Trentino

Question 1

What are the predominant grape varieties used in Trento DOC?

Answer 1

Chardonnay (most dominant) and Pinot Nero

Question 2

What percentage of Trentino wines qualify as DOC wines?

Answer 2

> 80%

Question 3

How many DOCs are there in Trentino?

Answer 3

8

Question 4

What traditional red grape variety from Trentino is related to Dureza, the parent of Syrah?

Answer 4

Teroldego

Question 5

What single varietal wine was mentioned in Mozart’s Don Giovanni?

Answer 5

Marzemino

Question 6

What DOC is dedicated to wines produced with 100% Teroldego?

Answer 6

Teroldego Rotaliano DOC

Question 7

What approach do the wine makers of Trentino make to market demand?

Answer 7

Very responsive to global trends

Question 8

What Empire has strongly influenced the wine making in Trentino?

Answer 8

Austrian Empire

Question 9

What two grapes have been crossed to produce Müller Thurgau?

Answer 9

Riesling and Madeline Royale

Question 10

What does Trentino sub-zone is named after the local cherry trees which form part of the landscape?

Answer 10

Ziresi

Question 11

Which area of Italy is renowned for producing Grappa?

Answer 11

Trentino

Question 12

What ancient white grape variety is mostly found in the Valle dei Laghi?

Answer 12

Nosiola

Question 13

What was the first DOC exclusively for traditional method sparkling wines in Italy?

Answer 13

Trento DOC

Question 14

Who created the first sparkling wine in the Trento DOC?

Answer 14

Giulio Ferrari

Question 15

What is the modern name for the Trentino school of viticulture and wine making?

Answer 15

The Fondazione Edmund Mach

Question 16

What red grape variety is native to the Vallagarina Valley?

Answer 16

Marzemino

Question 17

The Pergola Trentina vine training system is traditional in Trentino. Why are producers moving to Guyot and Cordon systems?

Answer 17

Pergola Trentina is expensive to construct

Question 18

What river flows through the Val di Cembra?

Answer 18

The Avisio

Question 19

What are the 4 principle valleys of Trentino?

Answer 19

1) Valdadige (Adige Valley)
2) Val di Cembra (Cembra Valley)
3) Valle dei Laghi (Valley of the Lakes)
4) Valsugana (Sugana Valley)

Question 20

What grape is used to make the prestigious and long-lived dessert wine, Vino Santo, from Trentino?

Answer 20

Nosiola

Question 21

What river flows through the Valle dei Laghi?

Answer 21

The Sarca River

Question 22

What are Isera and Ziresi?

Answer 22

Sub-zones of the Trentino Superiore Marzemino DOC

Question 23

What grape variety is considered to be the ‘Prince of Trentino’?

Answer 23

Teroldego

Question 24

What represents the best red wine that Trentino has to offer?

Answer 24

Teroldego Rotaliano DOC

Question 25

What appellation was created for traditional method Trentino sparkling wine?

Answer 25

Trento DOC

Question 26

What is the name of the breeze that blows northward across Lake Garda and into the Valle dei Laghi?

Answer 26

The Ora del Garda

Question 27

What IGT in Trentino produces some high quality Bordeaux blends?

Answer 27

Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT

Question 28

What account for more than 3/4 of all wine production in Trentino?

Answer 28

Co-operatives

Question 29

What is the mineral dolomite made up of and what is another term for the mineral?

Answer 29

Calcium and magnesium / Also called Dolostone

Question 30

What general topography would describe Trentino?

Answer 30

Mountainous - 70% of province above 1,000m

Question 31

What river flows through the Valsugana?

Answer 31

The Brenta River

Question 32

What is used to produce Grappa?

Answer 32

The vinacce (the leftover unpressed skins and lees) of wine making process

Question 33

What is the name of the traditional rural homestead in Trentino and Alto Adige?

Answer 33

Maso

Question 34

What is the most important DOC in Trentino?

Answer 34

Trentino DOC

Question 35

What is the dominant vine training system in Trentino?

Answer 35

Pergola Trentina

Question 36

What international variety often produces simple, dull wines but seems to do especially well in Trentino to produce exciting wines with an unusual aromatic profile of flowers and herbs?

Answer 36

Müller Thurgau

Question 37

How is the name Vino Santo thought to have originated?

Answer 37

From the tradition of pressing the dried grapes during Holy Week

Question 38

What is the most widely planted grape in the Trentino region?

Answer 38

Chardonnay

Question 39

What DOC wine is Elisabetta Foradori famous for producing?

Answer 39

Teroldego Rotaliano DOC

Question 40

What white Trentino grape is often confused with Moscato Bianco?

Answer 40

Moscato Giallo

Question 41

What style of wine is produced in Trento DOC?

Answer 41

Traditional method sparkling wines

Question 42

What is the minimum percentage of Teroldego required in Teroldego Rotaliano DOC?

Answer 42

100%

Question 43

Does Trention produce more red or white wine?

Answer 43

White wine

Question 44

The Trentino Vino Santo sub-zone covers which valley within Trentino?

Answer 44

Valle dei Laghi

Question 45

Isera in Trentino is a specific subzone of which grape?

Answer 45

Marzemino

Question 46

What river flows through the Sugana Valley?

Answer 46

Brenta River

Question 47

What river flows through Val di Cembra?

Answer 47

Avisio River

Question 48

What river flows through the Valle dei Laghi?

Answer 48

Sarca River

Question 49

Where are the majority of Trentino’s wines planted? Valley floor or mountains

Answer 49

In the mountains

Question 50

Historically where were most of Trentino’s wines exported to?

Answer 50

Spain

Question 51

What 2 international varieties account for more than 50% of Trentino’s production?

Answer 51

Chardonnay and Pinot Grigio

Question 52

Does the Trentino DOC cover the whole Trentino region?

Answer 52

Yes

Question 53

What is the most widely planted grape in Trentino?

Answer 53

Chardonnay

Question 54

What river bisects the Trentino region from north to south?

Answer 54

Adige