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What 3 grapes can make up Faro DOC?

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Nerello Mascalese
Nerello Cappuccio
Nocera

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What is the most widely planted international grape in Sicilia?

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Syrah

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What are the requirements for Etna Bianco and Etna Bianco Superiore DOC?

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60% Carricante and

80% for Superiore and only from village of Milo

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What are the 3 principle grapes of Contea di Sclafani (or Valledolmo-Contea di Sclafani) DOC?

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Nero d’Avola
Perricone
Catarratto

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What are the 2 biotypes of Catarratto Bianco and which is considered to be of the higher quality?

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Catarratto Bianco Comune

Catarratto Bianco Lucido - highest quality

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What red grape from Mount Etna is often compared to Pinot Noir and Nebbiolo?

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Nerello Mascalese

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Where is Carricante almost exclusively grown?

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The slopes of mount Etna

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Grillo means ‘cricket’ in Italian but that is not the reason for the grape variety’s name. What is?

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Grilli means ‘pips’ in the local Sicilian dialect

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Why might Zibibbo have been given its name?

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During arab rule the Arabic ‘zabib’ means dried grape. Lots of raisin production during Arab rule .

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What is Carricante high in how does this affect vinification?

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High in malic acid and therefore undergoes malolactic fermentation to softens its acidity

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What label term can replace Vergine on Marsala?

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Soleras

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What is Italy’s largest region?

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Sicilia

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What is the most renowned wine on Pantelleria, what style is it and what grape variety?

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Passito di Pantelleria made from air-dried Zibibbo grapes

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What are the blending requirements for Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG?

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50-70% Nero d’Avola
30-50% Frappato
Min 13% abv
1st June following harvest

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What are the 3 active volcanoes of the Sicilian region and where are they?

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Etna - on Sicilia

Volcano and Stromboli are Aeolian archipelago

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What is the largest island in the Mediterranean?

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Sicilia

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What type of wine is the majority of Sicilian production?

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60% white

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What is the signature wine of Etna DOC?

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Etna Rosso - min 80% nerello Mascalese

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How any DOCGs does Sicilia have?

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1

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What variety is mainly grown in the Aeolian Islands?

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Malvasia di Lipari

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What topography dominates Sicilia?

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Hills - 62%

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Where is Catarratto’s stronghold?

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Western Sicilia where it was made into Marsala

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What are the 2 main IGTs for Sicilia?

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Terre Sicilane IGT and Sicilia IGT

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When was the Marsala region delineated?

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1931 (before DOC system)

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What is the largest of Sicilia’s small islands?
Pantelleria
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What nickname does the island of Pantelleria have?
Perla Nera (black pearl)
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What is a ‘contrade’?
Small geographic sub-divisions within territories
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What other crop is grown on Pantelleria?
Capers
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What grape varieties are allowed in Marsala?
Grillo Catarratto Inzolia Damaschino
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What is a synonym for Zibibbo?
Muscat of Alexandria
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Where in Sicilia is the Marsala region?
West Coast
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What style of wine does Malvasia do Lipari produce?
Sweet and passito
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Can Contrade officially be used on Etna wine labels?
Yes
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What style of wine does Zibibbo create on Pantelleria?
Sweet and passito wines
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What is the most widely planted red grape in Sicilia?
Nero d’Avola
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What is considered the most authentic and complex style of Marsala?
Marsala Vergine
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What separates Sicilia from North Africa?
Canale di Sicilia
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What is Grillo a natural crossing between?
Catarratto Bianco and Zibibbo
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What does ‘Cerasuolo’ refer in Cerasuolo di Vittoria?
The cherry colour of the wine
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What is the highest and largest active volcano in Europe?
Etna
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What variety is almost exclusive to the slopes of mount Etna and is considered higher quality than Nero d’Avola?
Nerello Mascalese
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What is the appellation around the large active volcano on Sicilia?
Etna DOC
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What is a synonym of Inzolia?
Ansonica
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What is the name IRW in Sicilia?
The Instituto Regionale Della Vite e del vino - government institute to improve winemaking (and now olive oil too)
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What is the traditional grape of Eloro DOC?
Nero d’Avola
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What is Frappato?
A red grape native to Sicilia
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What was Nero d’Avola historically known as and why?
Calabrese as Calavrisi was a Sicilia word for the town where it came from
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What is Concia in terms of Marsala?
Marsala Superiore and Marsala Fine are Marsala Conciati. Concia is the process of adding grape spirit, mosto cotto and mosto concentrato to the base wine
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What is Marsala speciali?
Marsala with herbs etc added
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What does the Malvasia delle Lipari DOC cover?
The aeolian islands
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What is a biotype of Corinto Nero?
Sangiovese
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What is the climate of Sicilia?
Mediterranean
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What are the names of the 3 administrative districts of Sicilia first introduced by the Arabs?
Val di Mazara Val di Noto Val Demone
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What separates Sicilia from Calabria?
Strait of Messina
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What is Siracusa?
An ancient city in Sicilia founded by the Greeks.
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What could Zibibbo be a natural cross between?
Moscato Bianco and Axina de Tres Bias
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What vine training method is often used with Nero d’Avola?
Alberello
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What is Sicilia’s only DOCG?
Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG
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What is Sicilia Barocca?
Baroque architecture from southern Italy
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What is Eloro Pachino?
A sub-zone of Eloro DOC for Nero d’Avola
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What is the most widely planted grape in Sicilia?
Catarratto Bianco - 33%
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What sea is to the east of Sicilia?
Ionian Sea
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What are the 2 flagship wines of Pantelleria DOC?
Passito di Pantelleria and Moscato di Pantelleria
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What tribe gave their name to Sicilia?
Siculi
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What is Alberello Pantesco
The traditional low bush trained alberello on Pantelleria
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What was Marsala originally known as?
Vino Perpetuo (perpetuum)
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What was Mamertinum?
A famous Sicilian wine during the Roman period
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What sea is to the north of Sicilia?
Tyrrhenian

IWS - Unit 2 - Central & Southern Italy (12 decks)

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