East Mediterranean

Question 1

Golan Heights is an influential winery in what country?

Answer 1

Israel

Question 2

What is Argaman?

Answer 2

Carignan x Souzão cross

Found in Israel

Question 3

What is emerald Riesling?

Answer 3

Riesling and Muscadelle

Question 4

Name 2 indigenous grapes of Israel:

Answer 4

Mawari

Dabouki

Question 5

What is the largest wine region of Israel?

Answer 5

The Galilee

Question 6

In what country would you find Mt Carmel?

Answer 6

Israel

Question 7

What 1st growth Bordeaux Chateau helped influence the wines of Israel?

Answer 7

Ch Lafite Rothschild

Question 8

What arak?

Answer 8

An anise infused spirit found in Palestine

Question 9

Where is Chateau Ksara?

Answer 9

Lebanon

Question 10

Domaine des Tourelles can be found where?

Answer 10

Lebanon

Question 11

What Lebanese winery received critical acclaim at the Bristol Wine Fair in 1979?

Answer 11

Chateau Musar

Question 12

What is the main growing region of Lebanon?

Answer 12

Bekaa Valley

Question 13

Bekaa Valley rest between what 2 mountain ranges?

Answer 13

Anti-Lebanon Mountains

Mt Hermon

Question 14

What is the name of the river that runs through Bekaa Valley?

Answer 14

Litani River

Question 15

What are the most notable indigenous varieties of Lebanon?

Answer 15

Merweh

Obaideh

Both are white

Question 16

What is thought to be the oldest continually produced wine in the world?

Where is it made?

Answer 16

Commandaria

Documented as early as 800 BCE

Produced in Cyprus

Question 17

What is the name of the main mountain range in Cyprus?

Answer 17

Troodos Mountains

Question 18

What are the 2 main grapes used to make Commandaria?

Answer 18

Mavro (red)

Xynisteri (white)

Question 19

what is raki?

Answer 19

a grape spirit flavored with anise made in Turkey

similar to arak

Question 20

Cotnari wines are produced in what country?

Answer 20

Romania

Question 21

What is the most planted red grape of Romania?

Answer 21

Merlot

Question 22

Cotnari wines are what style of wine?

Answer 22

Sweet wines

Romania

Question 23

What does reserva indicate in Romania?

Answer 23

6. months in oak

6 months in bottle

Question 24

What does Vin de Vinoteca indicate in Romania?

Answer 24

1 year in oak

4 months in bottle

Romania

Question 25

Where would you find the grape Rubela?

Answer 25

Slovenia

Question 26

What are the 3 growing regions of Slovenia?

Answer 26

Primorje Podrajve Posavje

Question 27

What is Diseci Traminer?

Answer 27

Gewurtztraminer (Slovenia)

Question 28

What is Renski Rizling?

Answer 28

Riesling (Slovenia)

Question 29

What is the most planted grape of Croatia?

Answer 29

Graševina (Welschriesling)

Question 30

What is Crljenak Kastelanski?

Answer 30

Zinfandel

Question 31

What does DOC-CMD indicate on a bottle of wine? What country would you find this?

Answer 31

Grapes harvested at full maturity Romania

Question 32

What does DOC-CT indicate on a bottle of wine? what country would you find this?

Answer 32

Late harvest grapes Romania

Question 33

What does DOC-CIB indicate on a bottle of wine? What country would you find this?

Answer 33

Botrytis affected grapes Romania

Question 34

What is Frankovka Modra?

Answer 34

Blaüfrankisch (Slovakia)

Question 35

Bikaver is a blend based on what grape? What country is it found?

Answer 35

kekfrankos Hungary

Question 36

What is Qveveri?

Answer 36

Fermentation and Aging in clay pots underground winemaking tradition in Georgia

Question 37

What is Lebanons largest producer and first modern winery?

Answer 37

Ch Ksara (Est 1857)

Question 38

What prominent wine industry figure helped start the wine industry in Isreal?

Answer 38

Baron Edmond de Rothschild

Question 39

What are the 5 major regions of Israel?

Answer 39

Shomron Galilee Shimshon Judean Hills Negev