Italy

Question 1

What is the climate of Northern Italy?

Answer 1

Continental - cool

Question 2

What are the three classifications for Italian wines?

Answer 2

Vino - blanco, rosso, rosato - grapes without geographical location
IGP/IGT - Indicazione Geografica Protetta
DOP/DOCG - Denominazione di origine Protetta

Question 3

What does Classico refer to on an Italian wine label?

Answer 3

theoretically from a superior vineyard within a DOC

Question 4

What does Riserva refer to on an Italian wine label?

Answer 4

generally, higher alcohol and extended oak aging

Question 5

What does Superiore refer to on an italian wine label?

Answer 5

depending on appellation, either higher alcohol or longer aging

Question 6

What is Spumante?

Answer 6

Sparkling wine

Question 7

What is Frizzante?

Answer 7

Lightly sparkling wine

Question 8

What is Secco?

Answer 8

Dry wine

Question 9

What is Amabile?

Answer 9

Off Dry wine

Question 10

What is Dolce?

Answer 10

Sweet wine

Question 11

What is Recioto/Passito?

Answer 11

most often a sweet wine made from dried grapes

Question 12

Name some regions of Northern Italy

Answer 12

Piedmont
Trentino Alto Adige
Veneto
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Lombardy
Emilia Romagna
Valle d'Aosta
Liguria

Question 13

What is notable about the climate in Piedmont?

Answer 13

There is a rain shadow effect from the Alps

Question 14

What is the soil of Piedmont?

Answer 14

limestone and sandstone

Question 15

What are the grapes of Piedmont?

Answer 15

Moscato
Cortese
Arneis

Nebbiolo
Barbera
Dolcetto
Brachetto

Question 16

What are the appellations of Piedmont?

Answer 16

Barolo
Barbaresco
Moscato d'Asti
Barbera d'Asti
Gavi
Brachetto d'Acqui

Question 17

What grapes are used in Barolo and Barbaresco wines?

Answer 17

100% Nebbiolo

Question 18

What is the notable vinification technique for Barolo and Barbaresco

Answer 18

long oak aging - legal parameters apply
Barolo 38 months aging (minimum 18 months in oak)
Barbaresco 26 months aging (minimum 9 months oak)

Question 19

What grape is used in wines from Gavi and where is this?

Answer 19

Cortese - dry white wine. Gavi is an AOP of Piedmont which is in N Italy

Question 20

What wine is made in Brachetto d’Acqui

Answer 20

Sweet sparkling reds from Brachetto grape

Question 21

What are the grapes of Lombardy and where is this?

Answer 21

Lombardy is a region in N Italy
Chardonnay
Pinot Bianco

Nebbiolo
Pinot Nero

Question 22

What are the AOPs of Lombardy?

Answer 22

Franciacorta

Valtellina

Question 23

What are the grapes used in Franciacorta and what wine is produced?

Answer 23

Chardonnay, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero

Sparkling wines

Question 24

What would a wine from Valtellina be like

Answer 24

Red. Nebbiolo. oak aged dry red

Question 25

What are the grapes of Trentino - Alto Adige?

Answer 25

Pinot Grigio Sauvignon Blanc Pinot Bianco Merlot Lagrein

Question 26

What are the AOP's of Trentino - Alto Adige?

Answer 26

Trentino | Alto-Adige

Question 27

What are the appellations of Veneto?

Answer 27

Soave Prosecco Valpolicella Amarone

Question 28

What is the grape is Soave?

Answer 28

Garganega

Question 29

What is the grape in Prosecco?

Answer 29

Glera

Question 30

What are the grapes in Valpolicella?

Answer 30

Corvina Rondinella. Dry reds

Question 31

What are the grapes of Amarone?

Answer 31

Corvina Rondinella

Question 32

How is Amarone wine made and what distinguishes it?

Answer 32

By the appassimento process Grpaes are dried for weeks Wine is dry/off dry and has high alcohol

Question 33

What are the grapes of Friuli Venezia Giulia

Answer 33

Pinot Grigio Sauvignon Blanc Friulano Merlot

Question 34

What are the grapes of Emilia Romagna

Answer 34

Red.. Lambrusco. dry and sweet sparkling reds

Question 35

What are the regions of Central Italy?

Answer 35

``` Tuscany Umbria Abruzzo Marches Latium ```