https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italyen-USTelligent Community 13https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italyTue, 24 Mar 2026 13:46:32 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3eJonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Study-Guide by Jonathan Eichholz on 3/24/2026 1:46:32 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Tuscany (Toscana)</li> <li>Umbria</li> <li>Marches (Marche)</li> <li>Abruzzo</li> <li>Latium (Lazio)</li> <li>Molise</li> <li>Campania</li> <li>Apulia (Puglia)</li> <li>Basilicata</li> <li>Calabria</li> <li>Siciliy (Sicilia)</li> <li>Sardinia (Sardegna)</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <br /> <p><span class="toTopLink">BACK TO TOP</span></p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Tuscany (Toscana) <p class="callout">On the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy, the region of Tuscany has become a byword for Italian culture. A famous artistic legacy and rich history match the natural beauty of the Tuscan countryside, unfolding in waves of golden and green hills that ebb and flow between the Apennine Mountains and the sea.</p> <br /><br /> <div class="box1_home5_a">Wine is deeply embedded in Tuscany&rsquo;s cultural heritage&mdash;the famous medieval Florentine poet Dante Alighieri praised the Vernaccia of San Gimignano, and legislation delimiting the Chianti zone dates to 1716. The first DOC and DOCG zones to be authorized in Italy were Tuscan. Wine and commercial agriculture are big business in Tuscany, and the hills are a patchwork of olive tree groves, vineyards, and wheat fields&mdash;a natural evolution of the &ldquo;promiscuous&rdquo; agriculture that ancient Romans practiced, wherein these three staple crops of Tuscany were planted side by side in the same fields. In the past, Chianti was synonymous with Italian wine&mdash;and a reminder, not unfairly, of its troubled quality. Historically bottled in a fiasco&nbsp;due to the inferior quality of Italian glass, the squat, straw-covered Chianti bottles came to epitomize the rustic, cheap nature of Italian wine in the late 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Tuscany’s winemakers have responded with a surge in quality over the last quarter century, slashing vineyard yields and building on the successes of the “Super-Tuscan” trailblazers Marquis Mario Rocchetta, who released the first commercial vintage of Sassicaia in 1968, and his nephew Piero Antinori, whose Tignanello bottling soon followed. While the benchmark for quality has been raised significantly, it may be at the expense of typicity—the Bordeaux grapes and model of winemaking extend great influence over the modern Tuscan</div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: 'cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3e' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/169Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:45:53 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3eJonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 169 posted to Study-Guide by Jonathan Eichholz on 3/24/2026 1:45:53 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Tuscany (Toscana)</li> <li>Umbria</li> <li>Marches (Marche)</li> <li>Abruzzo</li> <li>Latium (Lazio)</li> <li>Molise</li> <li>Campania</li> <li>Apulia (Puglia)</li> <li>Basilicata</li> <li>Calabria</li> <li>Siciliy (Sicilia)</li> <li>Sardinia (Sardegna)</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <br /> <p><span class="toTopLink">BACK TO TOP</span></p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Tuscany (Toscana) <p class="callout">On the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy, the region of Tuscany has become a byword for Italian culture. A famous artistic legacy and rich history match the natural beauty of the Tuscan countryside, unfolding in waves of golden and green hills that ebb and flow between the Apennine Mountains and the sea.</p> <br /><br /> <div class="box1_home5_a">Wine is deeply embedded in Tuscany&rsquo;s cultural heritage&mdash;the famous medieval Florentine poet Dante Alighieri praised the Vernaccia of San Gimignano, and legislation delimiting the Chianti zone dates to 1716. The first DOC and DOCG zones to be authorized in Italy were Tuscan. Wine and commercial agriculture are big business in Tuscany, and the hills are a patchwork of olive tree groves, vineyards, and wheat fields&mdash;a natural evolution of the &ldquo;promiscuous&rdquo; agriculture that ancient Romans practiced, wherein these three staple crops of Tuscany were planted side by side in the same fields. In the past, Chianti was synonymous with Italian wine&mdash;and a reminder, not unfairly, of its troubled quality. Historically bottled in a fiasco&nbsp;due to the inferior quality of Italian glass, the squat, straw-covered Chianti bottles came to epitomize the rustic, cheap nature of Italian wine in the late 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Tuscany’s winemakers have responded with a surge in quality over the last quarter century, slashing vineyard yields and building on the successes of the “Super-Tuscan” trailblazers Marquis Mario Rocchetta, who released the first commercial vintage of Sassicaia in 1968, and his nephew Piero Antinori, whose Tignanello bottling soon followed. While the benchmark for quality has been raised significantly, it may be at the expense of typicity—the Bordeaux grapes and model of winemaking extend great influence over the modern Tuscan</div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: 'cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3e' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/168Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:40:32 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3eJonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 168 posted to Study-Guide by Jonathan Eichholz on 9/24/2025 8:40:32 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Tuscany (Toscana)</li> <li>Umbria</li> <li>Marches (Marche)</li> <li>Abruzzo</li> <li>Latium (Lazio)</li> <li>Molise</li> <li>Campania</li> <li>Apulia (Puglia)</li> <li>Basilicata</li> <li>Calabria</li> <li>Siciliy (Sicilia)</li> <li>Sardinia (Sardegna)</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <br /> <p><span class="toTopLink">BACK TO TOP</span></p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Tuscany (Toscana) <p class="callout">On the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy, the region of Tuscany has become a byword for Italian culture. A famous artistic legacy and rich history match the natural beauty of the Tuscan countryside, unfolding in waves of golden and green hills that ebb and flow between the Apennine Mountains and the sea.