Sicily & Sardinia

Question 1

What is the body of water seperating Sicily from Italy

Answer 1

Strait of Messina

Question 2

What is the most important geographical feature of the region

Answer 2

Mount Etna, and the soils it produces

Question 3

What are the main white varietals in Sicily

Answer 3

Catarratto, Inzolia, Grecanico, Carricante, and Grillo

Question 4

What are the main red varietals in Sicily

Answer 4

Nerello Mascalese, Nerello Cappucio, Nero d’Avola, Frappato, and Perricone

Question 5

What is the most famous fortified style from Sicily

Answer 5

Marsala

Question 6

Who first created Marsala, when and why

Answer 6

John Woodhouse in 1773 for shipment to England

Question 7

What styles do Moscato di Novo and Moscato di Siracusa DOCs produce

Answer 7

Dessert wines from from Moscato and Malvasia grapes

Question 8

What is another Sicilian name for Moscato

Answer 8

Zibibbo

Question 9

What styles does Moscato di Pantelleria Produce

Answer 9

sweet dessert wine from Moscato

Question 10

What is the only Sicilian DOCG

Answer 10

Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG

Question 11

What style does Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG produce

Answer 11

dry “cherry red” wine from Nero d’Avola and Frappato.
Can be classico

Question 12

What styles does Etna DOC produce

Answer 12

white wines Carricante and Catarratto,
can be Superior.
Red and rosato wines from Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappucio,
can be Riserva.
Rosato and white sparkling wines are also made in the traditional method

Question 13

What styles does Faro DOC produce

Answer 13

Dry red wines from Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappucio

Question 14

What styles does Malvasia delle Lipari DOC produce

Answer 14

white, sweet, and fortified wines from Malvasia di Lipari

Question 15

What styles does Siracusa DOC produce

Answer 15

dry white, sparkling, and passito wines from Muscato Bianco.
Dry red wines from Nero d’Avola

Question 16

What styles does Marsala DOC produce

Answer 16

white (oro or gold, and umbra or amber) fortified wines from Grillo, Inzolia, Catarratto, and Damaschino.
Red (rubino) fortified wines from Perricone, Nero d’Avola, andNerello Mascalese.
Wines can be secco (maximum 40 g/l of residual sugar), semisecco, ordulce

Question 17

What are the aging requirements for Fine

Answer 17

1 year in oak or cherry wood (first 4 months may be in alternativecontainers)

Question 18

What are the aging requirements for Superiore

Answer 18

Min. 2 years in oak or cherry wood

Question 19

What are the aging requirements for Superiore Riserva

Answer 19

Min. 4 years in oak or cherry wood

Question 20

What are the aging requirements for Vergine/Solera

Answer 20

Min. 5 years in oak or cherry wood

Question 21

What are the aging requirements for Vergine Riserva/Solera Riserva/Vergine and Solera Stravecchio

Answer 21

Min. 10 years in oakor cherry wood

Question 22

What does Vecchia mean on a Marsala label

Answer 22

the wine has met the minimum requirements for Marsala Superiore

Question 23

What does Fine IP mean on a Marsala label

Answer 23

Italy Particular

Question 24

What does Superiore SOM mean on a Marsala label

Answer 24

Superior Old Marsala

Question 25

What does Superiore GD mean on a Marsala label

Answer 25

"Garibaldi Dolce", a reference to a 19th-century general

Question 26

What does Fine LP mean on a Marsala label

Answer 26

London Particular

Question 27

Where is Sardinia Located

Answer 27

Between the Tyrrhenian and Mediterranean Seas south of Corsica

Question 28

Why is Sardinia sketchy

Answer 28

Many areas are a safe haven for pirates and gangsters

Question 29

What wines have been getting Sardinia more market traction recently

Answer 29

higher acid, coastal white wines and richer sometimes oakeds tyles all from Vermentino.

Question 30

What is the only DOCG on Sardinia

Answer 30

Vermentino di Gallura

Question 31

What styles does Cagliari DOC produce

Answer 31

white and sparkling wines from Malvasia, Monica, and Vermentino

Question 32

What styles does Vernaccia di Oristano DOC produce

Answer 32

white, dry to sweet wines from Vernaccia di Oristano

Question 33

What styles does Cannonau di Sardegna DOC produce

Answer 33

dry red, rosato, and sweet wines from Cannonau

Question 34

What is another name for Cannonau

Answer 34

Grenache