Friuli Venezia Giulia

Question 1

What style of wine is produces as Ramandolo DOCG?

Answer 1

Sweet wines

Question 2

What red grape variety from Friuli gets its name from the local translation of ‘tongue cutter’ referencing the wine’s high acidity and tannin?

Answer 2

Tazzelenghe

Question 3

What red grape from Friuli gets its name from the word meaning ‘crackling’ believed to reference the crunchy berries or the re-fermentation that made the wine slightly sparkling?

Answer 3

Schioppettino

Question 4

What colour is the grape variety Terrano?

Answer 4

Red

Question 5

What was Friuli Venezia Giulia’s first DOCG?

Answer 5

Ramandolo DOCG

Question 6

Define ‘pastini’

Answer 6

The typical terraced vineyards of Carso

Question 7

What are the two sub varieties of Verduzzo Friulano?

Answer 7

Verduzzo Giallo (yellow) and Verduzzo Verde (green)

Question 8

What Friuli DOC is considered to be an ‘up and coming’ wine making area?

Answer 8

Friuli Isonzo (Isonzo del Friuli) DOC

Question 9

What inter-regional DOCG lies between the Livenza and Tagliamento rivers and was famed for its wines during the height of the Roman Empire?

Answer 9

Lison DOCG

Question 10

What is the grape variety in Ramondolo DOCG?

Answer 10

Verduzzo Giallo

Question 11

What is Prosecco made around Trieste entitles to be labelled as?

Answer 11

Prosecco Trieste DOC

Question 12

In which geographic area of Friuli Venezia Giulia is Vitovska grown?

Answer 12

Carso

Question 13

What inter-regional IGT is use for some of the ‘super whites’ of Friuli?

Answer 13

Venezia Giulia IGT

Question 14

What white grape variety from Friuli is named after the variety’s small yields or the small size of its berries?

Answer 14

Picolit

Question 15

What is Friuli’s coolest wine growing area?

Answer 15

Ramandolo DOCG

Question 16

What DOCG in Friuli produces a legendary sweet white wine that are referred to as ‘vina da meditazione’?

Answer 16

Colli Orientali del Friuli Picolit DOCG

Question 17

The grape Picolit is most often used in the production of what style of wine?

Answer 17

Sweet passito wines

Question 18

Schioppettino is also known as?

Answer 18

Ribolla Nera

Question 19

What family revived the Picolit grape in the 20th Century?

Answer 19

Perusini

Question 20

What is the northernmost appellation of Friuli Venezia Giulia?

Answer 20

Ramandolo DOCG

Question 21

What unofficial subzone of Collio DOC is considered the home of Ribolla Gialla?

Answer 21

Oslavia

Question 22

What is the “Bora”?

Answer 22

The cold, strong, eastern wind that affects Friuli Venezia Giulia?

Question 23

What was varietal Friulano labelled as until 2007?

Answer 23

Tocai Friulano

Question 24

What are Capriva, Oslavia and San Floriano del Collio?

Answer 24

Unofficial sub zones of Colli DOC

Question 25

What are steep terraces called in the Carso DOC?

Answer 25

Pastini

Question 26

What DOCG produces renowned sweet wines from 100% Verduzzo Giallo?

Answer 26

Ramandolo DOCG

Question 27

What is Friuli’s largest DOC?

Answer 27

Friuli Grave DOC

Question 28

What DOC is positioned on the Slovenian border between the rivers of Judrio and Isonzo?

Answer 28

Collio (Collio Gorizano) DOC

Question 29

What eastern DOC is considered one of the finest winegrowing areas in Friuli for both white and red wines?

Answer 29

Friuli Colli Orientali DOC

Question 30

What ancient white grape variety is grown on the eastern boarder of Friuli with Slovenia around the area of Collio, and in particular the town of Oslavia?

Answer 30

Ribolla Gialla

Question 31

What red grape from Friuli gets its name from the fact that the stems of the grapes turn red when ripe?

Answer 31

Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso

Question 32

What does the term ‘Collio’ mean?

Answer 32

Hillside

Question 33

What are flat expanses where low grasses grown on arid beds of gravel and pebbles called?

Answer 33

Magredi

Question 34

Which grape of Slavic origin was historically cultivated in Carso in the province of Trieste?

Answer 34

Vitovska

Question 35

What name was introduced in 1863 by the Kingdom of Italy to identify the eastern part of Friuli.