</p> <br /><br /> <div class="box1_home5_a">Wine is deeply embedded in Tuscany&rsquo;s cultural heritage&mdash;the famous medieval Florentine poet Dante Alighieri praised the Vernaccia of San Gimignano, and legislation delimiting the Chianti zone dates to 1716. The first DOC and DOCG zones to be authorized in Italy were Tuscan. Wine and commercial agriculture are big business in Tuscany, and the hills are a patchwork of olive tree groves, vineyards, and wheat fields&mdash;a natural evolution of the &ldquo;promiscuous&rdquo; agriculture that ancient Romans practiced, wherein these three staple crops of Tuscany were planted side by side in the same fields. In the past, Chianti was synonymous with Italian wine&mdash;and a reminder, not unfairly, of its troubled quality. Historically bottled in a fiasco&nbsp;due to the inferior quality of Italian glass, the squat, straw-covered Chianti bottles came to epitomize the rustic, cheap nature of Italian wine in the late 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Tuscany’s winemakers have responded with a surge in quality over the last quarter century, slashing vineyard yields and building on the successes of the “Super-Tuscan” trailblazers Marquis Mario Rocchetta, who released the first commercial vintage of Sassicaia in 1968, and his nephew Piero Antinori, whose Tignanello bottling soon followed. While the benchmark for quality has been raised significantly, it may be at the expense of typicity—the Bordeaux grapes and model of winemaking extend great influence over the modern Tuscan</div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: 'cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3e' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/167Sat, 26 Jul 2025 13:41:05 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3eJonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 167 posted to Study-Guide by Jonathan Eichholz on 7/26/2025 1:41:05 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Tuscany (Toscana)</li> <li>Umbria</li> <li>Marches (Marche)</li> <li>Abruzzo</li> <li>Latium (Lazio)</li> <li>Molise</li> <li>Campania</li> <li>Apulia (Puglia)</li> <li>Basilicata</li> <li>Calabria</li> <li>Siciliy (Sicilia)</li> <li>Sardinia (Sardegna)</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <br /> <p><span class="toTopLink">BACK TO TOP</span></p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Tuscany (Toscana) <p class="callout">On the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy, the region of Tuscany has become a byword for Italian culture. A famous artistic legacy and rich history match the natural beauty of the Tuscan countryside, unfolding in waves of golden and green hills that ebb and flow between the Apennine Mountains and the sea.</p> <br /><br /> <div class="box1_home5_a">Wine is deeply embedded in Tuscany&rsquo;s cultural heritage&mdash;the famous medieval Florentine poet Dante Alighieri praised the Vernaccia of San Gimignano, and legislation delimiting the Chianti zone dates to 1716. The first DOC and DOCG zones to be authorized in Italy were Tuscan. Wine and commercial agriculture are big business in Tuscany, and the hills are a patchwork of olive tree groves, vineyards, and wheat fields&mdash;a natural evolution of the &ldquo;promiscuous&rdquo; agriculture that ancient Romans practiced, wherein these three staple crops of Tuscany were planted side by side in the same fields. In the past, Chianti was synonymous with Italian wine&mdash;and a reminder, not unfairly, of its troubled quality. Historically bottled in a fiasco&nbsp;due to the inferior quality of Italian glass, the squat, straw-covered Chianti bottles came to epitomize the rustic, cheap nature of Italian wine in the late 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Tuscany’s winemakers have responded with a surge in quality over the last quarter century, slashing vineyard yields and building on the successes of the “Super-Tuscan” trailblazers Marquis Mario Rocchetta, who released the first commercial vintage of Sassicaia in 1968, and his nephew Piero Antinori, whose Tignanello bottling soon followed. While the benchmark for quality has been raised significantly, it may be at the expense of typicity—the Bordeaux grapes and model of winemaking extend great influence over the modern Tuscan</div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: 'cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3e' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/166Sat, 26 Jul 2025 13:40:17 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3eJonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 166 posted to Study-Guide by Jonathan Eichholz on 7/26/2025 1:40:17 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Tuscany (Toscana)</li> <li>Umbria</li> <li>Marches (Marche)</li> <li>Abruzzo</li> <li>Latium (Lazio)</li> <li>Molise</li> <li>Campania</li> <li>Apulia (Puglia)</li> <li>Basilicata</li> <li>Calabria</li> <li>Siciliy (Sicilia)</li> <li>Sardinia (Sardegna)</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <br /> <p><span class="toTopLink">BACK TO TOP</span></p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Tuscany (Toscana) <p class="callout">On the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy, the region of Tuscany has become a byword for Italian culture. A famous artistic legacy and rich history match the natural beauty of the Tuscan countryside, unfolding in waves of golden and green hills that ebb and flow between the Apennine Mountains and the sea.</p> <br /><br /> <div class="box1_home5_a">Wine is deeply embedded in Tuscany&rsquo;s cultural heritage&mdash;the famous medieval Florentine poet Dante Alighieri praised the Vernaccia of San Gimignano, and legislation delimiting the Chianti zone dates to 1716. The first DOC and DOCG zones to be authorized in Italy were Tuscan. Wine and commercial agriculture are big business in Tuscany, and the hills are a patchwork of olive tree groves, vineyards, and wheat fields&mdash;a natural evolution of the &ldquo;promiscuous&rdquo; agriculture that ancient Romans practiced, wherein these three staple crops of Tuscany were planted side by side in the same fields. In the past, Chianti was synonymous with Italian wine&mdash;and a reminder, not unfairly, of its troubled quality. Historically bottled in a fiasco&nbsp;due to the inferior quality of Italian glass, the squat, straw-covered Chianti bottles came to epitomize the rustic, cheap nature of Italian wine in the late 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Tuscany’s winemakers have responded with a surge in quality over the last quarter century, slashing vineyard yields and building on the successes of the “Super-Tuscan” trailblazers Marquis Mario Rocchetta, who released the first commercial vintage of Sassicaia in 1968, and his nephew Piero Antinori, whose Tignanello bottling soon followed. While the benchmark for quality has been raised significantly, it may be at the expense of typicity—the Bordeaux grapes and model of winemaking extend great influence over the modern Tuscan</div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: 'cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3e' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/165Thu, 07 Nov 2024 14:39:49 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3eJonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 165 posted to Study-Guide by Jonathan Eichholz on 11/7/2024 2:39:49 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Tuscany (Toscana)</li> <li>Umbria</li> <li>Marches (Marche)</li> <li>Abruzzo</li> <li>Latium (Lazio)</li> <li>Molise</li> <li>Campania</li> <li>Apulia (Puglia)</li> <li>Basilicata</li> <li>Calabria</li> <li>Siciliy (Sicilia)</li> <li>Sardinia (Sardegna)</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <br /> <p><span class="toTopLink">BACK TO TOP</span></p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Tuscany (Toscana) <p class="callout">On the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy, the region of Tuscany has become a byword for Italian culture. A famous artistic legacy and rich history match the natural beauty of the Tuscan countryside, unfolding in waves of golden and green hills that ebb and flow between the Apennine Mountains and the sea.