Northern Italy & Piedmont

Question 1

What is the main grape in DOCG Amarone?

Answer 1

Corvina

Question 2

What is the main grape in DOC Soave?

Answer 2

Garganega

Question 3

Lagrein is a red varietal from which region?

Answer 3

Trentino-Alto Adige

Question 4

‘Recioto’ wines are made from ___ ?

Answer 4

Dried or ‘Passito’ grapes

Question 5

DOCG Gavi is made from which grape?

Answer 5

Cortese

Question 6

DOCG Barbaresco is made from which grape?

Answer 6

Nebbiolo

Question 7

Barolo is a ___ ?

Answer 7

Place name

Question 8

What grape varietals are used in DOCG Franciacorta?

Answer 8

Chardonnay
Pinot Noir
Pinot Nero

Question 9

DOCG Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Prosecco is in which region?

Answer 9

Veneto

Question 10

What protects Northern Italy from the cool climate of Northern Europe?

Answer 10

The Alps

Question 11

Which region in Italy has seen a return to skin-fermented white wines aged in amphora (orange wine)?

Answer 11

Friulli - Venezia Giulia

Question 12

What is Italy’s most productive wine region?

Answer 12

Veneto

Question 13

What grape is used in Prosecco?

Answer 13

Glera

Question 14

What grapes is Amarone made from?

Answer 14

Corvina
Molinara
Rondinella

Question 15

In Lombardy, what is the grape used in Valtellina Superiore DOCG?

Answer 15

Chiavenasca (local synonym for Nebbiolo)

Question 16

What are the “king and queen” of Italian wines?

What grape is used?

Answer 16

Barolo and Barbaresco

Nebbiolo

Question 17

What is the most widely grown red grape in Piedmont?

Answer 17

Barbera

Question 18

What is the difference between Barolo and Barbaresco?

Answer 18

Barolo: most well known Nebbiolo region. Loved for its rich rose and anise aromas and mouth-drying tannin.

Barbaresco: close to Barolo but with different soils. Wines are aromatic but usually with lighter tannin.