Answer 35

Venezia Giulia

Question 36

Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso was previously mistakenly associated with the French Mondeuse Noire. What is it instead actually related to?

Answer 36

Marzemino

Question 37

What are the two sub zones of Friuli Isonzo?

Answer 37

Rive Alte and Rive di Giare

Question 38

“Ponca” is a local name for what soil type?

Answer 38

Flysch of Cormons

Question 39

What DOCG in Friuli produces a white blend primarily made from Friulano with Sauvignon, Pinot Bianco, Chardonnay and Ribolla Gialla?

Answer 39

Rosazzo DOCG

Question 40

What is the most widely planted grape variety in Friuli?

Answer 40

Pinot Grigio

Question 41

Where does Friuli take its name from?

Answer 41

‘Forum Lulii’ the modern day city of Cividale del Friuli, founded by Julius Caesar

Question 42

What sub zone is considered to have the best vineyards in Friuli Isonzo DOC?

Answer 42

Rive Alte

Question 43

What Friulian white grape variety is prone to grape shatter leaving scarce bunches with fewer and smaller (but sweeter) berries?

Answer 43

Picolit

Question 44

What member of the Malvasia family of grapes is found in Friuli?

Answer 44

Malvasia Istriana

Question 45

Where does the red grape from Friuli, Pignolo, get its name?

Answer 45

‘Pigna’ ‘pine cone’ - the compact size and shape of the grape cluster

Question 46

Which grape is genetically identical Sauvignonasse from the Gironde?

Answer 46

Friulano (Tocai Friulano)

Question 47

What country borders Friuli on its eastern side?

Answer 47

Slovenia

Question 48

What DOCG lies around a 10th Century abbey located in the southern portion of the Friuli Colli Orientali DOC?

Answer 48

Rosazzo DOC

Question 49

What Friuli appellation gets its name from the gravelly soils that characterise the area?

Answer 49

Friuli Grave DOC

Question 50

What did Count Fabio Aquino do in 1762 which helped promote Picolit wine?

Answer 50

He exported 100,000 quarter litre bottles to the Pope and all of the major European courts an cities.

Question 51

Which producer is credited with producing the first Friuli ‘super whites’?

Answer 51

Jermann

Question 52

What regional catch all appellation covers Friuli?

Answer 52

Friuli (Friuli Venezia Giulia) DOC

Question 53

Which variety of Malvasia is most often found in Friuli?

Answer 53

Malvasia Istriana

Question 54

What Friuli DOC is located on a limestone plateau which is very hard to work?

Answer 54

Carso (Carso-Kras) DOC

Question 55

Friulano is genetically identical to what grape variety?

Answer 55

Sauvignonasse

Question 56

What regions does Tre Venezie encompass?

Answer 56

Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige and Friuli Venezia Giulia

Question 57

In Friuli, what is the term for a well-exposed, often terraced, site? The term is often used for the names of estates, vineyards and wines

Answer 57

Ronchi (plural of ronco)

Question 58

What soil type characterises the Carso plateau?

Answer 58

Limestone

Question 59

What happened to Tocai Friulano in 2007?

Answer 59

The word ‘tocai’ was removed by the EU so that it could be solely associated with Hungary’s Tokaji

Question 60

Which countries and regions border Friuli Venezia Giulia?

Answer 60

Slovenia, Austria, Trentino Alto Adige and Veneto

Question 61

What colour is the Malvasia Istriana grape variety?

Answer 61

White

Question 62

What colour is the Friulano grape?

Answer 62

White

Question 63

What colour is Schioppettino?

Answer 63

Red

Question 64

What colour is Vitovska?

Answer 64

White

Question 65

What is the primary grape variety of Lison DOCG?

Answer 65

Friulano

Question 66

What is the primary grape of Friuli Grave DOC?

Answer 66

Merlot

Question 67

What is the primary grape of Collio DOC?

Answer 67

Pinot Grigio

Question 68

What is the primary grape of Carso DOC?

Answer 68

Terrano

Question 69

Which DOCG does not fall within the Friuli Colli Orientali DOC?

Answer 69

Lison DOCG

Question 70

Which appellation is not shared between Friuli Venezia Giulia and Veneto?

Answer 70

Lison-Pramaggiore

Question 71

What is Rauscedo Nusery?

Answer 71

Worlds largest grapevine nursery and one of most famous

Question 72

What is an orange wine?

Answer 72

White wine made with red methods inc skin contact

Question 73

Who was Josko Gravner?

Answer 73

Pioneer of orange wine