</p> <br /><br /> <div class="box1_home5_a">Wine is deeply embedded in Tuscany&rsquo;s cultural heritage&mdash;the famous medieval Florentine poet Dante Alighieri praised the Vernaccia of San Gimignano, and legislation delimiting the Chianti zone dates to 1716. The first DOC and DOCG zones to be authorized in Italy were Tuscan. Wine and commercial agriculture are big business in Tuscany, and the hills are a patchwork of olive tree groves, vineyards, and wheat fields&mdash;a natural evolution of the &ldquo;promiscuous&rdquo; agriculture that ancient Romans practiced, wherein these three staple crops of Tuscany were planted side by side in the same fields. In the past, Chianti was synonymous with Italian wine&mdash;and a reminder, not unfairly, of its troubled quality. Historically bottled in a fiasco&nbsp;due to the inferior quality of Italian glass, the squat, straw-covered Chianti bottles came to epitomize the rustic, cheap nature of Italian wine in the late 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Tuscany’s winemakers have responded with a surge in quality over the last quarter century, slashing vineyard yields and building on the successes of the “Super-Tuscan” trailblazers Marquis Mario Rocchetta, who released the first commercial vintage of Sassicaia in 1968, and his nephew Piero Antinori, whose Tignanello bottling soon followed. While the benchmark for quality has been raised significantly, it may be at the expense of typicity—the Bordeaux grapes and model of winemaking extend great influence over the modern Tuscan</div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: 'cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3e' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/164Tue, 18 Jun 2024 15:07:42 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3eGuildSomm Adminhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 164 posted to Study-Guide by GuildSomm Admin on 6/18/2024 3:07:42 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Tuscany (Toscana)</li> <li>Umbria</li> <li>Marches (Marche)</li> <li>Abruzzo</li> <li>Latium (Lazio)</li> <li>Molise</li> <li>Campania</li> <li>Apulia (Puglia)</li> <li>Basilicata</li> <li>Calabria</li> <li>Siciliy (Sicilia)</li> <li>Sardinia (Sardegna)</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <br /> <p><span class="toTopLink">BACK TO TOP</span></p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Tuscany (Toscana) <p class="callout">On the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy, the region of Tuscany has become a byword for Italian culture. A famous artistic legacy and rich history match the natural beauty of the Tuscan countryside, unfolding in waves of golden and green hills that ebb and flow between the Apennine Mountains and the sea.</p> <br /><br /> <div class="box1_home5_a">Wine is deeply embedded in Tuscany&rsquo;s cultural heritage&mdash;the famous medieval Florentine poet Dante Alighieri praised the Vernaccia of San Gimignano, and legislation delimiting the Chianti zone dates to 1716. The first DOC and DOCG zones to be authorized in Italy were Tuscan. Wine and commercial agriculture are big business in Tuscany, and the hills are a patchwork of olive tree groves, vineyards, and wheat fields&mdash;a natural evolution of the &ldquo;promiscuous&rdquo; agriculture that ancient Romans practiced, wherein these three staple crops of Tuscany were planted side by side in the same fields. In the past, Chianti was synonymous with Italian wine&mdash;and a reminder, not unfairly, of its troubled quality. Historically bottled in a fiasco&nbsp;due to the inferior quality of Italian glass, the squat, straw-covered Chianti bottles came to epitomize the rustic, cheap nature of Italian wine in the late 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Tuscany’s winemakers have responded with a surge in quality over the last quarter century, slashing vineyard yields and building on the successes of the “Super-Tuscan” trailblazers Marquis Mario Rocchetta, who released the first commercial vintage of Sassicaia in 1968, and his nephew Piero Antinori, whose Tignanello bottling soon followed. While the benchmark for quality has been raised significantly, it may be at the expense of typicity—the Bordeaux grapes and model of winemaking extend great influence over the modern Tuscan</div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: 'cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3e' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: Preview</div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/163Thu, 26 Oct 2023 14:37:24 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3eJonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 163 posted to Study-Guide by Jonathan Eichholz on 10/26/2023 2:37:24 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Tuscany (Toscana)</li> <li>Umbria</li> <li>Marches (Marche)</li> <li>Abruzzo</li> <li>Latium (Lazio)</li> <li>Molise</li> <li>Campania</li> <li>Apulia (Puglia)</li> <li>Basilicata</li> <li>Calabria</li> <li>Siciliy (Sicilia)</li> <li>Sardinia (Sardegna)</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <br /> <p><span class="toTopLink">BACK TO TOP</span></p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Tuscany (Toscana) <p class="callout">On the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy, the region of Tuscany has become a byword for Italian culture. A famous artistic legacy and rich history match the natural beauty of the Tuscan countryside, unfolding in waves of golden and green hills that ebb and flow between the Apennine Mountains and the sea.</p> <br /><br /> <div class="box1_home5_a">Wine is deeply embedded in Tuscany&rsquo;s cultural heritage&mdash;the famous medieval Florentine poet Dante Alighieri praised the Vernaccia of San Gimignano, and legislation delimiting the Chianti zone dates to 1716. The first DOC and DOCG zones to be authorized in Italy were Tuscan. Wine and commercial agriculture are big business in Tuscany, and the hills are a patchwork of olive tree groves, vineyards, and wheat fields&mdash;a natural evolution of the &ldquo;promiscuous&rdquo; agriculture that ancient Romans practiced, wherein these three staple crops of Tuscany were planted side by side in the same fields. In the past, Chianti was synonymous with Italian wine&mdash;and a reminder, not unfairly, of its troubled quality. Historically bottled in a fiasco&nbsp;due to the inferior quality of Italian glass, the squat, straw-covered Chianti bottles came to epitomize the rustic, cheap nature of Italian wine in the late 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Tuscany’s winemakers have responded with a surge in quality over the last quarter century, slashing vineyard yields and building on the successes of the “Super-Tuscan” trailblazers Marquis Mario Rocchetta, who released the first commercial vintage of Sassicaia in 1968, and his nephew Piero Antinori, whose Tignanello bottling soon followed. While the benchmark