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Italian Wine Scholar - Unit 2 The Wines of Central & Southern Italy > Winemakers, Producers, Families - Central and Southern Italy > Flashcards

Winemakers, Producers, Families - Central and Southern Italy Flashcards

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What caused the vineyards to succumb in the second half of the 19th century to 1920s?

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Oidium, Peronospora and phylloxera plagues

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Before becoming a part of the Roman Republic in the 3rd century BC, what three tribes of people inhabited Abruzzo?

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  • The Aequi
  • The Samnites
  • Piceni
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Which wine region the following wine producers were from:

  • Duca di Salaparuta
  • Tasca d’Almerita
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Standout producers from Sicilia

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Severino Garofano contributed to the road to quality vs bluk wine production in which region?

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Puglia

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Who was the Marchese Mario Incisa della Rochetta?

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Moved from Piemonte to his estate Tenuta San Guido in Bolgheri in 1940s to plant Cabernet Sauvingnon and Cabernet Franc noting similarities between Graves in Bordeaux and Bolgheri.

He implemented similar practices carried out in Bordeaux such as low yields, maturation in small wood barrels. It was one of the very first times that small barrels were used for the maturation of wine in Italy.

After not so successful first attempt, he planted on top of a stony gravelly soil called Sassicaia.

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Who released his iconic wines Rubeseo and Torre di Giano in 1962 for the first time by focusing on quality and laid the foundation for modern viticulture and enology in Umbria?

The respect and admiration for his wines was instrumental in Torgiano becoming Umbria’s first DOC in 1968.

A

Giorgio Lungarotti

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What did Marco Caprai of the Arnaldo Caprai estate do?

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He researched and experimented with different clones for Sagrantino, viticultural practices and ageing techniques in order to tame Sagrantino’s sturdy and enhance its potential.

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“Rosa del Golfo”

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Along with Cinque Rose from Leone de Castris, Rosa del Golfo transformed the rosato category into a speciality of Salento.

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Who was Adamo Fanetti?

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Fortunes of Montepulciano wine revived due to Adamo Fanetti’s efforts.

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Which grape variety Leonardo Mustilli is associated with?

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Falaghina Beneventana

The wine producer Leonardo Mustilli found old vines growing in abandone vineyards around Sant’Agata del Goti.

The vines were initially thought to be Falaghina flegrea but has been proven to a distinct variety now referred to as Falanghina Veneventana.

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In 1986, Brunello di Montalcino was one of the fist Italian wines to receive DOC status. The siciplinare was largest based on the practices adopted by the son of Ferruccio Biondi. He also contriubed to making the Biondi-Santi Brunello among the most sought after and expensive wines of Italy after taking over the Greppo estate.

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Tancredi Biondi-Santi

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Along with wine made from Montepulciano grape, what Abruzzo wine is notably famous for?

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Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo - a distinctive Rosato that is considered among Italy’s best, ranks as highly as the Rosatos from Salento and Lake Garda.

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In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the dedicated efforts of producers like Cantina Foligno, Adanti, Tardioli and Arnaldo Caprai helped save the grape variety from extinction? What grape variety was it?

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Sagrantino

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Which producer lanuched a quality movement in the early 1980s in Umbria?

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Antinori’s Castello della Sala

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“Giullio Gambelli”

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Known as “Il maestro assaggiatore” (the master taster)

Considered the father of Sangiovese based wines.

His guiding influence is seen in prestigeous wines such as Monteverine’s le Pergole Torte, Soldera’s Brunello di Montalcino Case Basse and Poggio di Sotto’s Brunello di Montalcino.

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In 1622, Francesco Scacchi, physician and Marche native, publlished the essay, “De Salbri Potu Dissertatio”. What was it?

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It gave instruction on how to obtain fizzy wines through re-fermentation in bottle.

These effervescent wines aer considered the first example of Italian sparkling wine.

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What region is known to be home to Montepulciano, one of Italy’s most widely planted red grapes.

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Abruzzo

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What are the following producers being credit for:

  • Valentini
  • Emidio Pepe
  • Masciarelli
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Italy’s historic producers - their stature and their wine have given more visibility to Abruzzo region.

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Which producer opened a new era in Umbria in the 1960s with the release of iconic wine, Torigiano Rubesco?

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Lungarotti

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What is IRVV and what did it accomplish?

