Cyprus and Eastern Mediterranean

Question 1

What is the most important Israeli region for quality winemaking?

Answer 1

Judean Foothills

Question 2

What are the 5 PDO regions of Cyprus?

Answer 2

• Laona Akama
• Vouni Panauia Ampelitis
• Pitsilia
• Commandaria
• Krasochoria Lemesou

Question 3

What are the primary red grapes of Cyprus?

Answer 3

• Mavro (bland and indistinct)
• Maratheftiko (ageworthy)

Question 4

Who invented drip irrigation?

Answer 4

Simcha Blass

Question 5

How many PGI zones are in Cyprus?

Answer 5

4

Question 6

In what year was Golan Heights Winery established?

Answer 6

1983

Question 7

The modern wine industry in Lebanon can be traced to Jesuit missionaries and what winery?

Answer 7

Chateau Ksara (est 1857)

Question 8

What 5 producers make up 75% of Israel’s wine?

Answer 8

• Carmel
• Barkan
• Golan Heights
• Teperberg 1870
• Binyamina Wine Cellar

Question 9

In what year did Serge Hochar bring Chateau Musar to the Briston Wine Fair?

Answer 9

1979

Question 10

What are the top 3 producers in Lebanon?

Answer 10

• Chateau Ksara
• Chateau Kefraya
• Chateau Musar

Question 11

What region is synonymous with winemaking in Lebanon?

Answer 11

Bekaa Valley

Question 12

What are the 2 styles of Commandaria?

Answer 12

• non vintage, fortified, mavro based
• vinatge, unfortified, xynesteri based

Question 13

What are the 3 main quality regions in Israel?

Answer 13

• Judean Hills
• Golan Heights
• Upper Galilee

Question 14

What native white grape shows the most promise on Cyprus?

Answer 14

Xynesteri

Question 15

Describe Commandaria

Answer 15

• sweet dessert wine
• solera matures
• blend of black and white grapes
• grapes raisinate in sun 10-15 days

Question 16

What does okuzgozu mean?

Answer 16

Bulls Eye

Question 17

What are the top 3 white grapes in Turkey?

Answer 17

• sultaniye
• narince
• bornova misketi (muscat blanc)

Question 18

What are the 6 major winemaking regions of Israel?

Answer 18

• Galilee
• Golan Heights
• Coastal Plain
• Central Mountains
• Judean Foothills
• Negev

Question 19

What are the 4 major winemaking regions of Lebanon?

Answer 19

• Batroun
• Bekaa Valley
• Mount Lebanon
• South Lebanon

Question 20

What are the indigenous white varieties of Lebanon?

Answer 20

• obadieh
• merweh

Question 21

What river runs the length of the Bekaa Valley?

Answer 21

Litani River

Question 22

What 2 regions produce 90% of Turkey’s wine?

Answer 22

• Marmara
• Aegean

Question 23

What are the 4 PGI regions of Cyprus?

Answer 23

• Pafos
• Lemesos
• Larnaka
• Lefkosia

Question 24

What are the 4 major red grapes of Turkey?

Answer 24

• okuzgoku
• lalecik karasi
• calcarasi
• bogazkere

Question 25

In the eastern Mediterranean, what is arak?

Answer 25

anise flavored, unsweetened grape spirit

Question 26

What international variety shows the best results in Cyprus?

Answer 26

syrah

Question 27

What international white grapes are popular in Lebanon?

Answer 27

• sauv blanc
• semillon
• ugni blanc
• viognier
• chardonnay
• gewurtz
• clairette
• muscat

Question 28

What 2 red grapes make up 60% of all plantings in Lebanon?

Answer 28

• cinsault
• cab sauv

Question 29

What is the primary soil type in the Bekaa Valley?

Answer 29

clay limestone

Question 30

Although Turkey is the world’s 5th largest grape growing nation, the majority if the grapes go to the production of what?

Answer 30

Raki

Question 31

Dabouki has long been cultivated in Israel for the production of what spirit?

Answer 31

Arak

Question 32

What are the 2 most common grapes in Cyprus

Answer 32

• mavro (red)
• Xynisteri (white)

Question 33

Where is Commandaria produced?

Answer 33

Cyprus

Question 34

Who supplied the first investment in modern Israeli winemaking?

Answer 34

Baron Edmund de Rothschild

Question 35

What is meshuval wine?

Answer 35

strict kosher wine requiring flash pasteurization

Question 36

Who founded the Carmel winery in Israel?

Answer 36

Baron Edmund de Rothschild