for quality has been raised significantly, it may be at the expense of typicity—the Bordeaux grapes and model of winemaking extend great influence over the modern Tuscan</div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: 'cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3e' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/162Sun, 22 Oct 2023 14:56:58 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3eJonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 162 posted to Study-Guide by Jonathan Eichholz on 10/22/2023 2:56:58 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Tuscany (Toscana)</li> <li>Umbria</li> <li>Marches (Marche)</li> <li>Abruzzo</li> <li>Latium (Lazio)</li> <li>Molise</li> <li>Campania</li> <li>Apulia (Puglia)</li> <li>Basilicata</li> <li>Calabria</li> <li>Siciliy (Sicilia)</li> <li>Sardinia (Sardegna)</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <br /> <p><span class="toTopLink">BACK TO TOP</span></p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Tuscany (Toscana) <p class="callout">On the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy, the region of Tuscany has become a byword for Italian culture. A famous artistic legacy and rich history match the natural beauty of the Tuscan countryside, unfolding in waves of golden and green hills that ebb and flow between the Apennine Mountains and the sea.</p> <br /><br /> <div class="box1_home5_a">Wine is deeply embedded in Tuscany&rsquo;s cultural heritage&mdash;the famous medieval Florentine poet Dante Alighieri praised the Vernaccia of San Gimignano, and legislation delimiting the Chianti zone dates to 1716. The first DOC and DOCG zones to be authorized in Italy were Tuscan. Wine and commercial agriculture are big business in Tuscany, and the hills are a patchwork of olive tree groves, vineyards, and wheat fields&mdash;a natural evolution of the &ldquo;promiscuous&rdquo; agriculture that ancient Romans practiced, wherein these three staple crops of Tuscany were planted side by side in the same fields. In the past, Chianti was synonymous with Italian wine&mdash;and a reminder, not unfairly, of its troubled quality. Historically bottled in a fiasco&nbsp;due to the inferior quality of Italian glass, the squat, straw-covered Chianti bottles came to epitomize the rustic, cheap nature of Italian wine in the late 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Tuscany’s winemakers have responded with a surge in quality over the last quarter century, slashing vineyard yields and building on the successes of the “Super-Tuscan” trailblazers Marquis Mario Rocchetta, who released the first commercial vintage of Sassicaia in 1968, and his nephew Piero Antinori, whose Tignanello bottling soon followed. While the benchmark for quality has been raised significantly, it may be at the expense of typicity—the Bordeaux grapes and model of winemaking extend great influence over the modern Tuscan</div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: 'cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3e' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/161Wed, 05 Jul 2023 16:49:32 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3eJonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 161 posted to Study-Guide by Jonathan Eichholz on 7/5/2023 4:49:32 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Tuscany (Toscana)</li> <li>Umbria</li> <li>Marches (Marche)</li> <li>Abruzzo</li> <li>Latium (Lazio)</li> <li>Molise</li> <li>Campania</li> <li>Apulia (Puglia)</li> <li>Basilicata</li> <li>Calabria</li> <li>Siciliy (Sicilia)</li> <li>Sardinia (Sardegna)</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <br /> <p><span class="toTopLink">BACK TO TOP</span></p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Tuscany (Toscana) <p class="callout">On the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy, the region of Tuscany has become a byword for Italian culture. A famous artistic legacy and rich history match the natural beauty of the Tuscan countryside, unfolding in waves of golden and green hills that ebb and flow between the Apennine Mountains and the sea.</p> <br /><br /> <div class="box1_home5_a">Wine is deeply embedded in Tuscany&rsquo;s cultural heritage&mdash;the famous medieval Florentine poet Dante Alighieri praised the Vernaccia of San Gimignano, and legislation delimiting the Chianti zone dates to 1716. The first DOC and DOCG zones to be authorized in Italy were Tuscan. Wine and commercial agriculture are big business in Tuscany, and the hills are a patchwork of olive tree groves, vineyards, and wheat fields&mdash;a natural evolution of the &ldquo;promiscuous&rdquo; agriculture that ancient Romans practiced, wherein these three staple crops of Tuscany were planted side by side in the same fields. In the past, Chianti was synonymous with Italian wine&mdash;and a reminder, not unfairly, of its troubled quality. Historically bottled in a fiasco&nbsp;due to the inferior quality of Italian glass, the squat, straw-covered Chianti bottles came to epitomize the rustic, cheap nature of Italian wine in the late 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Tuscany’s winemakers have responded with a surge in quality over the last quarter century, slashing vineyard yields and building on the successes of the “Super-Tuscan” trailblazers Marquis Mario Rocchetta, who released the first commercial vintage of Sassicaia in 1968, and his nephew Piero Antinori, whose Tignanello bottling soon followed. While the benchmark for quality has been raised significantly, it may be at the expense of typicity—the Bordeaux grapes and model of winemaking extend great influence over the modern Tuscan</div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: 'cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3e' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/160Mon, 22 May 2023 19:28:27 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3eJonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 160 posted to Study-Guide by Jonathan Eichholz on 5/22/2023 7:28:27 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Tuscany (Toscana)</li> <li>Umbria</li> <li>Marches (Marche)</li> <li>Abruzzo</li> <li>Latium (Lazio)</li> <li>Molise</li> <li>Campania</li> <li>Apulia (Puglia)</li> <li>Basilicata</li> <li>Calabria</li> <li>Siciliy (Sicilia)</li> <li>Sardinia (Sardegna)</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <br /> <p><span class="toTopLink">BACK TO TOP</span></p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Tuscany (Toscana) <p class="callout">On the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy, the region of Tuscany has become a byword for Italian culture. A famous artistic legacy and rich history match the natural beauty of the Tuscan countryside, unfolding in waves of golden and green hills that ebb and flow between the Apennine Mountains and the sea.