DOCG RANDOM QUESTIONS

Question 1

What is the most well known DOCG in Southern Maremma?

Answer 1

MORELLINO di SCANSANO DOCG

Question 2

What DOCG was a former sub-zone of Val di Cornia?

Answer 2

SUVERTO DOCG

Question 3

Name the MGAs

Answer 3

Aglianico del Vulture - 70 MGAs (15 villages)

Etna DOC - 133 MGAs

Castel del Monte - 33 MGAs

Castelli di Jesi Verdicchio Riserva - 99 MGAs

Verdicchio di Matelica - 13 MGAs

Montecucco Sangiovese - 25 MGAs

Aglianico di Vulture - 70 MGAs

Question 4

What are the Southern Italian Provinces with no DOCG?

Answer 4

Calabria & Molise

Question 5

What DOCG has the same blend as Frascati DOC?

Answer 5

CANNELLINO DI FRASCATI DOCG (2011)

Question 6

What wine can claim its historical fame for being Roma’s principal libation?

Answer 6

Frascati

Question 7

What river separates Lazio and Umbria in Orvieto?

Answer 7

Tevere River

Question 8

What wine area takes its name from an octagonal, medieval caste?

Answer 8

Castel del Monte - 13th c

Question 9

What DOC had 3 subcategories elevated in Puglia to DOCG status in 2011?

Answer 9

Castel Del Monte

Question 10

What province is Sicilia was known for its wine production in Roman and Greek times?

And what is the best appellation there today?

Answer 10

Town of Vittoria in Ragusa Province

Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG

Question 11

What soils are ideal for Frappato?

Answer 11

Terra Rosa

Question 12

What area does Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG cover that is considered best zone for Nero d’Avola?

Answer 12

Riesi DOC - best zone

Question 13

What is considerd the finest and long-lived of all Sangiovese-based wines?

Answer 13

​Lungarotti’s Rubesco Vigna Monticchio

In Umbria’s Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG

Question 14

What hill is the famous Lungarotti’s Vigna Monticchio estate situated?

Answer 14

Brufa north section of the winegrowing area

Question 15

What does Cacc e mmitte mean?

Answer 15

Take out and put in

Question 16

What is the largest lake in Central / South Italy? And Where?

Answer 16

Lake Trasimeno in Umbria (4th largest in Italy)

Question 17

What is Italy’s only landlocked region in C/S Italy?

Answer 17

Umbria

and mostly mountains

Question 18

What is ’ il gomito d’Italia’ the elbow of Italy?

Answer 18

Monte Cònero

Question 19

What is the highest peak in Abruzzo?

Answer 19

Massif Gran Sasso (3,000m) in the North

Question 20

What separates Abruzzo from Lazio and Marche?

Answer 20

Monti della Laga

Question 21

What is unique about Abruzzo’s mountains?

Answer 21

Amphitheater-like mountains

Rising Steeply from the hills, mostly grass and used for animal grazing, vines and olives

Question 22

What is the longest river in southern Italy?

Answer 22

The Volturno in Campania

Question 23

What region has the highest population density in Italy?

Answer 23

Campania

Question 24

What latitude does Campania sit?

Answer 24

Between 40-41st Parallel

Means hot and late harvest October and November

Question 25

What are the Southern Apennines known in Basilicata?

Answer 25

**Appennino Lucano - up to 2000m**

Question 26

What does "*Sassi di Matera"* refer to?

Answer 26

**Stones of Matera** **The historic part of Matera for ancient cave homes**

Question 27

What is the higest and active volcano in Europe?

Answer 27

**Mt Etna**

Question 28

Where has the highest concentration of UNESCO heritage sites in Italy?

Answer 28

**Sicily**

Question 29

What is the native language of Sardinia?

Answer 29

**Sardo** - independent language similar to Latin

Question 30

How did Toscana get its name?

Answer 30

Derived from **Etruscan** - "Etruci" became "Tusica" then Toscana

Question 31

What is the man-made lake in Umbria near the Lazio Border?

Answer 31

**Lake Corbara**

Question 32

What are the 2 grapes required for Bolgheri Sassicaia?

Answer 32

**Cabernet Sauvignon (\>80%)** **Cabernet Franc (\<20%)** usually 85/15 Plus 2 years aged and 1.5 in oak

Question 33

What is the differnce between Lacrima di Morro d’alba and Lacryma Christi de Vesuvio

Answer 33

**Lacrima di Morro d’aAlba** is an aromatic red grape from **Ancona**, Marche is a different grape than Lacryma Christi de **Vesuvio** is **Piederoso** Campania

Question 34

**How far back does wine growing in Sicilia go?**

Answer 34

**2nd millennium BC**

Question 35

**Who founded Palermo?**

Answer 35

Phoenicians

Question 36

**What are names of the famous and ancient Greek wines from Sicilia?**

Answer 36

**Byblinos - Siracusa** **Murgentium - Central Sicilia**

Question 37

What are the 5 autonomous regions of Italy?

Answer 37

**Sicily** ## Footnote **Sardina** **Trentino-Alto Adige** **Friuli-Venezia** **Val d’Aosta**

Question 38

What is the largest region in Italy?

Answer 38

**Sicily**

Question 39

What is the most Southern Region in Italy?

Answer 39

**Sicily**

Question 40

What is Bradyseism?

Answer 40

**The volcanic phenomenon of a periodic and gradual rising and lowering of the ground.** Noteable in Campi Flegrea which moves about 1cm per year - in 2,000 years Campi Flegrea has move from 6m above sea level to 6m below In 1980s - Pozzuoli (neighboring volcano) rose 2 meters.

Question 41

What is the mount of Ischia?

Answer 41

**The center of the island is Mt Epomeo**

Question 42

What is IGP Limone Costa d'Amalfi?

Answer 42

Legal protection for lemons grown on Amalfi

Question 43

Variety of lemons grown in Amalfi?

Answer 43

**Sfusato**

Question 44

What are lemon groves in Amalfi called?

Answer 44

**Giardini di limoni**

Question 45

What drink do they produce in Amalfi with lemons?

Answer 45

**Limoncello**

Question 46

What is the ancient Latin name for Fiano?

Answer 46

**Apianum**

Question 47

What do Sardinia's call Carignano?

Answer 47

**Uva di Spagna**

Question 48

Calangianus, Gallura, Sardegna

Answer 48

**Large Cork Production** **3rd in Europe**

Question 49

What are the only wines produced with biological ageing?

Answer 49

**Vernaccia di Oristano** **&** **Malvasia di Bosai** **Both in Sardegna**

Question 50

What is one of the most ancient red grapes in all of Italy?

Answer 50

**Gaglioppo**

Question 51

What is the IGT that shares regions with both Lazio and Campania?

Answer 51

**Terra di Lavoro**

Question 52

What is the sweet dessert wines made in Sardegna?

Answer 52

**Nasco**

Question 53

What is Sangiovese known in Malvasia delle Lipari?

Answer 53

**Cortino Nero**

Question 54

What is a Conca?

Answer 54

**Used in Pantelleria and are shallow holes with alberello (protects from wind, collects rain)**

Question 55

**What is a Cuddie?**

Answer 55

**irregular hills of volcanic origin**