Ch 15 - Eastern Mediterranean

Question 1

Red grape used to produce fortified wine on the island of Patras

Answer 1

Mavrodaphne

Question 2

Term that indicates a PGI wine with oak agin in Greece

Answer 2

Kava

Question 3

Dessert wine made in Santorini

Answer 3

Vinsanto

Question 4

Greek term for regional, PGI-level wine

Answer 4

TO = Topics Oínos

Question 5

Classification of Greek wines for traditional wines like Retsina

Answer 5

OKP = Onomasía Katá Parádosi

Question 6

Top quality designation for Greek wine - exclusively for sweet wines

Answer 6

OPE = Onomasía Proeléfseos Eleghoméni

Question 7

Pink skinned grape variety native to the Peloponnese

Answer 7

Moschofilero

Question 8

Red grape similar to Pinot Noir, grown throughout northern Greece

Answer 8

Xinomavro

Question 9

Top quality designation for dry, unfortified Greek wines

Answer 9

OPAP = Onomasía Proeléfseos Anotéras Piótitos

Question 10

High acid white wine grape from Santorini

Answer 10

Assyrtiko

Question 11

Traditional Greek oxidative white wine

Answer 11

Verdea

Question 12

Red grape grown mainly in the Peloponnese

Answer 12

Agiorgitiko

Question 13

Classification for Greek table wine

Answer 13

EO = Epitrapézios Oínos

Question 14

White grape used to make many sweet wines in Greece

Answer 14

Muscat

Question 15

White grape used to make dry wines in the Patras OPAP

Answer 15

Roditis

Question 16

“Reserve” aging requirements for Greek red PDO wine

Answer 16

one year in oak / two years total

Question 17

“Grand Reserve” aging requirements for Greek red PDO wine

Answer 17

18 mos in oak / 4 years total

Question 18

“Reserve” aging requirement for Greek white/rosé PDO wine

Answer 18

6 mos in oak / 9 months total

Question 19

“Grand Reserve” aging requirement for Greek white/rosé PDO wine

Answer 19

one year in oak / two years total

Question 20

Term for Greek wines that have exceeded minimum oak aging standards

Answer 20

Palaiomenos se vareli (barrel-aged)

Question 21

Largest red wine appellation in Greece

Answer 21

Nemea OPAP

Question 22

Where Commandaria is produced

Answer 22

Cyprus

Question 23

Two grapes used in Commandaria

Answer 23

red Mavro and white Xynisteri

Question 24

Name for traditional aging system used to produce Commandaria

Answer 24

Mana System - similar to Solera system, but with earthenware jars rather than barrels

Question 25

Location of most of Lebanon’s vineyards

Answer 25

Bekaa Valley

Question 26

Leading wine producer in Lebanon

Answer 26

Chateau Musar

Question 27

Most important wine region in Israel

Answer 27

Galilee

Question 28

Southern wine region in Israel, in a semi-arid desert

Answer 28

Negev

Question 29

Israeli wine region between Judean Hills and Coastal Plain

Answer 29

Shimshon

Question 30

Israeli wine region that includes the Sharon Plain

Answer 30

Shomron