</p> <br /><br /> <div class="box1_home5_a">Wine is deeply embedded in Tuscany&rsquo;s cultural heritage&mdash;the famous medieval Florentine poet Dante Alighieri praised the Vernaccia of San Gimignano, and legislation delimiting the Chianti zone dates to 1716. The first DOC and DOCG zones to be authorized in Italy were Tuscan. Wine and commercial agriculture are big business in Tuscany, and the hills are a patchwork of olive tree groves, vineyards, and wheat fields&mdash;a natural evolution of the &ldquo;promiscuous&rdquo; agriculture that ancient Romans practiced, wherein these three staple crops of Tuscany were planted side by side in the same fields. In the past, Chianti was synonymous with Italian wine&mdash;and a reminder, not unfairly, of its troubled quality. Historically bottled in a fiasco&nbsp;due to the inferior quality of Italian glass, the squat, straw-covered Chianti bottles came to epitomize the rustic, cheap nature of Italian wine in the late 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Tuscany’s winemakers have responded with a surge in quality over the last quarter century, slashing vineyard yields and building on the successes of the “Super-Tuscan” trailblazers Marquis Mario Rocchetta, who released the first commercial vintage of Sassicaia in 1968, and his nephew Piero Antinori, whose Tignanello bottling soon followed. While the benchmark for quality has been raised significantly, it may be at the expense of typicity—the Bordeaux grapes and model of winemaking extend great influence over the modern Tuscan</div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: 'cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3e' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/159Mon, 22 May 2023 19:25:31 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3eJonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 159 posted to Study-Guide by Jonathan Eichholz on 5/22/2023 7:25:31 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Tuscany (Toscana)</li> <li>Umbria</li> <li>Marches (Marche)</li> <li>Abruzzo</li> <li>Latium (Lazio)</li> <li>Molise</li> <li>Campania</li> <li>Apulia (Puglia)</li> <li>Basilicata</li> <li>Calabria</li> <li>Siciliy (Sicilia)</li> <li>Sardinia (Sardegna)</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <br /> <p><span class="toTopLink">BACK TO TOP</span></p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Tuscany (Toscana) <p class="callout">On the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy, the region of Tuscany has become a byword for Italian culture. A famous artistic legacy and rich history match the natural beauty of the Tuscan countryside, unfolding in waves of golden and green hills that ebb and flow between the Apennine Mountains and the sea.</p> <br /><br /> <div class="box1_home5_a">Wine is deeply embedded in Tuscany&rsquo;s cultural heritage&mdash;the famous medieval Florentine poet Dante Alighieri praised the Vernaccia of San Gimignano, and legislation delimiting the Chianti zone dates to 1716. The first DOC and DOCG zones to be authorized in Italy were Tuscan. Wine and commercial agriculture are big business in Tuscany, and the hills are a patchwork of olive tree groves, vineyards, and wheat fields&mdash;a natural evolution of the &ldquo;promiscuous&rdquo; agriculture that ancient Romans practiced, wherein these three staple crops of Tuscany were planted side by side in the same fields. In the past, Chianti was synonymous with Italian wine&mdash;and a reminder, not unfairly, of its troubled quality. Historically bottled in a fiasco&nbsp;due to the inferior quality of Italian glass, the squat, straw-covered Chianti bottles came to epitomize the rustic, cheap nature of Italian wine in the late 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Tuscany’s winemakers have responded with a surge in quality over the last quarter century, slashing vineyard yields and building on the successes of the “Super-Tuscan” trailblazers Marquis Mario Rocchetta, who released the first commercial vintage of Sassicaia in 1968, and his nephew Piero Antinori, whose Tignanello bottling soon followed. While the benchmark for quality has been raised significantly, it may be at the expense of typicity—the Bordeaux grapes and model of winemaking extend great influence over the modern Tuscan</div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: 'cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3e' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/158Fri, 03 Mar 2023 17:45:57 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3eJonathan Eichholzhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 158 posted to Study-Guide by Jonathan Eichholz on 3/3/2023 5:45:57 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Tuscany (Toscana)</li> <li>Umbria</li> <li>Marches (Marche)</li> <li>Abruzzo</li> <li>Latium (Lazio)</li> <li>Molise</li> <li>Campania</li> <li>Apulia (Puglia)</li> <li>Basilicata</li> <li>Calabria</li> <li>Siciliy (Sicilia)</li> <li>Sardinia (Sardegna)</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <br /> <p><span class="toTopLink">BACK TO TOP</span></p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Tuscany (Toscana) <p class="callout">On the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy, the region of Tuscany has become a byword for Italian culture. A famous artistic legacy and rich history match the natural beauty of the Tuscan countryside, unfolding in waves of golden and green hills that ebb and flow between the Apennine Mountains and the sea.</p> <br /><br /> <div class="box1_home5_a">Wine is deeply embedded in Tuscany&rsquo;s cultural heritage&mdash;the famous medieval Florentine poet Dante Alighieri praised the Vernaccia of San Gimignano, and legislation delimiting the Chianti zone dates to 1716. The first DOC and DOCG zones to be authorized in Italy were Tuscan. Wine and commercial agriculture are big business in Tuscany, and the hills are a patchwork of olive tree groves, vineyards, and wheat fields&mdash;a natural evolution of the &ldquo;promiscuous&rdquo; agriculture that ancient Romans practiced, wherein these three staple crops of Tuscany were planted side by side in the same fields. In the past, Chianti was synonymous with Italian wine&mdash;and a reminder, not unfairly, of its troubled quality. Historically bottled in a fiasco&nbsp;due to the inferior quality of Italian glass, the squat, straw-covered Chianti bottles came to epitomize the rustic, cheap nature of Italian wine in the late 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Tuscany’s winemakers have responded with a surge in quality over the last quarter century, slashing vineyard yields and building on the successes of the “Super-Tuscan” trailblazers Marquis Mario Rocchetta, who released the first commercial vintage of Sassicaia in 1968, and his nephew Piero Antinori, whose Tignanello bottling soon followed. While the benchmark for quality has been raised significantly, it may be at the expense of typicity—the Bordeaux grapes and model of winemaking extend great influence over the modern Tuscan</div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: 'cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3e' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/157Mon, 28 Mar 2022 22:06:13 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3eSandra Banhttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 157 posted to Study-Guide by Sandra Ban on 3/28/2022 10:06:13 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Tuscany (Toscana)</li> <li>Umbria</li> <li>Marches (Marche)</li> <li>Abruzzo</li> <li>Latium (Lazio)</li> <li>Molise</li> <li>Campania</li> <li>Apulia (Puglia)</li> <li>Basilicata</li> <li>Calabria</li> <li>Siciliy (Sicilia)</li> <li>Sardinia (Sardegna)</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <br /> <p><span class="toTopLink">BACK TO TOP</span></p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Tuscany (Toscana) <p class="callout">On the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy, the region of Tuscany has become a byword for Italian culture. A famous artistic legacy and rich history match the natural beauty of the Tuscan countryside, unfolding in waves of golden and green hills that ebb and flow between the Apennine Mountains and the sea.