Chapter Fifteen - Eastern Med Flashcards
Red grape used in the production of fortified wines in Patras
Mavrodaphne
Traditional Greek wine flavored with resin
Retsina
Dessert wine specialty of Santorini
Vinsanto
Greek term for regional, PGI level wine
Topikos Oinos
Designation for the certain traditional Greek wines such as retsina
OKP
Top-tier Greek wine designation; typically reserved for sweet wines
OPE
A pink-skinned grape variety native to the Peloponnese
Moschofilero
Red grape of the Naoussa PDO
Xinomavro
Top quality designation used for dry, unfortified wines
OPAP
High acid white wine grape variety originally from Santorini
Assyrtiko
A traditional, oxidative white wine
Verdea
Red variety known as “saint george’s grape,” used in the wines of Nemea
Agiorgitiko
Classification for standard Greek table wine
EO
White grape used in the sweet wines of Samos and Patras
Muscat
White grape used inthe dry wines of the Patras DO
Roditis
What is the largest red wine appellation in Greece?
Nemea
The greek islands of Samos, Santorini, and Rhodes are located in the
Aegean Sea
The Greek islands of Corfue and Cephalonia are located in the
Ionian sea
What peninsula has the highest concentration of vineyards in all of Greece
Peloponnese
What red grape, widely planted throughout Greece, is also known as “acid black”
Xinomavro
What are the two main grape varieties used in the production of Commandaria?
Mavro & Xyrosteri
A complex, traditional aging system, known and _____ system is sometimes used in the aging of Commandaria
Mana system
Most of Lebanon’s vineyards are located in
Bekaa Valley
The leading producer of Lebanese wine
Chateau Musar
What Winery, now established in the 1880s, is now the largest winery in Israel
The Carmel Winery
What grape variety was created in 1972 as a Carignan x Sousao cross
Argamam
A semi-arid, desert like region located in southern israel
Negev
Most of Israel’s quality wine is produced in
Galilee
What is the largest red wine appellation in Greece?
Nemea
What is a sweet wine produced on the island of Santorini
Vinsanto
The Onomasia Kata Paradosi (OKP) classification is a special subcategory designed to protect which of the following wines?
Restina
What is a pink skinned grape, widely grown in the Peloponnese?
Moschofilero
The Bekka Valley is one of the leading wine-proucing regions of which of the following countires?
Lebanon
What best describes Commandaria
An amber-colored dessert wine
Red grape whose name means “acid black”
Xinomavro
Red grape whose name means “black laurel”
Mavrodaphne
Style of wine produced in the Mantinia PDo
Dry white, from Moschofilero
Style of wine produced in the Nemea PDO
Dry to sweet reds, from Agiorgitiko
Style of wine produced in the Patras PDo
Dry whites, from Roditis
Term used for basket shaped vines as grown on Santorini
Stefani
Famous fortified wine of Cyprus
Commandaria
High elevation area in the north of Israel; known for high quality qines
Galilee
Wine region covering the center of Israel including the Judean Hills and Mount Carmel
Central Mountains
Wine region of Israel located between the Mediterranean Coast and the mountains west of Jerusalem
Judean Foothills
