Foundation Italy

Question 1

What was the first civilization to develop vines in Italy

Answer 1

Etruscan civilization

Question 2

Where did the Etruscan developed in Italy

Answer 2

Toscana and Umbria

Question 3

What did the Etruscan do for the wine in Italy

Answer 3

They developed the wine production in northern and central Italy

Question 4

Which system did the Etruscan trained vines

Answer 4

High above ground using trees as natural supports

Question 5

How is the Etruscan training system known

Answer 5

Alberata or vite maritata all’alberata

Question 6

Where is Alberata training system still used nowadays in Italy

Answer 6

Campania’s Aversa DOC

Question 7

when did the Greeks arrived in Italy

Answer 7

Between 8th and 6th centuries BC

Question 8

Where the Greeks settled them in Italy

Answer 8

Southern regions of Sicilia, Campania, Calabria, Basilicata and Puglia

Question 9

How did the Romans name the southern Italian territories occupied by the Greek settlers

Answer 9

Magna Graecia (Great Greece)

Question 10

What was the influence of the Greeks in the south for wine

Answer 10

The Greeks were instrumental for the advancement of viticulture and winemaking in the south as the Etruscan did for the north

Question 11

How the Greeks called south of Italy

Answer 11

Oenotria, the land of vines

Question 12

Which training system did the Greeks introduce in the south of Italy

Answer 12

Low head-training method for grapevines

Question 13

Who did conquered the northen Italy in detriment of the Etruscan

Answer 13

The Celtics between the 6th and 5th centuries BC

Question 14

When did the Romans unified the Italian territory

Answer 14

In 42 BC

Question 15

What was the influence of the Romans for the viticulture and winemaking

Answer 15

They improved by adopting the best techniques of both the Etruscans and the Greeks

Question 16

Which improvement did the Romans introduce

Answer 16

They refined training and pruning methods to a level that some systems remained in use for centuries all over Europe

Question 17

How was the wine drunk by the Romans

Answer 17

Sweet and alcoholic following Greeks habits

Question 18

What was the respected wine for the north during the Roman Empire

Answer 18

Retico in Veneto (modern Valpolicella) and Pucinum made in Friuli

Question 19

What was the role of the monasteries for the wine

Answer 19

Saved wine culture and viticulture by carrying on wine production for religion and medical purposes

Question 20

When did the use of wooden barrels become widespread

Answer 20

In the Middle Ages

Question 21

When did the Lombards take control of northern Italy and part of central and south of Italy

Answer 21

5th 6th centuries AD

Question 22

What did the Lombard do to maintain military supremacy over their territories

Answer 22

Divided the Kingdom into several duchies

Question 23

Who did defeat the Lombards in northern and central Italy

Answer 23

The Franks

Question 24

Who did conquer Sicily in the 10th century

Answer 24

the Arabs

Question 25

Who did defeat the arabs in the 11th century

Answer 25

The Normans (From Normandy France)

Question 26

When did the mezzadria system become widely adopted

Answer 26

In the Middle Ages particularly in Northern and central Italy

Question 27

What is Mezzadria

Answer 27

Landowner leased farmland to those who would work it and took half of the crop

Question 28

When did Mezzadria become widely adopted

Answer 28

Middle Age

Question 29

What was called Maritime Republic

Answer 29

Coastal cities which became important trade and military centers like Venezia, Genova and Pisa

Question 30

What was the order of civilizations in Italy

Answer 30

Etruscan
Greeks
Romans
Lombards

Question 31

What was the impact of the discovery of the americas to Italy

Answer 31

Economic crisis because Mediterranean trade routes lost importance

Question 32

When did corks and glass bottles become widespread in Italy

Answer 32

19th century

Question 33

When was the winter freeze that destroyed vineyards in Northern Italy

Answer 33

1709

Question 34

Who were the leaders of unification of Italy

Answer 34

King vittorio Emanuele II
Camilo Benso, count of Cavour
General Giuseppe Garibaldi