</p> <br /><br /> <div class="box1_home5_a">Wine is deeply embedded in Tuscany&rsquo;s cultural heritage&mdash;the famous medieval Florentine poet Dante Alighieri praised the Vernaccia of San Gimignano, and legislation delimiting the Chianti zone dates to 1716. The first DOC and DOCG zones to be authorized in Italy were Tuscan. Wine and commercial agriculture are big business in Tuscany, and the hills are a patchwork of olive tree groves, vineyards, and wheat fields&mdash;a natural evolution of the &ldquo;promiscuous&rdquo; agriculture that ancient Romans practiced, wherein these three staple crops of Tuscany were planted side by side in the same fields. In the past, Chianti was synonymous with Italian wine&mdash;and a reminder, not unfairly, of its troubled quality. Historically bottled in a fiasco&nbsp;due to the inferior quality of Italian glass, the squat, straw-covered Chianti bottles came to epitomize the rustic, cheap nature of Italian wine in the late 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Tuscany’s winemakers have responded with a surge in quality over the last quarter century, slashing vineyard yields and building on the successes of the “Super-Tuscan” trailblazers Marquis Mario Rocchetta, who released the first commercial vintage of Sassicaia in 1968, and his nephew Piero Antinori, whose Tignanello bottling soon followed. While the benchmark for quality has been raised significantly, it may be at the expense of typicity—the Bordeaux grapes and model of winemaking extend great influence over the modern Tuscan</div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: 'cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3e' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/156Tue, 22 Mar 2022 19:17:04 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3eJennifer Angelosantehttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 156 posted to Study-Guide by Jennifer Angelosante on 3/22/2022 7:17:04 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Tuscany (Toscana)</li> <li>Umbria</li> <li>Marches (Marche)</li> <li>Abruzzo</li> <li>Latium (Lazio)</li> <li>Molise</li> <li>Campania</li> <li>Apulia (Puglia)</li> <li>Basilicata</li> <li>Calabria</li> <li>Siciliy (Sicilia)</li> <li>Sardinia (Sardegna)</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <br /> <p><span class="toTopLink">BACK TO TOP</span></p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Tuscany (Toscana) <p class="callout">On the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy, the region of Tuscany has become a byword for Italian culture. A famous artistic legacy and rich history match the natural beauty of the Tuscan countryside, unfolding in waves of golden and green hills that ebb and flow between the Apennine Mountains and the sea.</p> <br /><br /> <div class="box1_home5_a">Wine is deeply embedded in Tuscany&rsquo;s cultural heritage&mdash;the famous medieval Florentine poet Dante Alighieri praised the Vernaccia of San Gimignano, and legislation delimiting the Chianti zone dates to 1716. The first DOC and DOCG zones to be authorized in Italy were Tuscan. Wine and commercial agriculture are big business in Tuscany, and the hills are a patchwork of olive tree groves, vineyards, and wheat fields&mdash;a natural evolution of the &ldquo;promiscuous&rdquo; agriculture that ancient Romans practiced, wherein these three staple crops of Tuscany were planted side by side in the same fields. In the past, Chianti was synonymous with Italian wine&mdash;and a reminder, not unfairly, of its troubled quality. Historically bottled in a fiasco&nbsp;due to the inferior quality of Italian glass, the squat, straw-covered Chianti bottles came to epitomize the rustic, cheap nature of Italian wine in the late 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Tuscany’s winemakers have responded with a surge in quality over the last quarter century, slashing vineyard yields and building on the successes of the “Super-Tuscan” trailblazers Marquis Mario Rocchetta, who released the first commercial vintage of Sassicaia in 1968, and his nephew Piero Antinori, whose Tignanello bottling soon followed. While the benchmark for quality has been raised significantly, it may be at the expense of typicity—the Bordeaux grapes and model of winemaking extend great influence over the modern Tuscan</div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: 'cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3e' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/155Tue, 15 Feb 2022 20:04:49 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3eJennifer Angelosantehttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 155 posted to Study-Guide by Jennifer Angelosante on 2/15/2022 8:04:49 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Tuscany (Toscana)</li> <li>Umbria</li> <li>Marches (Marche)</li> <li>Abruzzo</li> <li>Latium (Lazio)</li> <li>Molise</li> <li>Campania</li> <li>Apulia (Puglia)</li> <li>Basilicata</li> <li>Calabria</li> <li>Siciliy (Sicilia)</li> <li>Sardinia (Sardegna)</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <br /> <p><span class="toTopLink">BACK TO TOP</span></p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Tuscany (Toscana) <p class="callout">On the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy, the region of Tuscany has become a byword for Italian culture. A famous artistic legacy and rich history match the natural beauty of the Tuscan countryside, unfolding in waves of golden and green hills that ebb and flow between the Apennine Mountains and the sea.</p> <br /><br /> <div class="box1_home5_a">Wine is deeply embedded in Tuscany&rsquo;s cultural heritage&mdash;the famous medieval Florentine poet Dante Alighieri praised the Vernaccia of San Gimignano, and legislation delimiting the Chianti zone dates to 1716. The first DOC and DOCG zones to be authorized in Italy were Tuscan. Wine and commercial agriculture are big business in Tuscany, and the hills are a patchwork of olive tree groves, vineyards, and wheat fields&mdash;a natural evolution of the &ldquo;promiscuous&rdquo; agriculture that ancient Romans practiced, wherein these three staple crops of Tuscany were planted side by side in the same fields. In the past, Chianti was synonymous with Italian wine&mdash;and a reminder, not unfairly, of its troubled quality. Historically bottled in a fiasco&nbsp;due to the inferior quality of Italian glass, the squat, straw-covered Chianti bottles came to epitomize the rustic, cheap nature of Italian wine in the late 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Tuscany’s winemakers have responded with a surge in quality over the last quarter century, slashing vineyard yields and building on the successes of the “Super-Tuscan” trailblazers Marquis Mario Rocchetta, who released the first