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Appellations of Monferrato

16 wine regions, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, or type every one you can remember in Name all.

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About this quiz

The quiz covers 16 wine regions, from Gavi and Barbera d'Asti to Loazzolo.

What they are known for

  • Gavi: A DOC, inside Monferrato, protected since 1976, grapes: Cortese
  • Barbera d'Asti: A DOCG, inside Barbera del Monferrato, protected since 1973, grapes: Barbera
  • Malvasia di Castelnuovo Don Bosco: A DOC, inside Barbera d'Asti, protected since 1976, grapes: Freisa, Malvasia Di Schierano, Malvasia Nera Lunga
  • Rubino di Cantavenna: A DOC, inside Grignolino del Monferrato Casalese, protected since 1973, grapes: Barbera, Freisa, Grignolino
  • Barbera del Monferrato: A DOC, inside Monferrato, protected since 1973, grapes: Barbera, Dolcetto, Freisa, Grignolino
  • Cortese dell'Alto Monferrato: A DOC, inside Barbera del Monferrato, protected since 1981, grapes: Cortese
  • Dolcetto d'Asti: A DOC, inside Cortese dell'Alto Monferrato, protected since 1976, grapes: Dolcetto
  • Gabiano: A DOC, inside Grignolino del Monferrato Casalese, protected since 1996, grapes: Barbera, Freisa, Grignolino

The wine regions

  1. 1Gavi
  2. 2Barbera d'Asti
  3. 3Malvasia di Castelnuovo Don Bosco
  4. 4Rubino di Cantavenna
  5. 5Barbera del Monferrato
  6. 6Cortese dell'Alto Monferrato
  7. 7Dolcetto d'Asti
  8. 8Gabiano
  9. 9Grignolino d'Asti
  10. 10Grignolino del Monferrato Casalese
  11. 11Malvasia di Casorzo d'Asti
  12. 12Nizza
  13. 13Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato
  14. 14Albugnano
  15. 15Dolcetto d'Acqui
  16. 16Loazzolo

On the map

Map of Appellations of Monferrato, 16 wine regions: each one marked on the globe

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How the figures are measured

How well known each wine region is: the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article on it (Wikidata sitelinks). Wine regions rank by fame because the area of many is not known; rank by area for the largest. A wine region is a legally defined appellation: the land within which a wine must be grown to carry the name. Every wine PDO registered in the European Union (DOCG and DOC in Italy, AOC in France, DO and DOCa in Spain, DOC in Portugal…), outlined from the municipalities each one’s specification lists, and the American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) of the United States. An appellation drawn on the very same land as another is one row under its best known name. The small appellations lie inside the large; a quiz can be of the ones inside one (“appellations of Bordeaux”). Countries are those the outline lies in.