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What is Toscana’s easternmost appellation

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Cortona

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Biancolella is native to what island

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Ischia

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Etna DOC is in what province

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Catania

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Lazios most significant red grape is what

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Cesanese

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Sicilias grape harvest can begin as early as what month

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July

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What sea does Primitivo di Manduria DOC face

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Ionian sea

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What percent of Aglianico del Vulture must be Aglianico

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100%

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Umbria’s native and most distinctive red grape is what

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Sagrantino

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Puglia’s first DOC is what

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San Severo DOC

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Umbria’s most planted international grape is what

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Merlot

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Sicilia’s most widely planted red grape is what

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Nero d’Avola

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Grillo is the result of a natural crossing between Catarratto Bianco and what

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Zibibbo

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Sardegna’s most important river is what

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Tirso river

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Leonardo Mustilli is credited with reviving which grape variety?

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Falanghina (Beneventana)

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What is Sardegna’s only DOCG appellation

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Vermentino di Gallura DOCG

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What is the most planted grape in Campania

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Aglianico

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“Apianum” is the ancient Latin name for which grape variety

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Fiano

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Sardegna’s signature white grape is what

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Vermentino

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Frappato is a grape variety historically grown around which town in southeast Sicilia

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Vittoria

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What is Offida Rosso DOCG’s principal grape

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Montepulciano

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The winegrowing area of Orvieto DOC is crossed by what two rivers

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Tevere and Paglia

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Name the main vine training system in the Costa d’Amalfi DOC

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Pergola

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What historic sub-region is Campania’s southernmost winegrowing area?

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Cilento

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What is the name of the large limestone plateau located in Central Puglia?

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Murge

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Hills and mountains comprise more than 90% of the Calabrian territory. True or false?
True
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What is the only red DOCG of Lazio
Cesanese del Piglio
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What is Sicilia most widely planted international red grape?
Syrah
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Name Puglia's three flagship red grape varieties
Primitivo, Negro Amaro, Nero di Troia
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What was the first Italian wine to receive DOC status?
Vernaccia di San Gimignano
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Sicilia's Calabrese grape is more widely known by what name?
Nero d'Avola
31
Describe the predominant topography of the Abruzzo region
Mountains
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What are Marche's most widely planted grapes
Montepulciano and Sangiovese
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Bolgheri Sassicaia is a sub-zone of Bolgheri DOC. True or false?
False
34
What did Giorgio Lungarotti do
Instrumental in elevating Umbrian wines from obscurity in the 20th century
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What is the dominant grape variety in the blend of Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone DOC?
Trebbiano Toscano
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Vernaccia di Oristano DOC is located on Sardegna's west-central coast. True or false?
True
37
Which wine producer is universally considered the founding father of Campania's modern wine industry?
Antonio Mastroberardino
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What is Molise's most widely planted white grape?
Trebbiano Abruzzese
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Per' e' Palummo is the synonym for what grape variety?
Piedirosso
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Bombino Bianco is grown mainly in nortern and central Puglia. True or false?
True
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What is the dominant vine training method in Calabria
Alberello
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Sicilia's grape harvest can take place as late as what month
November
43
The Castel San Lorenzo DOC lies within which historic sub-region
Cilento
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What is the traditional vine training system adopted in Molise?
Pergola abruzzese
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What style is Greco di Bianco DOC?
Sweet passito
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What is the local lemon liqueur produced on the Amalfi Coast
Limoncello
47
Alberata Aversana is the traditional vine training system of what DOC
Aversa (or Asprinio di Aversa) DOC
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What is Italy's second-largest plain, located in northern Puglia
Tavoliere delle Puglie (or Tavoliere)
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What is Sicilia's capital city?
Palermo
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What is the traditional Malvasia variety of Basilicata?
Malvasia Bianca di Basilicata
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What are the two active volcanoes located on Sicilia's Aeolian Islands
Stromboli and Vulcano
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What is the traditional vine training system in Abruzzo?
Pergola Abruzzese
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What is Procanico
Trebbiano Toscano
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What river crosses the classico sub-zone of Castelli di Jesi
Esno river
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What is the "spur" of the Italian boot
Gargano Promonotory
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What is the "heel" of the Italian boot
Salento
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What is Puntinata
Malvasia del Lazio
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What river runs through Molise
Biferno river
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What is the historic name for Basilicata
Lucania
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What Malvasia is often blended with Negro Amaro
Malvasia Nera di Brindisi/Lecce
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What is the ancient Greek name for Calabria
Oenotria (land of the vines)
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What is Pachino
Sub-zone of Eloro DOC | Wine is Nero d'Avola >=80%, Frappato/Perricone 0-20%
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What is the most important and longest river in Campania
Volturno river
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What wine does Val di Cornia Rosso DOCG make
Sangiovese + Cab Sauv/Merlot
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What wine does Suvereto DOCG make
Cab. Sauv/Merlot based blend Sangiovese 100% Cab. Sauv 100% Merlot 100%
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What wine does Falerno del Massico DOC make
Rosso: Aglianico Bianco: Falanghina
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What wine does Campi Flegrei DOC make
Rosso: Piedirosso Bianco: Falanghina
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What wine does (Valledolmo-)Contea di Sclafani DOC make
Rosso: Nero d'Avola, Perricone Bianco: Catarratto

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