Umbria

Question 1

What mountain range forms the border between Marche and Umbria?

Answer 1

The Central Apennines

Question 2

Who released the iconic Umbrian wine labels Rubesco and Torre di Giano in the 1960s?

Answer 2

Giorgio Lungarotti from Torgiano

Question 3

What spectacular Etruscan relics does Orvieto have and what were they used for?

Answer 3

Caves, used for 3 storey vinification

Question 4

What Umbrian red grape is considered to be one of Italy’s most tannic?

Answer 4

Sagratino

Question 5

Was Umbri a traditionally white or red wine region?

Answer 5

White

Question 6

What is the main valley of Umbria?

Answer 6

Val Tiberina (Tiber Valley)

Question 7

What percentage of Umbria is Hills and what percentage is Mountains?

Answer 7

71% hills and 29% mountains

Question 8

What is a traditional red grape found only in the Umbrian hills surrounding Lake Trasimeno?

Answer 8

Gamay del Trasimeno

Question 9

What Umbrian DOCG produces secco and passito red wines (from a very tannic grape)?

Answer 9

Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG

Question 10

From which tribe does Umbria take its name?

Answer 10

The Umbri

Question 11

What is Umbria defined as?

Answer 11

Il cuore verde d’Italia (the green heart of Italy)

Question 12

Which Trebbiano is only found in Umbria?

Answer 12

Trebbiano Spoletino

Question 13

What Umbrian white wine DOC was created to protect and regulate production of Trebbiano Spoletino wines?

Answer 13

Spoletino DOC

Question 14

What are a predominant feature of Umbria and occupy 1/3 of the territory?

Answer 14

Forests

Question 15

What is the main modern method of vine training in Umbria?

Answer 15

Cordone Speronato

Question 16

What is Trebbiano Toscano called in Orvieto?

Answer 16

Procanico

Question 17

What is the largest lake in Central and Southern Italy and in what region is it located?

Answer 17

Lake Trasimeno in Umbria

Question 18

Tufa

Answer 18

A type of limestone rock but it is formed of calcium carbonate precipitates as opposed to marine skeletons

Question 19

Who is the main wine producer in Torgiano in Umbria?

Answer 19

Lungarotti

Question 20

What was Umbria’s first DOCG

Answer 20

Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG

Question 21

Which Umbrian grape means ‘small cherry’?

Answer 21

Ciliegiolo

Question 22

What name is given to Grechetto di Orvieto?

Answer 22

Grechetto

Question 23

What 1960’s wine producer opened a new era with the release of his iconic wine, Torgiano Rubesco?

Answer 23

Lungarotti

Question 24

What lake covered large parts of Umbria 1.5 million years ago and what did it leave behind?

Answer 24

Lake Tiberino left behind alluvial and lacustrine sediments for soils

Question 25

Name a popular wine from Umbria in the 1980s?

Answer 25

Sagratino di Montefalco

Question 26

Are Trebbiano Toscana, Trebbiano di Lugana, Trebbiano Romagnolo and Trebbiano Abruzzese related?

Answer 26

No

Question 27

What single vineyard wine is the embodiment of Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG and who is the producer?

Answer 27

Rubesco Vigna Monticchio from Lungarotti

Question 28

What can the sweet style of Orvieto be know as?

Answer 28

Muffa Nobile or Vino Muffato

Question 29

What name is given to Grechetto do Todi?

Answer 29

Pignoletto

Question 30

The breezes from what sea moderate the Umbrian climate?

Answer 30

Tyrrhenian Sea

Question 31

What is Umbria’s most DISTINCTIVE red grape?

Answer 31

Sagratino

Question 32

Tufo/tuff

Answer 32

As soft, porous volcanic rock formed by ejected volcanic material and ash that has solidified over time

Question 33

What area’s black truffles are considered the best in Umbria?

Answer 33

Norcia

Question 34

What ancient Roman grape is Sagrantino associated with?

Answer 34

Irtiola

Question 35

What does ‘Alberata’ or ‘vite maritata all’albero’ refer?

Answer 35

Vines trained in trees

Question 36

What 3 types of food is Umbria known for?

Answer 36

Black truffles, lentils and the chocolate of Perugia

Question 37

When a wine says ‘Grechetto’ on the label which variety is it usually referring to?

Answer 37

Grechetto di Orvieto

Question 38

What is Umbria’s most widely planted grape?

Answer 38

Sangiovese

Question 39

What volcanic formation are found around Orvieto in Umbria?

Answer 39

Tufo

Question 40

What wines were favoured by Popes during the Middle Ages?

Answer 40

Orvieto

Question 41

What is the only land locked region in the central and southern part of Italy?

Answer 41

Umbria

Question 42

What is the climate of Umbria?

Answer 42

Transitional between continental and Mediterranean

Question 43

What is the word Sagratino thought to be a derivation of?

Answer 43

Sacer or Sacro (sacred) or ‘sacrestia’ (sacristy) which implies the use of the wine for religious purposes

Question 44

What are ‘pulcianella’?

Answer 44

Straw covered flasks in which Orvieto was traditionally sold

Question 45

What percentage of Umbria’s wine production is DOC/G?

Answer 45

Just over 50%

Question 46

What Umbrian white grape is identical to one from Emilia Romagna?

Answer 46

Pignoletto (Grechetto di Todi)

Question 47

Tuffeau

Answer 47

A type of marine limestone soil typically found in France’s central Loire Valley

Question 48

What is the largest lake in Umbria?

Answer 48

Lake Trasimeno

Question 49

Name a man made lake in Umbria?

Answer 49

Lago di Corbaro

Question 50

Largest volcanic lake in Lazio?

Answer 50

Lago Bolsena (Lazio)

Question 51

Largest lake in Central Italy?

Answer 51

Tevere River

Question 52

What was Umbria’s first DOC?

Answer 52

Torgiano DOC

Question 53

Umbria’s first DOCG?

Answer 53

Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG

Question 54

What is the iconic wine of Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG and who makes it?

Answer 54

Rubesco Vigna Monticchio by Lungarotti

Question 55

Which hilltop village is known as the ‘Balcony of Umbria’?

Answer 55

Montefalco

Question 56

What is Gamay del Trasimeno a bio type of?

Answer 56

Grenache / Cannonau

Question 57

What is Umbria’s largest and most productive DOC?

Answer 57

Orvieto DOC

Question 58

What are the Marche ‘comuni’?

Answer 58

Independent cities

Question 59

Which Marche native of Matelica published an essay about local winemaking?

Answer 59

Andrea Bacci

Question 60

What regions border Umbria?

Answer 60

Marche, Lazio and Toscana