15. Eastern Mediterranean Flashcards
Greece produces a unique wine flavored with pine resin. What is the name of that wine?
Retsina
Pine resin can serve as a preservative in wine.
The climate of Greece is: ___________.
Mediterranean
What are the three key red grapes used for wine production in Greece?
Agiorgitiko
Xinomavro
Mavrodaphne
Xinomavro is the sole variety permitted in this PDO.
Naoussa
Which of the three key red grape of Greece (Agiorgitiko, Xinomavro, and Mavrodaphne) is primarily used to produce sweet, fortified wines?
Mavrodaphne
They produce wines often compared to ruby or tawny Port.
Name 3 of the 5 more prolific white grapes of Greece.
Moschofilero
Assyrtiko
Muscat
Athiri
Roditis
Describe the quality system used for wine in Greece.
EO (table wine) - half of production
PGI = TO
PDO = OPE for sweet wines, OPAP for dry, unfortified wines
“PDO Wines of Greece” most commonly seen on PDO wine labels for export.
Because many Greek wine makers are frustrated with the current specifications of the quality system, some of the most interesting wines being made today are often labeled with: _________________.
TO or even EO
What are the three key, better known wine regions in Greece?
Macedonia
Peloponnese
Aegean Islands
These sub regions are part of what larger region in Greece?
Amyndeonn
Cotes de Meliton
Goumenissa
Nasussa
Macedonia
These sub regions are part of what larger region of Greece?
Mantinia
Mavrodaphne of Patras
Nemea
Patras
Peloponnese
Nemea is the largest appellation in Greece for:
Red Wine
White Wine
Red Wine
Nemea produces highly regarded reds - both dry and sweet - from Agiorgitiko
Nemea, a subregion of Peloponnese, is the largest red wine appellation in Greece, making highly regarded reds from which grape?
Agiorgitiko
What is the sole grape allowed for production in Naoussa PDO wines?
Xinomavro
Assytyiko thrives in the volcanic island of: _________________.
Santorini