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Instituto Regionale della Vite e del Vino (IRVV) is a government institute established in the 1950s with the aim of supporting and improving both viticulture and winemaking, in addition to promoting the Sicilian wine.

The IRVV was able to suggest which grapes, clones and rootstocks were ideal for individual winegrowing areas.

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Tasca d’Almerita is known as one of the most prestigious in which appellation in Sicilia?

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Contea di Sclafani (or Valledolmo-Contea di Sclafani) (!)

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Which producer is known to produce Trebbiano d’Abruzzo wine considered to by among Italy’s greatest white bottlings?

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Valentini

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Fazi Battaglia (wine producer) - what did they introduce to make their wine hugegly popular?

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For Castelli di Jesi wine, Fazi Battaglia intorduced Verdiccio in the famous green amphora-shaped botttle in 1953.

This iconic bottle inspired by Etruscan amphorae was immediately recognizable and readily became the symbol of Verdicchio from Castelli di Jesi.

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Who founded Viall Banfi (later renamed Castello Banfi) taking an interest in Montalcino and its potential?

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Italo American Mariani brothers

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What is the legendary wine of “Mastroberardino” known for?

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Mastroberardino Taurasi Riserva 1968

A landmark in the history of this appellation, helped to give stature to the wines of Taurasi and of Irpinia.

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Who was Andrea Bacci and what he is primarilly known for?

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  • Native of Matelica, famous philosopher and naturalist
  • A phyisician of Pope Sixtus V
  • Published a monumental essay in 1596, “De naturali vinorum historia”, described the viticultural and winemaking pracrices and assesses the quality of the best known Italian wines of the time.
27
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Planeta winery established their first winery in which area, contributing to reputation of winegrowing in the DOC?

A

Menfi DOC in Sicilia

28
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What have the following producers among others contributed contribute in the 1980s?

  • Bucci
  • Carofoli
  • Sartarelli
  • Colonnara
  • Umani Ronchi
A

They lowered yields and crafted distinctive and long lived Verdicchio in Castelli di Jesi saving the wines then known for neutral mass produced uninspiring wines.

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Along with Fattoria del Greppo of Biondi-Santi, name another historic Bruenllo producer.

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Fattoria dei Barbi

30
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Who did approve an edict in 1716 to officially delimite the Chianti zone of production making Chianti one of the oldest demarcated and official wine appellation in the world?

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The Grand Duke of Toscana, Cosmo III de’ Medici

The production zone included the origial villages of the League of Chianti (Castellina, Gaiole and Radda) as well as the villages of Greve and the hamlet of Panzano.

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Who was Clemente Santi?

What did he accomplish?

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Considered one of the pioneers of Brunello wine.

His red wine from Brunello grapes growin his estate Fattoria del Greppo, “Vino rosso scelto (brunello)” vintage 1865 won a silver medal at the agricultural fail at Montepluciano in 1869, the ifrst documented evidence of a “Brunello”.

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What significant event initiated by the Italian governement in 1960s affecteing agricultural and economic system in effect in Toscana since the 9th century?

A

Abolishing of Mezzadria (share cropping)

33
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The producers, Vila Matilde and Moio, are considered to be the pioneers of a Camapania DOC in quest for quality wine producing.

Which DOC has been associated with them?

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Falerno del Massico DOC(!)

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Who were the Marchese Mario Incisa della Rocchetta’s cousins offered their support in terms of bringing the Sassicaia wine to market as well as bring in enologist Giacomo Tachis?

A

Antinori

35
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What sweet wines of Sicilia Carlo Hauner helped consumers renewed their interest in the wines?

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Malvasia delle Lipari DOC wines

36
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What did Clemente Santi do for Brunello wines?

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  • Experimented with red wine production using Brunello grape (at the time Moscadello, Moscato based sweet white wine has been made).
  • Introduced Monoculture as in Toscana mixed crops (coltivazione promiscua) was practiced typical of the mezzadria system
  • In the cellar Santi recommended longer fermentation and maceration times for red wines with more color, structure and ageing potential.
37
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Cooperative Settesoli was critical to the advancement of viticulture and quality winemaking to which area?

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Sicilia, specifically Menfi DOC which is home to Settesoli, Sicilia’s largest grape grower and wine producer.

38
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Name three “noble” Florentine families strongly connected to wine and long standing producers among a handful of long standing commercial wine producers still doing business.

