Chapter Fifteen: Eastern Mediterranean Flashcards
What is the highest level of wine appellation in Greece, used mainly for sweet wines?
OPE: Onomasia Proelefseos Eleghomeni
What is the highest level of wine appellation in Greece, used primarily for dry wines?
OPAP: Onomasia Proelefseos Anoteras Poiotitos
What is the Greek appellation for regional (PGi) wines?
TO: Topikos Oinis
What is the Greek appellation for traditional wines such as retsina?
OKP: Onomasia Kata Paradosi
What is the main white grape used in Santorini PDO?
Assyrtiko
What is the red grape of Greece, widely grown in Macedonia, used in the Naoussa PDO?
Xinomavro
What is the red grape used in the Nemea PDO?
Agiorgitiko
What is the red grape used in the sweet wines of Patras?
Mavrodaphne
What is the red grape whose name means “acid black”
Xinomavro
What is the red grape whose name means “black laurel”?
Mavrodaphne
What is the dried-grape wine produced in Santorini?
Vinsanto
What is the style of wine produced in the Mantinia PDO?
Dry white, from Moschofilero
What is the style of wine produced in the Nemea PDO?
Dry to sweet reds, from Agiorgitiko
What is the style of wine produced in the Patras PDO?
Dry whites, from Roditis
What is the name of Santorini’s basket-shaped vines?
Stefani
What is the famous fortified wine of Cyprus?
Commandaria
What are the two main grape varieties of Commandaria?
Mavro (red)
Xynisteri (white)
What is the agigin system, similar to solera, traditionally used for Commandaria?
The mana system
What is the main vineyard region of Lebanon?
Bekaa Valley
What is Lebanon’s leading and most famous winery?
Chateau Musar
What is the largest producing winery of Israel?
Carmel Winery
What is the Bordeaux wine producer who invested in Israel’s wine and established Carmel Winery?
Baron Edmond de Rothschild (1845-1934)
What is the Wine estate and monastery opened near Jerusalem in 1855?
Cremisan Wine Estate/Monastery
What is the high-elevation area in the north of Israel, known for high-quality wines?
Galilee
What is the wine region including the Judean Hills and Mount Carmel?
Central Mountains
What is the wine region located between the Mediterranean Coast and the mountains west of Jerusalem?
Judean foothills
What is the semi-arid area located in the south of Israel?
Negev Region (Negev Desert)
