Eastern Europe Flashcards
What and where is the State Quality Wines Milestii Mici?
- Moldova’s Cricova district
- Guinness Book of World Records- largest wine collection (over 2 million btls)
- Milestiii Mici’s ‘Golden Collection’ resides in an elaborate, excavated underground cellar serviced by roads –125 miles
- Nearly equaling the caves of Champagne in length and size
What are the 5 zones of production in George?
- Kakherti
- Kartli
- Imereti
- Racha-Lechkhumi
- and a sub-tropical zone
What are the 4 major wine regions of the Ukraine?
- Crimea (Krim)
- Odessa
- Nikolayev-Kherson
- Transcarpathian
What are the smaller producing regions of Russia?
- Rostov
- Kabardino-Balkara
- Chechnya
What is the most important region of Russia?
Krasnodar
Contains over 50% of the nation’s vineyards
What winery in Crimea is famous for its huge collection of fortified wines?
Massandra (near Yalta)
What 2 regions of the Ukraine produce a lot of traditional method sparkling wine?
Odessa and Crimea
In addition to red and white still wines
Where is the Arat Valley?
Armenia
Contains over 60% of the nation’s vineyards
What are the two most cultivated grapes in Georgia?
The autochthonous red Saperavi and Rkatsitelli
What is Russia’s most cultivated variety?
Rkatsitelli
What 2 neighboring regions to Krasnodar are notable?
Dagestan and Stavropol
What region of the Ukraine produces fortified wines?
Crimea
Who did Louis Roederer creat there tete de cuvee ‘Cristal’ exclusively for? Why was it bottled in clear glass?
- Czar Nicholas II
- It was bottled in clear glass as to not provoke the unpopular Czar’s suspicion of foul play
What are the 3 wine regions of Slovenia?
- Primorska (Primorje)
- Podravje
- Posavje
What Slovenian region borders Friuli in Italy?
Primorska (Primorje)
What is Slovenia’s best region for both red and white production?
Primorska (Primorje)
Primorska is divided into what 4 sub-regions?
- Goriska Brda
- Kras
- Koper
- Vipava
Goriska Brda becomes what region when it crosses the Italian border?
Collio Goriziano
Kras becomes what region when it crosses the Italian border?
Carso
What 2 white indigenous grapes persist in Primorska?
Pinela and Zelen (a relative to Verduzzo Gialla)
What is Slovenia’s largest wine region?
Podravje
What is the Slovenian synonym for:
Welschriesling?
Gewurztraminer?
Riesling?
- Laski Rizling
- Diseci Traminer
- Renski Rizling
Which Eastern European country led in wine production in 2009?
Romania
What DOC of Muntenia-Oltenia is gaining a reputation for reds from CS and PN?
Dealu Mare DOC
What region has Romania’s highest vineyards?
Transylvania
What river marks the border of Romania with Serbia?
The Danube River (flows eastward to the Black Sea)
Does Romanian Quality Wines allow hybrid grapes?
No
What are the 7 regions of Romania?
- Moldovia
- Muntenia-Oltenia
- Banat
- Crisana-Maramures
- Dobrogea
- Danube Terraces
- Transylvania
What and where is the Tamave DOC?
- Transylvania
- One of Romania’s coolest and most important DOCs
- Produces whites with high acidity from several varieties
- –Including Feteasca grapes and Traminer Rose
What are the two broad categories for wine in Romania?
- ‘Wines for Consumption’ or Table Wines
- Quality Wines
What 2 categories are Table Wines divided into in Romania?
- VM (Vin de Mesa/Table Wines)
- VSM (Vin de Mesa Superior/ Superior Table Wines)
What are the two most cultivated grapes in Romania?
Indigenous Whites:
- Feteasca Alba
- Feteasca Regala
What is Welschriesling known as in Romania?
Riesling Italico
What 3 higher quality indigenous reds are producing good wines in Romania?
- Feteasca Neagra
- Burguno Mare
- Babeasca Neagra
What is Rosigara?
- An indigenous red grape to Romania
- Generally reserved for table wines
- Thin skinned
- Makes fresh wines
What is Romania’s most famous wine?
Cotnari DOC
Sweet whites
What mountains dominate the center of Romania?
The Carpathian Mountains
What and where is the Murfatalar DOC?
- Dobroge
- Promising CS and PN
- Traditional whites and late harvest Chard
(Romania)
What 2 categories are Quality Wines (of Romania) divided into?
- VS (Vin de Calitate Superiora/ Quality Wines with a Geographical Designation)
- DOC (Denumire de Orgine Controlatta)
What 3 categories can DOC wines (of Romania) be further subdivided in to?
DOC-CMD- grapes harvested at full maturity
DOC-CT- late harvest grapes
DOC-CIB- Botrytis affected grapes
Where is the Cotnari DOC located? What grapes are permitted?
- Moldovia
- Grasa de Cotnari (Possibly common lineage with Furmint)
Can Cotnari DOC wines be dry?
Yes
What are the 6 wine regions of Slovakia?
- Malokarpatska
- Juznoslovenska
- Nitrianska
- Vychodoslovenska
- Tokajska
- Stredoslovenska
What is Tokajska?
