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What and where is the State Quality Wines Milestii Mici?

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  • 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
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What are the 5 zones of production in George?

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Kakherti
Kartli
Imereti
Racha-Lechkhumi
and a sub-tropical zone

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What are the 4 major wine regions of the Ukraine?

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Crimea (Krim)
Odessa
Nikolayev-Kherson
Transcarpathian

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What are the smaller producing regions of Russia?

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Rostov
Kabardino-Balkara
Chechnya

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What is the most important region of Russia?

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Krasnodar

Contains over 50% of the nation’s vineyards

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What winery in Crimea is famous for its huge collection of fortified wines?

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Massandra (near Yalta)

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What 2 regions of the Ukraine produce a lot of traditional method sparkling wine?

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Odessa and Crimea

In addition to red and white still wines

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Where is the Arat Valley?

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Armenia

Contains over 60% of the nation’s vineyards

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What are the two most cultivated grapes in Georgia?

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The autochthonous red Saperavi and Rkatsitelli

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What is Russia’s most cultivated variety?

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Rkatsitelli

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What 2 neighboring regions to Krasnodar are notable?

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Dagestan and Stavropol

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What region of the Ukraine produces fortified wines?

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Crimea

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Who did Louis Roederer creat there tete de cuvee ‘Cristal’ exclusively for? Why was it bottled in clear glass?

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Czar Nicholas II
- It was bottled in clear glass as to not provoke the unpopular Czar’s suspicion of foul play

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What are the 3 wine regions of Slovenia?

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Primorska (Primorje)
Podravje
Posavje

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What Slovenian region borders Friuli in Italy?

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Primorska (Primorje)

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What is Slovenia’s best region for both red and white production?

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Promorska (Primorje)

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Primorska is divided into what 4 sub-regions?

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Goriska Brda
Kras
Koper
Vipava

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Goriska Brda becomes what region when it crosses the Italian border?

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Collio Goriziano

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Kras becomes what region when it crosses the Italian border?

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Carso

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What 2 white indigenous grapes persist in Primorska?

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Pinela and Zelen (a relative to Verduzzo Gialla)

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What is Slovenia’s largest wine region?

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Podravje

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What is the Slovenian synonym for:
Welschriesling?
Gewurztraminer?
Riesling?

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Laski Rizling
Diseci Traminer
Renski Rizling

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Which Eastern European country led in wine production in 2009?

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Romania

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What DOC of Muntenia-Oltenia is gaining a reputation for reds from CS and PN?

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Dealu Mare DOC

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What region has Romania’s highest vineyards?

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Transylvania

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What river marks the border of Romania with Serbia?

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The Danube River (flows eastward to the Black Sea)

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The Danube River (flows eastward to the Black Sea)

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No

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28
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What are the 7 regions of Romania?

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Moldovia
Muntenia-Oltenia
Banat
Crisana-Maramures
Dobrogea
Danube Terraces
Transylvania

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What and where is the Tarnave DOC?

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  • Transylvania
  • One of Romania’s coolest and most important DOCs
  • Produces whites with high acidity from several varieties
    –Including Feteasca grapes and Traminer Rose
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30
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What are the two broad categories for wine in Romania?

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‘Wines for Consumption’ or Table Wines
- Quality Wines

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What 2 categories are Table Wines divided into in Romania?

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VM (Vin de Mesa/Table Wines)
- VSM (Vin de Mesa Superior/ Superior Table Wines)

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32
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What are the two most cultivated grapes in Romania?

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Indigenous Whites:

Feteasca Alba
Feteasca Regala

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What is Welschriesling known as in Romania?

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Riesling Italico

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What 3 higher quality indigenous reds are producing good wines in Romania?

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Feteasca Neagra
Burguno Mare
Babeasca Neagra

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What is Rosigara?

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  • An indigenous red grape to Romania
  • Generally reserved for table wines
  • Thin skinned
  • Makes fresh wines
36
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What is Romania’s most famous wine?

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Cotnari DOC

Sweet whites

37
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What mountains dominate the center of Romania?

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The Carpathian Mountains

38
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What and where is the Murfatalar DOC?

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  • Dobroge
  • Promising CS and PN
  • Traditional whites and late harvest Chard
  • (Romania)
39
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What 2 categories are Quality Wines (of Romania) divided into?

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VS (Vin de Calitate Superiora/ Quality Wines with a Geographical Designation)
DOC (Denumire de Orgine Controlatta)

40
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What 3 categories can DOC wines (of Romania) be further subdivided in to?

