Quiz 3 – Which Italian wine is made here?

[Ian Sutton]

Quiz 3 – Which Italian wine is made here?

Can you match this Italian town/village to the most famous wine associated with it. Click on the grey button when you want to check your answer. There aren’t any sneaky obscure answers, though the town/village isn’t always the most famous one in the region.

Spoiler: Montepulciano

Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, but Rosso do Montepulciano and even vin santo are acceptable answers.

Montepulciano d'Abruzzo is confusingly NOT correct, as the grape is Montepulciano, the place (region) is Abruzzo.

Spoiler: Radda in .....

Chianti.

Spoiler: Conegliano

Prosecco

Spoiler: Castiglione Falletto

Barolo

 

[Pauline]

I got zero!

 

[Colo]

And the primary grape associated with the wine

a) Sangiovese

b) Glera

c) Sangiovese

d) Nebbiolo

But for me Barolo is when wine drinking gets serious.

 

[Ian Sutton]

I got zero!

That just shows you don't have a drink problem

 

[Colo]

Oh Crap - What does that say about me

 

[Ian Sutton]

Oh Crap - What does that say about me

A lucky guesser

 

[Colo]

I will drink that!

Photo taken at Marchesi di Barolo

 

[Pauline]

That just shows you don't have a drink problem

No drink problem. A chocolate problem, maybe.

 

[Ian Sutton]

I will drink that!

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Photo taken at Marchesi di Barolo

... and I spy real grissini

I have made them at home and they are arguably one of the most therapeutic foods to prepare, transporting you back to rolling plasticine snakes in childhood. Real fun and the irregularity makes it that much more a personal effort.

However is that their Barbera d'Alba I spy in your glass, rather than Barolo?

 

[Colo]

Sharp Eyes there Mr Ian

We were there for a tour/tasting. We had 4 wines; A Dolcetto, Barbera d’Alba, and two of their Nebbiolo wines – one being a Barolo Riserva and the other Barbaresco.

As for the grissini - you can tell the picture was taken before the tasting. We tore those bad boys up. Not sure what was better - the wine or the grissinis

We did stay right outside of Alba at Villa la Favorita

 

[PokeyMindy]

I only got Conegliano correct....I went on a fabulous Prosecco tour; Conegliano is a lovely town. The entire Veneto area is gorgeous. Glera grapes everywhere.

 

[KeithfromVA]

Must travel more. I haven't been to Conegliano or Castiglione Faletto and I missed those. I was correct on Montepulciano and Radda, but shouldn't the Radda answer been Chianti Classico?

 

[Colo]

Keith you are correct on wines from Radda. Here is a pretty good explanation of the difference.

[url=http://www.baronericasoli.com/brolioescape/authenticity/the-difference-between-chianti-and-chianti-classico-wine/]Chianti or Chianti Classico[/URL]

 

[Ian Sutton]

Indeed, and I think we've flushed the wine enthusiasts out

 

[Tery]

Got all of them except Conegliano, probably because that's the only one of the four towns I haven't been to yet !

 

[PokeyMindy]

Got all of them except Conegliano, probably because that's the only one of the four towns I haven't been to yet !

Time to plan a visit to the Prosecco region!

 

[Tery]

LOL, I was in Venice / Veneto in October 2015, but we never made it to Conegliano !