1
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What is the most planted grape variety in Italy?
A
- Sangiovese
2
Q
What was the first four DOCG? Which year?
A
- 1980
- Brunello di Montalcino
- Barolo
- Barbaresco
- Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
3
Q
What was the first DOC? Which year?
A
- Vernaccia di San Gimignano
- 1966
4
Q
What was the first white DOCG of Italy? Which year?
A
- Romagna Albana
- 1987
5
Q
What is the latest / newest DOCG of Italy ?
A
-Canelli DOCG since 2023
- in Asti, Moscato
6
Q
Which year the DOC and DOCG appeared in Italy ?
A
- 1963
7
Q
Give the main result of Goria’s Law in Italy ?
A
- Creation of IGT Toscana category
8
Q
Speaking of ‘Sori’, what do we refer to in Piemonte ?
A
- Southern Exposure
9
Q
Piemonte most planted red grape ? And most planted white ?
A
- Barbera
- Moscato Bianco
10
Q
Smallest Italian wine region ?
A
- Valle d’Aosta
11
Q
Which Italian region is the smallest producer by volume ?
A
- Valle d’Aosta
12
Q
Bartolo Mascarello is a famous producer located in which DOCG of Italy ?
A
- Barolo DOCG
13
Q
Picoutener is a synonym of which Italian grape ?
A
- Nebbiolo
14
Q
Who produce cuvée ; Quartz ?
A
- Cantina Terlano
- Sauvignon Blanc
- Alto Adige
15
Q
Who produce cuvée ; Percristina ?
A
- Domenico Clerico
- Nebbiolo
- Barolo
16
Q
Who produce cuvée ; Alzero ?
A
- Giuseppe Quintarelli
- Bordeaux Blend
- Veneto
17
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Who produce cuvée ; Puro ?
A
- Movia
- Sparkling Spumante (Chardonnay + Ribolla)
- Friuili (Collio Goriziano, on frontier with Slovenia)
18
Q
Ormeasco grape is a synonym to ?
A
- Dolcetto
19
Q
Place in in order, from north to south : Puglia – Veneto – Marche – Abruzze.
A
- Veneto
- Marche
- Abruzze
- Puglia
20
Q
Permitted wine style(s) of Sagrantino di Montefalco DOCG ?
A
- Dry Red wine
- Passito Red wine
21
Q
Boscarelli is a famous producer in which Italian wine region ?
A
- Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
22
Q
What is the Italian term for Noble Rot ?
A
- Muffa Nobile
23
Q
What is the principal grape of Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone DOC ?
A
- Procanico (Trebbiano Toscano / Ugni Blanc)
24
Q
Who produce cuvée ; Desiderio ?
A
- Avignosi
- Merlot
- Toscana IGT
25
Who produce cuvée ; Avvoltore ?
- Moris Farms
- Cabernet + Sanngiovese
- Toscana IGT
26
Who produce cuvée ; L’Apparita’ ?
- Castello di Ama
- Merlot
- Toscana IGT
27
Who produce cuvée ; d’Alceo’ ?
- Castello di Rampolla
- Cabernet + Petit Verdot
- Toscana IGT
28
Who produce cuvée ; Vigorello’ ?
- San Felice
- Cab + Merlot + Sangiovese
- Toscana IGT
29
Inaugural vintage of Ornellaia ?
- 1985
30
Inaugural vintage of Guado al Tasso ?
- 1990
31
Inaugural vintage of Tignanello ?
- 1971
32
Inaugural vintage of Sassicaia ?
- 1968
33
Who produce cuvée : ’Schiena d’Asinoi’ ?
- Mastrojanni
- Sangiovese
- Brunello di Montalcino
34
Who produce cuvée : ’Montosoli’ ?
- Altesino
- Sangiovese
- Brunello di Montalcino
35
Who produce cuvée : ’Sugarille’ ?
- Gaja, Santa Restituta project
- Sangiovese
- Brunello di Montalcino
36
Who produce cuvée : ’Madonna del Piano’ ?
- Valdicava
- Sangiovese
- Brunello di Montalcino
37
Who produce cuvée : ’Cerretalto’ ?
- Casanova di Neri
- Sangiovese
- Brunello di Montalcino
38
Who produce cuvée : ’Poggio al Vento’ ?
- Col d’Orcia
- Sangiovese
- Brunello di Montalcino
39
Is Sangiovese a thin or thick – skineed grape ?
- Thin-Skinned
40
Who is Baron Bettino Ricasoli ?
- Credited with defining the classic blend of Chianti, 1872
41
When was created the Toscana IGT ?
- 1992
42
Marco de Bartoli is a well known producers of which style of wine, in which Italian region ?
- Marsala
- Sicily
43
In legends, which Italian wine is known for possessing such character as to dupe the Greek god Apollo into assuming that he was drinking ambrosia—a beverage, reserved for gods, that confers immortality upon the imbiber ?
- Moscato di Pantelleria
- Passito di Pantelleria
44
Which DOCG is know as of ‘the Barolo of the South’ ?
- Taurasi DOCG
- Campania
45
What is the sole DOCG of Basilicata ?
- Aglianico del Vulture Superiore DOCG
46
Where in Italy is Mount Vulture ?
- Basilicata
47
True or False ? Etna DOC can produce white wines.
- True
48
In which Italian regions are Lacryma Christi wines produced ?
- Campania
49
Where in Italy will you find the city of Syracuse ?
- Sicily
50
Cagliari is the capital of which Italian region ?
- Sardinia
51
Where in Italy can we find famous producer : Arnaldo Caprai ?
- Montefalco
- In Umbria
52
Where can we find varietal Sagrantino in Italy ?
- Umbria, Montefalco Sagrantino DOCG
53
In Italy, speaking of ‘Chiaretto’, what do we refer to ?
- Clairet
- Chiaretto will see a longer maceration than rosati, thoug its not a fixed rule
54
Speaking of ‘Mosto Cotto’, what do we refer to ?
- Cooked must
- In Marsala Ambra
- Ambra must include 1% Mosto Cotto
- Marsal Oro, and Rubino, does not permit Mosto Cotto
55
Speaking of ‘Ramato’, what do we refer to ?
- Skin-contact macerated wine made of Pinot Grigio
- From historic heartland of Friuli
- It comes from the word ‘rame’ which means ‘copper’ in Italian
56
Name all the wine regions of Italy.
- Piemonte
- Val d’Aoste
- Lombardy
- Alto-Adige
- Veneto
- Friuli
- Emilia-Romagna
- Marches
- Umbria
- Abruzzo
- Molise
- Puglia
- Basilicata
- Calabria
- Campania
- Lazio
- Tuscany
- Liguria
- Sardinia
- Sicily
57
Other name for Charmat method ?
- Martinotti method
- Autoclave
58
Grape varietal ‘Tai’ is also known under what other name ?
- Friulano
59
What does ‘Col Fondo’, refers to ?
- 2nd fermentation in bottle
- Traditional method / Metodo Classico
60
Where in Italy do we find Lake Iseo ?
- Lombardy
61
Only italian DOCG for rosé style wines ?
- Castel del Monte Bombino Nero DOCG
- Puglia
62
Which region produce the most wine, in terms of hl/ha in Italy?
- Veneto
- 9,733,000 hl/ha
63
What is the mountain chain that goes north to south of Italy?
- Appenine mountains
64
Croatina is another name for..?
- Bonarda
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65
Turin is associated with which wine region?
- Piedmont
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