Alto Adige / Südtirol

Question 1

What is considered to be the everyday red wine of Alto Adige?

Answer 1

Schiava

Question 2

What are red wines from the Lagrein grape often called?

Answer 2

Scuro/ Dunkel

Question 3

What is an alternative name for Schiava?

Answer 3

Vernatsch

Question 4

What fruit does Alto Adige produce 10% of Europe’s total production?

Answer 4

Apples

Question 5

What intensely perfumed grape is also the 3rd most planted in Alto Adige?

Answer 5

Gewürztraminer

Question 6

What sub-zone of Alto Adige / Südtirol is the historic home of Schiava?

Answer 6

Santa Maddalena / St. Magdalener

Question 7

What language dominates in Alto Adige?

Answer 7

German

Question 8

What red wine from Alto Adige is best drunk young and chilled?

Answer 8

Schiava

Question 9

What Alto Adige red grape produces wines with a very dark colour?

Answer 9

Lagrein

Question 10

What are rosato version of Lagrein often called?

Answer 10

Kretzer

Question 11

Under what appellation do the majority of Alto Adige wines fall?

Answer 11

Alto Adige / Südtirol DOC

Question 12

Which valley grow the vast majority of Sylvaner in Alto Adige?

Answer 12

Isarco / Eisacktal

Question 13

What is Schiava called in most of Germany and Austria?

Answer 13

Trollinger

Question 14

What characteristics do Alto Adige Gewürztraminers have that other regions don’t?

Answer 14

Fresher and less heavy or opulent

Question 15

What does Vernatsch mean in Tyrolean?

Answer 15

Native

Question 16

What are the 3 main varieties that make up Schiava?

Answer 16

Grossa, Gentile and Grigia

Question 17

What is the DOC for traditional method sparkling wine in Alto Adige / Südtirol?

Answer 17

Spumante Metodo Classico Alto Adige / Südtirol DOC

Question 18

What is Pinot Grigio also known as in the Alto Adige?

Answer 18

Ruländer or Grauburgunder

Question 19

Which sub-zone of Alto Adige / Südtirol focuses almost exclusively on white varieties?

Answer 19

Valle Isarco / Eisacktaler

Question 20

What are the origins of the word Schiava?

Answer 20

Italian for ‘female slave’

Question 21

What DOC is shared between Alto Adige / Südtirol and Trentino?

Answer 21

Lago di Caldaro / Kalterersee DOC

Question 22

Which DOC in Alto Adige / Südtirol produces the largest quantities of the light, refreshing and quaffable Schiava

Answer 22

Lago di Caldaro /Kalterersee DOC

Question 23

Which sub-zone of Alto Adige / Südtirol produces what are considered the best examples of Sauvignon?

Answer 23

Terlano /Terlaner

Question 24

Kerner is a cross between which two grapes?

Answer 24

Riesling x Schiava

Question 25

What is the historic grape of the subzone Santa Maddalena of Alto Adige DOC?

Answer 25

Schiava

Question 26

Terlano / Terlaner is a subzone of which appellation?

Answer 26

Alto Adige / Südtirol

Question 27

What is the most widely planted red grape in Alto Adige?

Answer 27

Schiava

Question 28

What are the 3 main valleys of Alto Adige?

Answer 28

Venosta, Isarco and Adige

Question 29

What is the most widely planted grape in Alto Adige?

Answer 29

Schiava

Question 30

What is the principle language of Alto Adige?

Answer 30

German

Question 31

How best describes the climate of Alto Adige?

Answer 31

Continental

Question 32

What is considered the everyday wine of Alto Adige?

Answer 32

Schiava

Question 33

What is the most widely planted grape variety in Alto Adige?

Answer 33

Schiava

Question 34

What is Alto Adige’s warmest district during the growing season?

Answer 34

Bassa Atesina

Question 35

What is the heart of Alto Adige’s wine growing region?

Answer 35

Oltradige

Question 36

What is Alto Adige’s southern most district?

Answer 36

Bolzano / Bozen

Question 37

Where are the majority of Alto Adige’s wines grown? Mountains or Valley Floor?

Answer 37

Valley Floor

Question 38

Which are of Alto Adige has undergone recent vineyard expansion?

Answer 38

Val Venosta

Question 39

Which region of Alto Adige is characterised by red porphyry soils?

Answer 39

Val d’Adige

Question 40

What is Alto Adige’s most northernmost wine growing area?

Answer 40

Valle Iscarco

Question 41

Name a small hamlet in Alto Adige known for distinctive wines from Lagrein?

Answer 41

Gries

Question 42

What is the traditional style of wine from Lago di Caldaro?

Answer 42

A light refreshing red made from Schiava

Question 43

What Alto Adige sub zone is best known for Sylvaner?

Answer 43

Valle Isarco

Question 44

What Alto Adige sub zone is known for Sauvignon?

Answer 44

Terlano

Question 45

What Alto Adige sub zone is best known for Schiava?

Answer 45

Santa Maddalena

Question 46

Alto Adige has one of the hottest places in all of Italy during the summer. What is its name?

Answer 46

Conca do Bolzano

Question 47

What are Alto Adige’s principle languages?

Answer 47

Italian and German

Question 48

What is Alto Adige’s most planted grape variety?

Answer 48

Schiava

Question 49

What is a synonym for the Schiava group of grapes?

Answer 49

Lerner

Question 50

The term ‘Kretzer’ refers to what?

Answer 50

Rosato

Question 51

If an Alto Adige wine had ‘Gries’ on the label what would it refer to?

Answer 51

A Lagrein wine grown around the village of Gries

Question 52

About how many days a year does the sun shine in Alto Adige?

Answer 52

300

Question 53

What is one of the hottest places in Italy during summer (in Alto Adige)?

Answer 53

Area around Bolzano