https://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italyen-USTelligent Community 13 Non-Productionhttps://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italyThu, 07 Nov 2024 14:39:49 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3euser22387https://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Study-Guide by user22387 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://stage.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://stage.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://stage.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-afb9-5271b7c39e3euser22387https://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 163 posted to Study-Guide by user22387 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://stage.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-afb9-5271b7c39e3euser22387https://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 162 posted to Study-Guide by user22387 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://stage.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-afb9-5271b7c39e3euser22387https://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 161 posted to Study-Guide by user22387 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://stage.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-afb9-5271b7c39e3euser22387https://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 160 posted to Study-Guide by user22387 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://stage.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-afb9-5271b7c39e3euser22387https://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 159 posted to Study-Guide by user22387 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://stage.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-afb9-5271b7c39e3euser22387https://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 158 posted to Study-Guide by user22387 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://stage.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-afb9-5271b7c39e3euser28307https://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 157 posted to Study-Guide by user28307 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://stage.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-afb9-5271b7c39e3euser33359https://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 156 posted to Study-Guide by user33359 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://stage.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-afb9-5271b7c39e3euser33359https://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 155 posted to Study-Guide by user33359 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://stage.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-afb9-5271b7c39e3euser33359https://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 154 posted to Study-Guide by user33359 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://stage.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-afb9-5271b7c39e3euser33359https://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 153 posted to Study-Guide by user33359 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://stage.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-afb9-5271b7c39e3euser33359https://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 152 posted to Study-Guide by user33359 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://stage.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-afb9-5271b7c39e3euser33359https://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 151 posted to Study-Guide by user33359 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://stage.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-afb9-5271b7c39e3euser33359https://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 150 posted to Study-Guide by user33359 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> https://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/149Fri, 11 Feb 2022 19:25:06 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3euser33359https://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 149 posted to Study-Guide by user33359 on 2/11/2022 7:25:06 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://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/148Fri, 11 Feb 2022 19:22:10 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3euser33359https://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 148 posted to Study-Guide by user33359 on 2/11/2022 7:22:10 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://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/147Fri, 11 Feb 2022 19:20:09 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3euser33359https://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 147 posted to Study-Guide by user33359 on 2/11/2022 7:20:09 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://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/146Fri, 11 Feb 2022 19:15:02 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3euser33359https://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 146 posted to Study-Guide by user33359 on 2/11/2022 7:15:02 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://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy/revision/145Fri, 11 Feb 2022 19:09:56 GMT8277e151-5ba9-4335-93f0-6f497ffb8dc4:cb883bf8-7135-4bdc-afb9-5271b7c39e3euser33359https://stage.guildsomm.com/learn/study/w/study-wiki/163/central-and-southern-italy#commentsRevision 145 posted to Study-Guide by user33359 on 2/11/2022 7:09:56 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>