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Trentino Flashcards

1
Q

What are the predominant grape varieties used in Trento DOC?

A

Chardonnay (most dominant) and Pinot Nero

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2
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What percentage of Trentino wines qualify as DOC wines?

A

> 80%

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3
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How many DOCs are there in Trentino?

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8

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4
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What traditional red grape variety from Trentino is related to Dureza, the parent of Syrah?

A

Teroldego

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5
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What single varietal wine was mentioned in Mozart’s Don Giovanni?

A

Marzemino

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6
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What DOC is dedicated to wines produced with 100% Teroldego?

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Teroldego Rotaliano DOC

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7
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What approach do the wine makers of Trentino make to market demand?

A

Very responsive to global trends

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8
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What Empire has strongly influenced the wine making in Trentino?

A

Austrian Empire

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9
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What two grapes have been crossed to produce Müller Thurgau?

A

Riesling and Madeline Royale

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10
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What does Trentino sub-zone is named after the local cherry trees which form part of the landscape?

A

Ziresi

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11
Q

Which area of Italy is renowned for producing Grappa?

A

Trentino

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12
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What ancient white grape variety is mostly found in the Valle dei Laghi?

A

Nosiola

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13
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What was the first DOC exclusively for traditional method sparkling wines in Italy?

A

Trento DOC

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14
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Who created the first sparkling wine in the Trento DOC?

A

Giulio Ferrari

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15
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What is the modern name for the Trentino school of viticulture and wine making?

A

The Fondazione Edmund Mach

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16
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What red grape variety is native to the Vallagarina Valley?

A

Marzemino

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17
Q

The Pergola Trentina vine training system is traditional in Trentino. Why are producers moving to Guyot and Cordon systems?

A

Pergola Trentina is expensive to construct

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18
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What river flows through the Val di Cembra?

A

The Avisio

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19
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What are the 4 principle valleys of Trentino?

A

1) Valdadige (Adige Valley)
2) Val di Cembra (Cembra Valley)
3) Valle dei Laghi (Valley of the Lakes)
4) Valsugana (Sugana Valley)

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20
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What grape is used to make the prestigious and long-lived dessert wine, Vino Santo, from Trentino?

A

Nosiola

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21
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What river flows through the Valle dei Laghi?

A

The Sarca River

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22
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What are Isera and Ziresi?

A

Sub-zones of the Trentino Superiore Marzemino DOC

23
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What grape variety is considered to be the ‘Prince of Trentino’?

24
Q

What represents the best red wine that Trentino has to offer?

A

Teroldego Rotaliano DOC

25
Q

What appellation was created for traditional method Trentino sparkling wine?

A

Trento DOC

26
Q

What is the name of the breeze that blows northward across Lake Garda and into the Valle dei Laghi?

A

The Ora del Garda

27
Q

What IGT in Trentino produces some high quality Bordeaux blends?

A

Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT

28
Q

What account for more than 3/4 of all wine production in Trentino?

A

Co-operatives

29
Q

What is the mineral dolomite made up of and what is another term for the mineral?

A

Calcium and magnesium / Also called Dolostone

30
Q

What general topography would describe Trentino?

A

Mountainous - 70% of province above 1,000m

31
Q

What river flows through the Valsugana?

A

The Brenta River

32
Q

What is used to produce Grappa?

A

The vinacce (the leftover unpressed skins and lees) of wine making process

33
Q

What is the name of the traditional rural homestead in Trentino and Alto Adige?

34
Q

What is the most important DOC in Trentino?

A

Trentino DOC

35
Q

What is the dominant vine training system in Trentino?

A

Pergola Trentina

36
Q

What international variety often produces simple, dull wines but seems to do especially well in Trentino to produce exciting wines with an unusual aromatic profile of flowers and herbs?

A

Müller Thurgau

37
Q

How is the name Vino Santo thought to have originated?

A

From the tradition of pressing the dried grapes during Holy Week

38
Q

What is the most widely planted grape in the Trentino region?

A

Chardonnay

39
Q

What DOC wine is Elisabetta Foradori famous for producing?

A

Teroldego Rotaliano DOC

40
Q

What white Trentino grape is often confused with Moscato Bianco?

A

Moscato Giallo

41
Q

What style of wine is produced in Trento DOC?

A

Traditional method sparkling wines

42
Q

What is the minimum percentage of Teroldego required in Teroldego Rotaliano DOC?

43
Q

Does Trention produce more red or white wine?

A

White wine

44
Q

The Trentino Vino Santo sub-zone covers which valley within Trentino?

A

Valle dei Laghi

45
Q

Isera in Trentino is a specific subzone of which grape?

46
Q

What river flows through the Sugana Valley?

A

Brenta River

47
Q

What river flows through Val di Cembra?

A

Avisio River

48
Q

What river flows through the Valle dei Laghi?

A

Sarca River

49
Q

Where are the majority of Trentino’s wines planted? Valley floor or mountains

A

In the mountains

50
Q

Historically where were most of Trentino’s wines exported to?

51
Q

What 2 international varieties account for more than 50% of Trentino’s production?

A

Chardonnay and Pinot Grigio

52
Q

Does the Trentino DOC cover the whole Trentino region?

53
Q

What is the most widely planted grape in Trentino?

A

Chardonnay

54
Q

What river bisects the Trentino region from north to south?

IWS - Unit 1 - Northern Italy (14 decks)

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