bombino Nero DOCG
  • Castel del Monte Nero di Troia Riserva DOCG
  • Castel de Monte Rosso Riserva DOCG
  • Primitivo di Manduria Dolce Naturale DOCG
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Explain briefly/

Castel de Monte Bombino Nero DOCG

A

🎉 Established in 2011
🍷 Only rosato
🍇 90% Bombino Nero minimum

🧭 Puglia - Italy

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🍷 DOCG for Rosé wine in Puglia

A

Castel del Monte Bombino Nero DOCG
🍯 10g/L max
🎉 Est. in 2011

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Explain briefly:

Castel del Monte Rosso Riserva DOCG

A

🍇 Min 65% Nero di Troia
+ non aromatic grapes of the region
🥃 13% ABV min
🪵 24 months of aging ➙ including 12 months in wood

🧭 Puglia - Italy

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Aging rules for:

🪵 Castel del Monte Rosso Riserva DOCG

A

🛢️ 24 months in total
➙ 🪵 including 12 months in wood minimum

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Main variety for:

🍇 Castel de Monte Rosso Riserva DOC

A

65% min Nero di Troia
➙ AKA Uva di Troia

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Name the 3 most important red varieties of:

🍇 Puglia

A
  • Primitivo
  • Negroamaro
  • Nero di Troia
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30
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Explain briefly:

🍇 🧭 Castel del Monte Nero di Troia Riserva DOCG

A

🍇 90% of Nero di Troia
🥃 13% ABV
🍬 10g/L maximum
🎉 DOCG since 2011

🧭 Puglia - Italy

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Minimum aging of:

🪵 Castel del Monte Nero di Troia Riserva DOCG

A

🛢️ 24 months aging in total
➙ 🪵 Including 12 months in wood

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Explain briefly:

🧭 🍷 Primitivo di Manduria Dolce Naturale DOCG

A

🍇 100% Primitivo
➙ Grapes may be air-dried
🍬 50 g/L résiduel minimum
🥃 16% ABV potential

🧭 Puglia - Italy

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Province of production:

🧭 Primitivo di Manduria Dolce Naturale DOCG

A

Taranto and Brindisi

🧭 Puglia - Italy

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Minimum residual sugar for

🍬 Primitivo di Manduria Dolce Naturale DOCG

A

50 g/L

🥃 16% ABV potential
➙ 13% ABV acquiered

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Date of creation of:

🎉 Primitivo di Manduria Dolce Naturale DOCG

A

2011

🧭 Puglia - Italy

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Minimum aging for:

🪵 Primitivo di Manduria Riserva DOC

A

24 months aging in total

🍇 100% Primitivo
🧭 Puglia - Italy

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37
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Location and style of wine of:

🧭 🍷 Brindisi DOC

A
  • Bianco:
    ➙ 🍇 80% Chardonnay & Malvasia
  • Rosso
    ➙ 🍇 80% Negroamaro + Susumaniello

🧭 Puglia - Italy

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Q

Minimum aging for:

🪵 Brindisi Rosso Riserva DOC

A

24 months aging in total

🧭 Puglia - Italy

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39
Q

Explain briefly:

Copertino DOC

A
  • Rosato:
    ➙ 🍇 Same varieties as Rosso: Maceration take place for 12 to 24 hours
  • Rosso
    ➙ 🍇 80% Negroamaro + Malvasia Nera, Sangiovese, Montepulciano

🧭 Puglia - Italy

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40
Q

Explain briefly:

Salice Salentino DOC

A
  • Bianco:
    ➙ 🍇 80% Chardonnay + Local varieties
  • Rosso & Rosato
    ➙ 🍇 75% Negroamaro
  • Aleatico Dolce / Licoroso
    ➙ 🪵 2 years aging in total

🧭 Puglia - Italy

41
Q

Variety use for dolce wine in Salice Salentino DOC

A

Aleatico
➙ 🪵 24 months aging in total before release

42
Q

DOCG of:

🧭 Basilicata

A

Aglianico del Vulture Superiore DOCG
➙ ⛰️ On the slopes of the volcano

43
Q

Explain briefly:

Aglianico del Vulture Superiore DOCG

A

🍇 100% Aglianico
🪨 Volcanic soil
🪵 Superiore: 3 years aging in total
🪵 Riserva: 5 years aging in total

🧭 Basilicata - Italy

44
Q

Precise aging for:

🪵 Aglianico del Vulture Superiore DOCG

A
  • Superiore:
    🛢️ 3 years aging in total
    ➙ 🪵 Including 12 months in oak
    ➙ 🍾 + 12 months in bottle
  • Riserva:
    🛢️ 5 years aging in total
    ➙ 🪵 Including 24 months in oak
    ➙ 🍾 + 12 months in bottle
45
Q

DOCs of:

🧭 Basilicata
(4 in total)

A
  • Aglianico del Vulture DOC
  • Grottino di Roccanova DOC
  • Matera DOC
  • Terre dell Alta Val d’Agri DOC
46
Q

Style of wine produced under:

🍷 Aglianico del Vulture DOC

A
  • Rosso wine
  • Rosso Spumante
    ➙ 🍾 Made by method classico: 9 months aging in bottle

