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Test Your Knowledge of Italian Wines

Are you a wine enthusiast looking to challenge your knowledge of Italian wines? Dive into our quiz to discover how much you really know about various grape varieties, appellations, and regional specialties in Italy.

With questions ranging from grape varieties to well-known wines, you’ll learn something new while having fun. Check out some of the highlights:

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15 Questions4 MinutesCreated by PouringWine247

What is the french name of the Trebbiano

Ugni Blanc

Rolle

Muscat

Maccabeu

How would you best characterize the wines made from the Nebbiolo grape ?

Black fruits, deep colour and rich tannins

Rose and spices, light colour, high tanins and acidity

Spicy nose, pale colour, high acidity and low tannins

Leather and mushrooms nose, deep colour, high tannins and low acidity

Barbera is the most planted grape in Piedmont

Yes

Dolcetto vinyards are usually planted on the highest sites, where it's cooler

Yes

Garganega, Corvina and rondinella are mostly grown in

Trentino Alto Adige

Veneto

Lombardia

Friuli Venezia Giulia

Rosso Piceno, Offisa Rosso and Bianco and Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi are all DOP belonging to the

Molise zone

Abruzzo zone

Marche zone

Umbria zone

Sitting at a nice cafe, somewhere along the Maremma coast, I have a clear view of the Adriatic sea

Yes

What 2 apellations fall under the new 2011 europeean DOP regulation ?

IGT and VSIO

DOC and DOCG

Vino di Tavola and IGP

DOP riserva and Classico

Prugnolo, Niellucio, Morellino, they are all names for the same varietal, which one ?

Montepulciano

Trebbiano

Canaiolo

Sangiovese

The original Chianti laws mentionned that

Up to 30% of the blend can come from white grapes varieties

Sparkling Chianti should be aged for a minimum of 3 years on the lees

Rose production was allowed in case of over-production

Appassimento was allowed in case of poor/cold vintage

With the Tignanello, the Antinori family were the 1st to produce a "Super-Toscan"

Yes

It's original recipe added a little Sangiovese to a majority of Cabernet Sauvignon

Yes

Montefalco Sagrantino, due to its indigenous grape, produces some of the lightest and early drinking reds of Umbria

Yes

The wines from this appellation are said to rival the best (french) sparkling wines

Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG

Franciacorta DOCG

Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce DOCG

Moscato d'Asti DOP

Since 1994, Sassicaia has its own appellation, which one ?

Sassicaia IGT

Bolgheri Classico DOP

Bolgheri Sassicaia DOP

Vino Nobile di Sassicaia DOCG

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