Wine Law
What year were the DOC laws established?
1963
Asti DOCG makes what style of wine? What grape?
Sparkling Moscato
What country has a significant influence on Trentino-Alto Adige?
Germany and Austria
What grape is used in Gavi DOCG?
Cortese
Name 2 Borolo
Aldo conterno, bruno Giacosa, Ceretto, Domenico Clerico, Elio Altare, Elio Grasso, Gaja, Giacomo Conterno, Giueseppe Mascarello, Giuseppe Rinaldi, Luciano Sandrene, Luigi Einaudi, Marcarini, Paolo Scavino, Renato Tatti, Robeerto Voerzio, Vietti
Although DOCG laws were established the same year as DOC,in what year were the first DOCG's awarded?
1980
What do the terms 'frizzante' and 'spumate' mean?
Frizzante = lightly sparkling
Spumate= fully sparkling
What river runs through the Barolo and Barbaresco regions?
Tanaro River
Most notable grape of Trentino-Alto Adige?
Pinot Grigion
Name 2 Barbaresco producers
Bruno Giacosa, Ceretto, Cigliuti, Gaja, La Spinetta, Marchesi di Gresy, Moccagatta, Renato Ratti, Sottimano, Vietti
What is the aging requirements for Borolo normal and Riserva?
Nomal = 38 months (18 in oak)
Riserva = 62 months (18 in oak)
What does the term 'Recioto' mean?
Sweet passito methode wine wines.
made from ultra-ripe grapes that are dried after harvest to concentrate their sugars and flavors.
What is the name of the lake that has a significant influence on grape growing in the Veneto?
Lake Garda (Lago di Garda in Italian)
Major grape of Soave?
Garganega
Name two producers who make Moscato d'Asti
Cascina La Spinetta-Rivetti, Lcardi, L Vignaioli di Santo Sterano, Marchesi di Gresy, Vietti Cascinetta
What are the aging requirements for Barbaresco normal and riserva?
Normal= 26 months (9 in oak)
Riserva = 50 months (9 in oak)
Meaning of 'appassimento technique'
drying grapes to concentrate their sugars and flavors, typically about 3 months.
Grape of Valpolicella DOC
Corvina
Nebbiolo has a local name of Spanna in what two areas?
Gattinara and Ghemme
Name two producers of Amarone
Allerrini, Bertani, Corte Sant'Alda, Le Ragose, Le Salette, Madi, Quintarelli, Speri, Tedeschi, Tommasi, Tommaso Bussola, Zenato
Is chaptalization permited for Moscato d'Asti DOCG?
NO
What do the terms 'bricco' and 'sori' mean?
bricco = sun-catching crest of a hill
sori = south-facing part of a slope where the winter's snow melts first
What are the major soils around the town of Alba?
clay, limestone and sand
What grape can be added to Glera in rosé Prosecco? And what is the max % allowed?
Pinot Noir, max 15%
Name one of Gaja's single vineyard wines?
Sori Tidin, Sori San Lorenzo (Barbaresco)
Darmagi (Meaning 'What a Pity'), Cab Sauv. released in 1978, done as a marketing ploy to bring attention to Northern Italian wines on an international scale.
Sperss (meaning Nostalgia), made outside Alba, not labeled as Borolo due to a small amount of Barbara in the blend.
Rossj-Bass, Gaia & Ray (Chardonnay from Piemonte)