🧭 Basilicata - Italy

47
Q

🍷 2 DOCG for Rosé wine in all Italy

A
  • Aglianico del Taburno
  • Castel del Monte Bombino Nero
48
Q

🧭 Name the sole DOCG of Sicily

A

Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG
➙ 🍷 Rosso only
➙ 🍇 50-70% Nero d’Avola + Frappato

🧭 Southern Sicily

49
Q

Explain briefly:

Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG

A

🍇 50-70% Nero d’Avola
➙ + 30-50% Frappato
🪨 Iron rich clay over a limestone based
🛢️ Classico: 18 months aging in total

🧭 Sicily - Italy

50
Q

Varieties rules for:

🍇 Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG

A

50-70% Nero d’Avola
➙ + 30-50% Frappato

🧭 Southern Sicily - Italy

51
Q

Main soil influence in:

🪨 Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG

A

Iron rich clay over a limestone
Sandier on the south and East

www.planeta.it

🧭 Southern Sicily - Italy

52
Q

Leading producers of:

🏠 Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG

A
  • COS
  • Ariana Occhipinti
  • Planeta
  • Donnafugata
  • Palerno di Vittoria
53
Q

Synonym of:

🍇 Nero d’Avola in Sicily

54
Q

Minimum aging for

🪵 Cerasuolo di Vittoria Classico DOCG

A

18 months in total
➙ no oak/wood regulations

Villages:
Vittoria, Comiso, Acate, Chiaromonte Gulfi, Santa Croce Camerina

55
Q

Synonym of:

🍇 Nerello Mantellato in Etna DOC

A

Nerello Cappuccio

56
Q

Style of wine of:

🍷 Etna DOC

A
  • Bianco:
    🍇 Catarrato & Carricante
    🧭 Superiore: From Milo commune only
  • Rosso & Rosato:
    🍇 80% Nerello Mascarese
    ➙ + Nerello Cappuccio
  • Riserva
    🛢️4 years aging in total
    ➙ 🪵 Including 12 months in wood
  • Spumante Bianco & Rosato: Traditionnal method
    🍇 80% Nerello Mascarese
    ➙ 🍾18 months in bottle

🧭 Eastern Sicily - Italy

57
Q

Commune of production for:

🧭 Etna Bianco Superiore DOC

A

Milo
➙Eastern Etna slopes
➙ 🥃 12% ABV (instead of 11,5% for classic)

🧭 Eastern Sicily - Italy

58
Q

Minimum aging for

🪵 Etna Rosso Riserva

A

🛢️ 4 years aging in total
➙ 🪵 Including 12 months in wood

🧭 Eastern Sicily - Italy

59
Q

True or False:

🍾 Spumante can be produced in Etna DOC

A

True
➙ Only in Traditionnal method
➙ 🍾 18 months aging OTL

60
Q

Leading producers of:

🏠 Etna DOC

A
  • Terre NEre
  • Graci
  • Tenuta di Fessina
  • Planeta
  • Benanti
  • Salvo Foti
  • Eduardo Torres Acosta
  • Gaja (From Piemonte winery, purchased vineyard in 2019)
61
Q

Location & style for:

🧭 🍷 Faro DOC

A

Rosso wine only
➙ 🍇 Nerello Mascalese based
➙ + Nerello Cappuccio & Nocera

🧭 North Eastern Sicily - Italy

62
Q

Location & Style of:

🧭 🍷 Malvasia delle Lipari DOC

A

Bianco + Passito & Liquoroso
➙ 🍇 Malvasia delle Lipari
➙ + 5% Max Corinto Nero

Off shore of Northern Sicily - Italy

63
Q

Explain briefly

🧭 🍷 Faro DOC

A

Red wine only
➙ 🍇 45/60% Nerello Mascalese
➙ + Nerello Capuccio & Nocera

🧭 North Eastern Sicily - Italy

64
Q

Explain Briefly:

🧭 🍷 Malvasia della Lipari DOC

A

White wine only: Dry, Passito & Liquoroso
➙ 🍇 95% Malvasia di Lipari
➙ + Corino Nero
🍬 100 g/L minimum

🧭 Off shore the Northern Sicily

65
Q

Explain briefly:

🧭 🍷 Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG

66
Q

Minimum Residual Sugar for:

🍬 Malvasia delle Lipari DOC

A

100 g/L minimum

67
Q

White varieties of:

🍇 Alcamo DOC

A

🍷 Bianco / Spumante / Vendemia Tardia
➙ 🍇 60% Catarratto minimum

🧭 Trapani & Palermo = Eastern Sicily - Italy

68
Q

Red varieties for:

🍇 Alcamo DOC

A

🍷 Rosso / Riserva / Rosato
➙ 🍇 60% Calabrese minimum + local & internationnal varieties

🧭 Trapani & Palermo = Eastern Sicily - Italy

69
Q

Aging for:

🪵 Palermo Rosso Riserva DOC

A

🛢️ 24 months in total
➙ Including 6 months in wood minimum

🧭 Trapani & Palermo = Eastern Sicily - Italy

70
Q

First producer of Marsala

A

John Woodhouse
🙋 English Port & Sherry trader
⛵️ He first fortified a wine in 1773 to preserve it during the travel to UK