commercial vintage of Sassicaia in 1968, and his nephew Piero Antinori, whose Tignanello bottling soon followed. While the benchmark for quality has been raised significantly, it may be at the expense of typicity—the Bordeaux grapes and model of winemaking extend great influence over the modern Tuscan</div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: 'cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3e' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/154Tue, 15 Feb 2022 19:47:36 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3eJennifer Angelosantehttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 154 posted to Study-Guide by Jennifer Angelosante on 2/15/2022 7:47:36 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Tuscany (Toscana)</li> <li>Umbria</li> <li>Marches (Marche)</li> <li>Abruzzo</li> <li>Latium (Lazio)</li> <li>Molise</li> <li>Campania</li> <li>Apulia (Puglia)</li> <li>Basilicata</li> <li>Calabria</li> <li>Siciliy (Sicilia)</li> <li>Sardinia (Sardegna)</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <br /> <p><span class="toTopLink">BACK TO TOP</span></p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Tuscany (Toscana) <p class="callout">On the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy, the region of Tuscany has become a byword for Italian culture. A famous artistic legacy and rich history match the natural beauty of the Tuscan countryside, unfolding in waves of golden and green hills that ebb and flow between the Apennine Mountains and the sea.</p> <br /><br /> <div class="box1_home5_a">Wine is deeply embedded in Tuscany&rsquo;s cultural heritage&mdash;the famous medieval Florentine poet Dante Alighieri praised the Vernaccia of San Gimignano, and legislation delimiting the Chianti zone dates to 1716. The first DOC and DOCG zones to be authorized in Italy were Tuscan. Wine and commercial agriculture are big business in Tuscany, and the hills are a patchwork of olive tree groves, vineyards, and wheat fields&mdash;a natural evolution of the &ldquo;promiscuous&rdquo; agriculture that ancient Romans practiced, wherein these three staple crops of Tuscany were planted side by side in the same fields. In the past, Chianti was synonymous with Italian wine&mdash;and a reminder, not unfairly, of its troubled quality. Historically bottled in a fiasco&nbsp;due to the inferior quality of Italian glass, the squat, straw-covered Chianti bottles came to epitomize the rustic, cheap nature of Italian wine in the late 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Tuscany’s winemakers have responded with a surge in quality over the last quarter century, slashing vineyard yields and building on the successes of the “Super-Tuscan” trailblazers Marquis Mario Rocchetta, who released the first commercial vintage of Sassicaia in 1968, and his nephew Piero Antinori, whose Tignanello bottling soon followed. While the benchmark for quality has been raised significantly, it may be at the expense of typicity—the Bordeaux grapes and model of winemaking extend great influence over the modern Tuscan</div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: 'cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3e' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/153Tue, 15 Feb 2022 19:28:06 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3eJennifer Angelosantehttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 153 posted to Study-Guide by Jennifer Angelosante on 2/15/2022 7:28:06 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Tuscany (Toscana)</li> <li>Umbria</li> <li>Marches (Marche)</li> <li>Abruzzo</li> <li>Latium (Lazio)</li> <li>Molise</li> <li>Campania</li> <li>Apulia (Puglia)</li> <li>Basilicata</li> <li>Calabria</li> <li>Siciliy (Sicilia)</li> <li>Sardinia (Sardegna)</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <br /> <p><span class="toTopLink">BACK TO TOP</span></p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Tuscany (Toscana) <p class="callout">On the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy, the region of Tuscany has become a byword for Italian culture. A famous artistic legacy and rich history match the natural beauty of the Tuscan countryside, unfolding in waves of golden and green hills that ebb and flow between the Apennine Mountains and the sea.</p> <br /><br /> <div class="box1_home5_a">Wine is deeply embedded in Tuscany&rsquo;s cultural heritage&mdash;the famous medieval Florentine poet Dante Alighieri praised the Vernaccia of San Gimignano, and legislation delimiting the Chianti zone dates to 1716. The first DOC and DOCG zones to be authorized in Italy were Tuscan. Wine and commercial agriculture are big business in Tuscany, and the hills are a patchwork of olive tree groves, vineyards, and wheat fields&mdash;a natural evolution of the &ldquo;promiscuous&rdquo; agriculture that ancient Romans practiced, wherein these three staple crops of Tuscany were planted side by side in the same fields. In the past, Chianti was synonymous with Italian wine&mdash;and a reminder, not unfairly, of its troubled quality. Historically bottled in a fiasco&nbsp;due to the inferior quality of Italian glass, the squat, straw-covered Chianti bottles came to epitomize the rustic, cheap nature of Italian wine in the late 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Tuscany’s winemakers have responded with a surge in quality over the last quarter century, slashing vineyard yields and building on the successes of the “Super-Tuscan” trailblazers Marquis Mario Rocchetta, who released the first commercial vintage of Sassicaia in 1968, and his nephew Piero Antinori, whose Tignanello bottling soon followed. While the benchmark for quality has been raised significantly, it may be at the expense of typicity—the Bordeaux grapes and model of winemaking extend great influence over the modern Tuscan</div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: 'cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3e' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/152Fri, 11 Feb 2022 19:30:09 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3eJennifer Angelosantehttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 152 posted to Study-Guide by Jennifer Angelosante on 2/11/2022 7:30:09 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Tuscany (Toscana)</li> <li>Umbria</li> <li>Marches (Marche)</li> <li>Abruzzo</li> <li>Latium (Lazio)</li> <li>Molise</li> <li>Campania</li> <li>Apulia (Puglia)</li> <li>Basilicata</li> <li>Calabria</li> <li>Siciliy (Sicilia)</li> <li>Sardinia (Sardegna)</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <br /> <p><span class="toTopLink">BACK TO TOP</span></p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Tuscany (Toscana) <p class="callout">On the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy, the region of Tuscany has become a byword for Italian culture. A famous artistic legacy and rich history match the natural beauty of the Tuscan countryside, unfolding in waves of golden and green hills that ebb and flow between the Apennine Mountains and the sea.