Czech Republic and Slovakia

Question 1

Slovakia and the Czech Republic, the two independent entities that once formed___, are not major wine producing countries, yet both newly democratic countries are attempting to elevate quality and production.

Answer 1

Czechoslovakia

Question 2

Slovakia is divided into what 6 main wine regions spanning its entire southern border?

Answer 2

1. Malokarpatská (the Small Carpathian Wine Region)
2. Južnoslovenská (South Slovak wine region)
3. Nitrianska (Nitra wine region)
4. Stredoslovenská (Central Slovak wine region)
5. Východoslovenská (Eastern Slovak wine region)
6. Tokajská (Tokaj wine region)

Question 3

Tokajská is contiguous with __ in ___ , and the two regions share a common winemaking tradition

Answer 3

Tokaj in Hungary

Question 4

After the admittance of both countries into the EU in the early 2000s, the Slovakian producers agreed to abide by what

Answer 4

Hungary’s system of quality controls

Question 5

The “_ ___” category, no longer permitted in Hungary, would be eliminated in Slovakia as well

Answer 5

“2 Puttonyos”

Question 6

Slovakian producers were still required to label their Tokaj wines under the less iconic moniker of “____.”

Answer 6

Tokajská

Question 7

In 2010, pressure from winemakers finally led the Slovakian government to register what?

Answer 7

The simpler and more evocative “Tokaj” as a formal appellation name. How the Hungarians will respond, and whether Slovakian wines will retain the name in the future, is unclear.

Question 8

The Czech Republic has what 2 principal regions?

Answer 8

1. Moravia in the south

2. Bohemia in the north

Question 9

96% of the Republic’s acres under vine are located where?

Answer 9

In Moravia

Question 10

Moravia is just north of what?

Answer 10

Austria’s Weinviertel

Question 11

Bohemia is located on the same latitude as what?

Answer 11

the Rheingau in Germany

Question 12

Many international and Germanic varietals are common in the Czech Republic, including what?

Answer 12

Müller-Thurgau, Frankovka (Blaufränkisch), Svatovavnnecké (St. Laurent), Ryzlink Vlassky (Welschriesling), Chard, and CS

Question 13

Both countries rely on a legal ripeness system adapted from what?

Answer 13

the German model

Question 14

Quality Wines with Special Attributes (Akostné vino s Prívlastkom) resemble what?

Answer 14

German Prädikatswein, with an accompanying scale of Kabinett through Trockenbeerenauslese and Eiswein.

Question 15

Instead of the Oechsle scale, both countries use what?

Answer 15

the Czecho-Slovak Normalized Must Weight Scale (NM), which equates its degrees to the number of kilograms of natural sugar in 100 liters of grape juice

Question 16

In 2009, what made its debut in the Czech Republic?

Answer 16

VOC Znojmo

Question 17

Producers in Znojmo used the French AOC and Austrian DAC systems as models for what?

Answer 17

their voluntary VOC (Vína Originální Certifikace) concept

Question 18

Where is Znojmo located?

Answer 18

It is a subregion of Moravia

Question 19

In order to display the VOC designation on the neck of the bottle, a producer must abide by what?

Answer 19

certain criteria, including hand-harvesting, minimum must weights, low maximum yields and defined alcohol levels.

Question 20

VOC Znojmo wines may be blends or varietal wines, but only what qualifys for the designation?

Answer 20

Grüner Veltliner, Sauvignon Blanc, and Riesling

Question 21

___ may not be employed in the production of VOC Znojmo wines, and a __ closure is required.

Answer 21

Oak, cork

Question 22

Elsewhere in Moravia, producers have established what?

Answer 22

VOC Modré Hory and VOC Mikulov

Question 23

As the new appellation concept evolves in the Czech Republic, it is intended to what?

Answer 23

complement, rather than replace, the existing Germanic system