Sardegna

Question 1

What is the language of Sardegna?

Answer 1

Sardo

Question 2

What are Nuraghi?

Answer 2

An ancient stone building with a conical trunk

Question 3

What are the people of Sardegna called?

Answer 3

Sardi

Question 4

What 3 grapes were likely to have been imported into Sardegna from Spain?

Answer 4

Cannonau, Carignano and Bovale

Question 5

What 2 sherry-like wines are produced in Sardegna?

Answer 5

Vernaccia di Oristano and Malvasia do Bosa

Question 6

Whilst Sardegna was ruled by the house of Savoy what wine was introduced to the island?

Answer 6

Nebbiolo (di Sardegna)

Question 7

What is the body of water between Corsica and Sardegna?

Answer 7

Bocchi do Bonifacio

Question 8

What is the body of water to the west coast of Sardegna called?

Answer 8

Mar di Sardegna

Question 9

What is the sea called between Sardegna and mainland Italy?

Answer 9

Tyrrhenian Sea

Question 10

What are the 7 sub-zones of Sardegna?

Answer 10

Gallura
Sulcis
Barbagia
Ogliastra 
Romangia 
Campidano 
Mandrolisai

Question 11

What is the 2nd largest island in the Mediterranean?

Answer 11

Sardegna

Question 12

What is the capital of Sardegna?

Answer 12

Cagliari

Question 13

What is the climate of Sardegna?

Answer 13

Mediterranean (but more continental at altitude)

Question 14

What is the topography of Sardegna?

Answer 14

Predominantly hills

Question 15

How many grape varieties does Sardegna which are specific to the island?

Answer 15

More than 20

Question 16

What is the signature red grape of Sardegna?

Answer 16

Cannonau

Question 17

What Spanish variety is Cannonau identical to?

Answer 17

Grenacha

Question 18

What are synonyms of Cannonau and where?

Answer 18

Alicante - Toscana
Tocai Rosso - Veneto
Gamay del Trasimeno - Umbria

Question 19

What is the second most planted red grape in Sardegna?

Answer 19

Monica

Question 20

Which Sardinian grape variety is identical to Spain’s Carinena?

Answer 20

Carignano

Question 21

What is the signature white grape of Sardegna?

Answer 21

Vermentino

Question 22

What are two synonyms of Vermentino and where from?

Answer 22

Favorita - Piemonte

Pigato - Liguria

Question 23

Which wine from Sardegna is produced using a similar process to sherry?

Answer 23

Vernaccia di Oristano

Question 24

Is Vernaccia do Oristano fortified?

Answer 24

No

Question 25

What is Malvasia di Sardegna identical to?

Answer 25

Calabria’s Greco Bianco

Question 26

What vine training systems are used in Sardegna?

Answer 26

Mainly guyot with some Cordone Speronato and Alberello

Question 27

What percentage of Sardegna’s wine is DOC/G?

Answer 27

50%

Question 28

What is the most important IGT in Sardegna?

Answer 28

Isola del Nuraghi

Question 29

How many DOCGs are there in Sardegna?

Answer 29

1 - Vermentino di Gallura DOCG

Question 30

What is Sardegna’s flagship red appellation?

Answer 30

Cannonau di Sardegna DOC

Question 31

Where is most of Italy’s cork produced?

Answer 31

Sardegna

Question 32

What is the only DOC in Sardegna with international varieties?

Answer 32

Alghero DOC

Question 33

What southern Sardegna appellation produces one of the island’s most distinctive reds?

Answer 33

Carignano del Sulcis DOC

Question 34

What was the first DOC on Sardegna?

Answer 34

Vernaccia do Oristano DOC

Question 35

What is Bottarga and what wine pairs well with it?

Answer 35

Cured grey mullet roe paired with Vernaccia di Oristano

Question 36

What appellation makes tiny quantities of oxidative wine from Malvasia di Sardegna?

Answer 36

Malvasia di Bosa DOC

Question 37

What is the top producer of Malvasia di Bosa?

Answer 37

Columbu

Question 38

Which are of Sardegna is hottest and driest?

Answer 38

Around Cagliari in the south

Question 39

What is Sardegna’s most significant river?

Answer 39

Tirso

Question 40

Does Malvasia di Bosa undergo oak ageing?

Answer 40

No

Question 41

Are Malvasia di Sardegna and Malvasia di Lipari identical?

Answer 41

Yes

Question 42

What is the sub soil of Gallura composed of?

Answer 42

Granite

Question 43

Name the strong wind that affects Sardegna?

Answer 43

Maestrale (Mistral)

Question 44

Where is Sardegna cork production focuses?

Answer 44

Gallura

Question 45

Where is Vernaccia di Oristano located?

Answer 45

West central coast of Sardegna

Question 46

What abv must Vernaccia di Oristano achieve?

Answer 46

15%