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  1. Ricasoli (producing and selling wine as of the 12th century)
  2. Frescobaldi (as of the early 14th century)
  3. Antinori (since the late 14th century)
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What did Baron Bettino Ricasoli achieve in the 19th century?

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Baron Bettino Ricasoli experimented to produce high qualty and age worthy Chianti wine by suggesting the blend base to have Canaiolo best served as a softtening agent rather than the backone of the Chianti blend.

He came out with the blend formula:

  • 70% Sangiovese
  • 15% Canaiolo Nero
  • 15% Malvasia

This more approachable formula became Chianti’s most widely utilized blend.

40
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Producer “Stefano Macinelli”

Which grape varieity the producer is said to saved.

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Lacrima(!)

41
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“Giacomo Tachis”

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Considered one of the founders of the Italian wine renaissance.

Behind iconic wines such as Sasscia and Antinori’s Tignanello and Solaia.

42
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Who was Johanes Defuk who arrived in Italy in 1111 and what wine was he associated with ?

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He was a part of the entourage of Emperor Henry V and found of wine and instructted his servant to post a sign that says “Est!” whenever there was a tavern with an exceptional wine.

When he came aross the villate of Montefiascone in Lazio, he was found just such a sign but noted with “Est! Est! Est!”, signifying the exceptional wine found there.

The wine is Est! Est! Est! di Montefisacone (!)

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Who was the enologist Antinori brought in to help support the Marchese Mario Incisa della Rochetta to bring out this wine Sassicaia to narket?

A

Giacomo Tachis

44
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Producer “Guido Cocci Grifoni”

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Guido Cocci Grifoni found ungrafted Percorino in an old vineyard and planted the cuttings at his estate and released the first varietal Pecorino (Colle Vecchio) in 1990.

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What did Ferruccio Biondi work on once he took over the Greppo estate in 1855?

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  1. Careful identification of his best Brunello vines with regard to quality, diesaese resistance for massal selection
  2. Destemmed the grapes to avoid astringent tannins
  3. Use of Slavonian oak casks when ageing his wines for an extensive period of time
46
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Which grape variety was brought back from obscurity after phylloxera and the world war II devasation by iconic Campania producer Antonio Mastroberardino?

A

Fiano(!)

47
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What is Leone de Castris producer known for?

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Salento producer Leone de Castris historically considered the first commercially bottled Rosato of Italy, Cinque Rose (Five Roses) based on Negro Amaro.

48
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What did Cosimo III, the Grand Duke of Toscana, do for certain wines in Toscano to protect the reputation in 1716?

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Cosimo III issued a Bando (edict) to delimite the geographical boundaries of four prestigeous wine zones (Chianti, Pomino, Carmignano and Val d’Arno di Sopra).

This ws the first ever attempt to protect the integrity of a wine appellaiton.

49
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What did Ferruccio Biondi, grandson of Clementi Santi to honor his maternal grandfatjher?

A

Feruccio Biondi linked the two family names and from theat moment the fmaily became Biondi-Santi.

50
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Who was Riccardo Cotarella?

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Enologist arrived in Umbria in the 1980s to help modernized winemaking practice.

51
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Who was Count Ugo Contini Boancossi?

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Count Ugo Continin Bonacossi of Tenuta Capezzana was instrumental in creation of the DOC in 1975 for Carmignano.

52
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This family revived Pomino DOC after viticultural decine in the mid 19th century by introducing French grapes.

These grapes plus Sangiovese still remain the foundation upon which all wine blends are made today.

Name the family name and the family inherited them who still owns teh graet majoriy of the vineyards in Pomino.

A

The Albizi family

The Frescobaldi family

53
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Who did issue an edict to set Carmignano among three other wine growing areas as “Tuscan zones of superior wine quality” in 1716?

A

Cosimo III de’ Medici

54
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Who was “John Woodhouse”?

A

A merchant from Liverpool, England.

While dropping by to Sicilia, he discovered a local intense and complex solera system wine “vino perptuo” and shipped it back to England, which was well received.

He decided to invest in the production of this wine product that was to renamed “Marsala”.

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What has wine producer Librandi contributed?

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Has done pioneering work to dedicate researching local Calabrian grapes.

56
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Among a few wine producers in Torigiano, almost all wine production is from one producer. What is the name of the producer?

A

Lungarotti

Italian Wine Scholar - Unit 2 The Wines of Central & Southern Italy (24 decks)

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