71
Q

🍯 2 sweetening agent of Marsala DOC

A
  • Mosto Cotto: Cooked must
  • Sifone: Mistelle like of overripe grapes

Both are allowed only in Ambra style

72
Q

Name the 3 style of

🍷 Marsala DOC

A
  • Oro: White
  • Ambra: White with sweetening adjonction
  • Rubino: Rosso style

🧭 Western Sicily

73
Q

White varieties of:

🍇 Marsala DOC

A
  • Grillo
  • Ansonica: Inzolia
  • Damaschino
  • Catarrato

🍷 Used for the Oro & Ambra Styles

74
Q

Red varieties of:

🍇 Marsala DOC

A
  • Perricone
  • Calabrese: Nero d’Avola
  • Nerello Mascalese

🍷 Used for the Rubino Style only

75
Q

Sweetness level of:

🍬 Marsala DOC

A
  • Secco: 40 g/L max
  • Semi-secco: 40-100 g/L
  • Dulce: 100 g/L minimum
76
Q

General aging for

🪵 Marsala DOC

A
  • Fine: 1 year in wood
  • Superiore / Vecchio: minimum 2 years in wood
  • Superiore Riserva: minimum 4 years in wood
  • Vergine / Solera: Minimum 5 years in wood
  • Vergine Riserva / Solera Riserva / Stravecchio: Minimum 10 years in wood
77
Q

Minimum aging for

🪵 Fine Marsala DOC

A

1 year in wood
➙ 🛢️ The 4 first months can be aged in tanks

78
Q

Minimum aging for

🪵 Superiore / Vecchio Marsala DOC

A

2 years in cherry wood minimum

79
Q

Minimum aging for

🪵 Superiore Riserva Marsala DOC

A

4 years in oak or cherry wood minimum

80
Q

Minimum aging for

🪵 Vergine / Solera Marsala DOC

A

5 years in oak or cherry cask minimum

81
Q

Minimum aging for

🪵 Stravecchio / Solera Riserva / Vergine Riserva
Marsala DOC

A

10 years minimum in oak or cherry wood

82
Q

Name the most important and leading producer of:

🏠 Marsala DOC

A

Marco de Bartoli

83
Q

Synonym of:

🍇 Muscat d’Alexandrie in Sicily

A

Zibibbo

🧭 In particular within the island of Pantelleria

84
Q

Synonym of:

🍇 Zibibbo

A

Muscat of Alessandria
🧭 In Sicily & Pantelleria

85
Q

Style of wine produced in:

🍷 Pantelleria DOC

A
  • Liquoroso
  • Spumante & Frizzante
  • Dorato
  • Passito
  • Dolce

🍇 All produced from the Zibbibo variety

86
Q

Italian name for:

🎋 Bush vine

87
Q

Minimum residual sugar for:

🍯 Dorato di Pantelleria DOC

A

100 g/L
➙ 🥃 Fortified with pure alcool

88
Q

Mick Hucknall is a famous singer & producer from:
…

A

Etna DOC
➙ Project started in 2001
Rose the general image of the region

🎤 Singer of a British pop group.

89
Q

Explain the following term:

🧭 Contrade

A

Sub-vineyard area of Etna DOC
➙ Currently 133 of them

= Frazioni in Montepulciano or MGA in Barolo/Barbaresco

90
Q

Name the DOCG of:

🧭 Sardegna

A

Vermentino di Gallura DOCG

91
Q

Style of wine produced under:

🍷 Vermentino di Gallura DOCG

A
  • Bianco secco
  • Superiore
  • Frizzante & Spumante
  • Passito & Vendemia Tardia

🍇 95% Vermentino minimum

92
Q

Soil & location of:

🪨 Vermentino di Gallura DOCG

A

🪨 Poor & rocky granitic soil
🧭 Covering 23 communes of the Northern edge of the island

93
Q

Style of wine produced under:

🍷 Cannonau di Sardeigna DOC

A
  • Rosso & Rosato
  • Rosso Riserva
  • Passito
  • Liquoroso

🍇 85% Cannonau = Grenache

94
Q

Aging requierement for:

🛢️ Cannonau di Sardeigna Rosso Riserva DOC

A

🛢️ 2 years in total
➙ 🪵 including 6 months in wood

95
Q

Sweetness level for:

🍬 Cannonau di Sardeigna Passito DOC

A

50 g/L minimum

➙ Liquoroso Dolce is also 50 g/L

96
Q

Sub-regions of:

🧭 Cannonau di Sardeigna DOC

A
  • Classico
  • Jerzu
  • Oliena
  • Capo Ferrato
97
Q

Synonym of:

🧭 Grenache in Sicily

A

Cannonau
➙ Grenache is widely grown on the island due to history
= The island was part of the Kingdom of Aragon in early 1700’s

98
Q

Color of the following:

  1. Monica
  2. Nagarus
A
  1. Red
  2. White

🍇 Both are local varieties of Sardegna

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