Questions for Class Seven:
The Wines of Spain and Italy

SPAIN

1. What are the major winemaking regions of Spain?

2. What does cosecha translate to in English?

3. What are the two primary red grapes used to make Rioja wines?

4. What percentage of Rioja grapes are red?

5. What does “Vinos de Pagos” say about a wine?

6. What are the three levels for aging wines from Rioja?

7. In which wine region would you find the wines: Bodegas Montecillo, Cune, and Marqués de Cáceres?

8. In which wine region would you find the wines Vega Sicilia and Pesquera?

9. What is the name of the major red grapes used in making the wines of Ribera del Duero?

10. What is sparkling wine from Spain called and where is it produced?

11. What is the name of the major grapes used in making the wines of Priorat?

12. In what part of Spain is the DO Rueda located?

13. In what region would you find the wines of Alvaro Palacios, Pasanau, and Mas Igneus?

14. What is the major grape used in making the wine in Rías Baixas?

ITALY

1. How many wine regions are there in Italy?

2. What are the top three Italian wine regions in terms of production?

3. What is the highest level of the Italian wine laws and how many wines are entitled to have this designation?

4. What is the biggest difference between the AOC wine laws of France and the DOC wine laws of Italy?

5. Name the three different levels of Chianti.

6. What is a “Super Tuscan” wine?

7. In which wine region of Italy would I find Chianti, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, and Brunello di Montalcino, and what is the primary red grape used to make these wines?

8. What is the minimum amount of time that a Brunello di Montalcino must be aged in oak?

9. What are the three major red grapes of Piedmont?

10. What is the only grape allowed to produce Barolo and Barbaresco wines?

11. Under DOCG wine laws which must be aged longer, a Barolo or Barbaresco?

12. Which Italian wine regions are Valpolicella, Bardolino, Soave, and Amarone from?

13. Define the following terms: Ripasso, Classico, Superiore.

14. Name three different ways that Italian wines are labeled.