- Tokaj wine region
- Run contiguous with Hungary’s Tokaj; shares the same winemaking history
- When both countries were permitted in to the EU, Slovakian producers agreed to abide by Hungary’s system of quality control
- Slovakian producers were still required to label their wines are ‘Tokajska’
- In 2010, Slovakia registered the formal appellation name ‘Tokaj’
What are the two principal regions of the Czech Republic?
Moravia and Bohemia
What region of the Czech Republic is located just north of Weinviertel?
Moravia
What Czech region is located on the same latitude as the Rheingau?
Bohemia
96% of the Czech Republic’s vines are located in which region?
Moravia
What is the Czech synonym for Blaufrankisch?
Frankovka
What is Svatovavnnecke?
Czech synonym for St. Laurent
What is Ryzlink Vlassky?
Czech synonym for Welschriesling
What Germanic white varieties are common in the Czech Republic?
Muller-Thurgau and Welschriesling
What is ‘Quality Wines with Special Attributes’ (Akostne vino s Privlastkom)?
- Both the Czech Republis and Slovakia rely on a legal ripeness system adapted for the German model
- Kabinett to TBA and Eiswein
- Use NM (Czecho-Slovak Normalized Must Weight Scale) which equates its degrees to the number of KG of natural sugar in 100 L of grape juice
What is Vina Originalne Certifikace?
- The VOC concept was modeled after the AOC and DAC system
- Voluntary
- In 2009 VOC Znojmo made its debut in the Czech Republic
- To qualify: hand harvesting, min must weights, max yields, defined ABV levels and permitted varieties
What are the 3 VOCs of Moravia?
VOC Znojmo
VOC Modre Hory
VOC Mikulov
What is the Croatian synonym for Welschriesling? It accounts for what amount of the Croatian Inland region’s plantings?
Grasevina
-Over 1/2 the region’s vineyards
What two non-contiguous zones are located on the Coast of Croatia?
Istria and Dalmatia
What is the Croatian synonym for Zinfandel?
Crljenak Kastelanski
What is the ancient Croatian name for Zinfandel?
Tribidrag
What off-shoot of Crljenak Kastelanski is produced in the Damlatian Coast of Croatia?
Plavac Mali
What is Mike Grgich’s estate in Croatia? What region is it located in?
Grgich Vina Estate
Dingac subzone of Dalmatia
What is Boyar Estates?
Labeled as ‘Blueridge’, they found success with varietal CS and Chard after the fall of Communism
(Bulgaria)
What native red grape to Bulgaria has a deep color and is widely cultivated?
Mavrud
Name the noteworthy Controlian Appellation of the Struma River Valley
Harsovo
Bulgaria
Where is Melnik grown?
- Exclusively in the Struma River Valley
- Particularly in the DGO of the same name
- Inherently tannic
(Bulgaria)
Which French spirit company invested in Bulgaria in 2002, but sold off many of its assets in 2009 during the economic crisis?
Belvedere Group
Describe the Pamid grape
- Red, thin-skinned
- One of the first varieties to be harvested in Bulgaria
- Produces fresh wines suitable for youthful consumption
Name 3 boutique producers in Bulgaria
- Boyar Estate
- Santa Sarah
- Enira
When was the Bulgarian wine law first established?
1978
What is the highest quality level of Bulgarian wine?
Controliran Wines
What are Bulgaria’s 5 large regions of wine production?
- Danubian Plain (North)
- Rose Valley (Central Strip)
- Thracian Lowlands (South)
- Black Sea Region (East)
- Struma River Valley (West)
What is Rubin?
- Nebbiolo x Syrah
- Shows great promise in Bulgaria
What is a DGO?
- Declared Geographic Region (Bulgaria)
- Quality wines produced from controlled appellations of origin
- DGO’s contain Controliran
What is Red Misket?
- Autochthonous to Bulgaria
- AKA Misket Cherven
- A specialty of Sungulare
- Aromatic, but no relation to Muscat
What are the most planted grapes of Bulgaria?
Rkatsiteli and Dimiat
What does ‘barik’ mean?
Appears on Bulgarian wine labels, indicating fermentation occurred in oak casks of 500L or less in volume
Name the noteworthy Controliran Appellation in the Black Sea Region
Khan Krum
Bulgaria
What are the leading international plantings in Bulgaria?
CS & Merlot
What is ‘Vino ot Deklarian Geografski’?
Declared Geographical Region (DGO)
Bulgaria
When was the Bulgaria the 4th largest exporter of wine?
Late 1970s and early 1980s
What does ‘Reserve’ ad ‘Special Selection’ mean on a Bulgarian DGO wine label?
- Reserve- 1 year of aging
- Special Selection- 2 years of aging
What is Gamza?
A Bulgarian synonym for Kadarka
What is regulated under Controliran wines?
- Quality wines produces in a special region
- A superior controlled appellation of origin within a DGO of Bulgaria
- Must be produced from the appellation’s permitted grape varieties
- Max yields and RS are defined
What is Mavrud?
A native Bulgarian red grape with deep color that is widely cultivated
Name the noteworthy Controliran Appellation in the Danubian Plain of Bulgaria
Suhindol & Suichton
How many zones are in Bulgaria for Controliran and DGO wines?
47 in total
Name the noteworthy Controliran Appellation of the Rose Valley in Bulgaria
Sungulare