</p> <br /><br /> <div class="box1_home5_a">Wine is deeply embedded in Tuscany&rsquo;s cultural heritage&mdash;the famous medieval Florentine poet Dante Alighieri praised the Vernaccia of San Gimignano, and legislation delimiting the Chianti zone dates to 1716. The first DOC and DOCG zones to be authorized in Italy were Tuscan. Wine and commercial agriculture are big business in Tuscany, and the hills are a patchwork of olive tree groves, vineyards, and wheat fields&mdash;a natural evolution of the &ldquo;promiscuous&rdquo; agriculture that ancient Romans practiced, wherein these three staple crops of Tuscany were planted side by side in the same fields. In the past, Chianti was synonymous with Italian wine&mdash;and a reminder, not unfairly, of its troubled quality. Historically bottled in a fiasco&nbsp;due to the inferior quality of Italian glass, the squat, straw-covered Chianti bottles came to epitomize the rustic, cheap nature of Italian wine in the late 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Tuscany’s winemakers have responded with a surge in quality over the last quarter century, slashing vineyard yields and building on the successes of the “Super-Tuscan” trailblazers Marquis Mario Rocchetta, who released the first commercial vintage of Sassicaia in 1968, and his nephew Piero Antinori, whose Tignanello bottling soon followed. While the benchmark for quality has been raised significantly, it may be at the expense of typicity—the Bordeaux grapes and model of winemaking extend great influence over the modern Tuscan</div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: 'cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3e' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/151Fri, 11 Feb 2022 19:28:28 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3eJennifer Angelosantehttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 151 posted to Study-Guide by Jennifer Angelosante on 2/11/2022 7:28:28 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Tuscany (Toscana)</li> <li>Umbria</li> <li>Marches (Marche)</li> <li>Abruzzo</li> <li>Latium (Lazio)</li> <li>Molise</li> <li>Campania</li> <li>Apulia (Puglia)</li> <li>Basilicata</li> <li>Calabria</li> <li>Siciliy (Sicilia)</li> <li>Sardinia (Sardegna)</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <br /> <p><span class="toTopLink">BACK TO TOP</span></p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Tuscany (Toscana) <p class="callout">On the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy, the region of Tuscany has become a byword for Italian culture. A famous artistic legacy and rich history match the natural beauty of the Tuscan countryside, unfolding in waves of golden and green hills that ebb and flow between the Apennine Mountains and the sea.</p> <br /><br /> <div class="box1_home5_a">Wine is deeply embedded in Tuscany&rsquo;s cultural heritage&mdash;the famous medieval Florentine poet Dante Alighieri praised the Vernaccia of San Gimignano, and legislation delimiting the Chianti zone dates to 1716. The first DOC and DOCG zones to be authorized in Italy were Tuscan. Wine and commercial agriculture are big business in Tuscany, and the hills are a patchwork of olive tree groves, vineyards, and wheat fields&mdash;a natural evolution of the &ldquo;promiscuous&rdquo; agriculture that ancient Romans practiced, wherein these three staple crops of Tuscany were planted side by side in the same fields. In the past, Chianti was synonymous with Italian wine&mdash;and a reminder, not unfairly, of its troubled quality. Historically bottled in a fiasco&nbsp;due to the inferior quality of Italian glass, the squat, straw-covered Chianti bottles came to epitomize the rustic, cheap nature of Italian wine in the late 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Tuscany’s winemakers have responded with a surge in quality over the last quarter century, slashing vineyard yields and building on the successes of the “Super-Tuscan” trailblazers Marquis Mario Rocchetta, who released the first commercial vintage of Sassicaia in 1968, and his nephew Piero Antinori, whose Tignanello bottling soon followed. While the benchmark for quality has been raised significantly, it may be at the expense of typicity—the Bordeaux grapes and model of winemaking extend great influence over the modern Tuscan</div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: 'cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3e' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/150Fri, 11 Feb 2022 19:27:09 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3eJennifer Angelosantehttps://www.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 150 posted to Study-Guide by Jennifer Angelosante on 2/11/2022 7:27:09 PM<br /> <div class="paywall-restricted"><p><a name="top"></a></p> <div> <div class="style_box">Table of Contents <ol> <li>Tuscany (Toscana)</li> <li>Umbria</li> <li>Marches (Marche)</li> <li>Abruzzo</li> <li>Latium (Lazio)</li> <li>Molise</li> <li>Campania</li> <li>Apulia (Puglia)</li> <li>Basilicata</li> <li>Calabria</li> <li>Siciliy (Sicilia)</li> <li>Sardinia (Sardegna)</li> <li>Review Quizzes</li> </ol> </div> <br /> <p><span class="toTopLink">BACK TO TOP</span></p> <p><a name="01"></a></p> Tuscany (Toscana) <p class="callout">On the Tyrrhenian Coast of Italy, the region of Tuscany has become a byword for Italian culture. A famous artistic legacy and rich history match the natural beauty of the Tuscan countryside, unfolding in waves of golden and green hills that ebb and flow between the Apennine Mountains and the sea.</p> <br /><br /> <div class="box1_home5_a">Wine is deeply embedded in Tuscany&rsquo;s cultural heritage&mdash;the famous medieval Florentine poet Dante Alighieri praised the Vernaccia of San Gimignano, and legislation delimiting the Chianti zone dates to 1716. The first DOC and DOCG zones to be authorized in Italy were Tuscan. Wine and commercial agriculture are big business in Tuscany, and the hills are a patchwork of olive tree groves, vineyards, and wheat fields&mdash;a natural evolution of the &ldquo;promiscuous&rdquo; agriculture that ancient Romans practiced, wherein these three staple crops of Tuscany were planted side by side in the same fields. In the past, Chianti was synonymous with Italian wine&mdash;and a reminder, not unfairly, of its troubled quality. Historically bottled in a fiasco&nbsp;due to the inferior quality of Italian glass, the squat, straw-covered Chianti bottles came to epitomize the rustic, cheap nature of Italian wine in the late 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. Tuscany’s winemakers have responded with a surge in quality over the last quarter century, slashing vineyard yields and building on the successes of the “Super-Tuscan” trailblazers Marquis Mario Rocchetta, who released the first commercial vintage of Sassicaia in 1968, and his nephew Piero Antinori, whose Tignanello bottling soon followed. While the benchmark for quality has been raised significantly, it may be at the expense of typicity—the Bordeaux grapes and model of winemaking extend great influence over the modern Tuscan</div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.restricted', { contentId: 'cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3e' }); }); }); </script><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function(){ jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.subscribe('paywall.ready', function (data) { jQuery.telligent.evolution.messaging.publish('paywall.displayPopup', { }); }); }); </script><div style="clear:both;"></div>