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  • DOC-CMD- grapes harvested at full maturity
  • DOC-CT- late harvest grapes
  • DOC-CIB- Botrytis affected grapes
41
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Where is the Cotnari DOC located? What grapes are permitted?

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Moldovia (Romania)
- Grasa de Cotnari (Possibly common lineage with Furmint)

42
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Can Cotnari DOC wines be dry?

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Yes

43
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What are the 6 wine regions of Slovakia?

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Malokarpatska
Juznoslovenska
Nitrianska
Vychodoslovenska
Tokajska
Stredoslovenska

44
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What is Tokajska?

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  • 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’
45
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What are the two principal regions of the Czech Republic?

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Moravia and Bohemia

46
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What region of the Czech Republic is located just north of Weinviertel?

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Moravia

47
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What Czech region is located on the same latitude as the Rheingau?

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Bohemia

48
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96% of the Czech Republic’s vines are located in which region?

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Moravia

49
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What is the Czech synonym for Blaufrankisch?

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Frankovka

50
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What is Svatovavnnecke?

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Czech synonym for St. Laurent

51
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What is Ryzlink Vlassky?

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Czech synonym for Welschriesling

52
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What Germanic white varieties are common in the Czech Republic?

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Muller-Thurgau and Welschriesling

53
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What is ‘Quality Wines with Special Attributes’ (Akostne vino s Privlastkom)?

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  • 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
54
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What is Vina Originalne Certifikace?

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  • 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
55
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What are the 3 VOCs of Moravia?

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VOC Znojmo
VOC Modre Hory
VOC Mikulov

56
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What is the Croatian synonym for Welschriesling? It accounts for what amount of the Croatian Inland region’s plantings?

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Grasevina

-Over 1/2 the region’s vineyards

57
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What two non-contiguous zones are located on the Coast of Croatia?

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Istria and Dalmatia

58
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What is the Croatian synonym for Zinfandel?

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Crljenak Kastelanski

59
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What is the ancient Croatian name for Zinfandel?

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Tribidrag

60
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What off-shoot of Crljenak Kastelanski is produced in the Damlatian Coast of Croatia?

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Plavac Mali

61
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What is Mike Grgich’s estate in Croatia? What region is it located in?

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Grgich Vina Estate

Dingac subzone of Dalmatia

62
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What is Boyar Estates?

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Labeled as ‘Blueridge’, they found success with varietal CS and Chard after the fall of Communism

(Bulgaria)

63
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What native red grape to Bulgaria has a deep color and is widely cultivated?

A

Mavrud

64
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Name the noteworthy Controlian Appellation of the Struma River Valley

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Harsovo

Bulgaria

65
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Where is Melnik grown?

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  • Exclusively in the Struma River Valley
  • Particularly in the DGO of the same name
  • Inherently tannic
    (Bulgaria)
66
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Which French spirit company invested in Bulgaria in 2002, but sold off many of its assets in 2009 during the economic crisis?

A

Belvedere Group

67
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Describe the Pamid grape

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Red, thin-skinned
One of the first varieties to be harvested in Bulgaria
Produces fresh wines suitable for youthful consumption

68
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Name 3 boutique producers in Bulgaria

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Boyar Estate
Santa Sarah
Enira

69
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When was the Bulgarian wine law first established?

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1978

70
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What is the highest quality level of Bulgarian wine?

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Controliran Wines

71
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What are Bulgaria’s 5 large regions of wine production?

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Danubian Plain (North)
Rose Valley (Central Strip)
Thracian Lowlands (South)
Black Sea Region (East)
Struma River Valley (West)

72
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What is Rubin?

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Nebbiolo x Syrah
- Shows great promise in Bulgaria

73
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What is a DGO?

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  • Declared Geographic Region (Bulgaria)
  • Quality wines produced from controlled appellations of origin
  • DGO’s contain Controliran
74
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What is Red Misket?

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Autochthonous to Bulgaria
AKA Misket Cherven
A specialty of Sungulare
Aromatic, but no relation to Muscat

75
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What are the most planted grapes of Bulgaria?

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Rkatsiteli and Dimiat

76
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What does ‘barik’ mean?

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Appears on Bulgarian wine labels, indicating fermentation occurred in oak casks of 500L or less in volume

77
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Name the noteworthy Controliran Appellation in the Black Sea Region

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Khan Krum

Bulgaria

78
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What are the leading international plantings in Bulgaria?

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CS & Merlot

79
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What is ‘Vino ot Deklarian Geografski’?

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Declared Geographical Region (DGO)

Bulgaria

80
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When was the Bulgaria the 4th largest exporter of wine?

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Late 1970s and early 1980s

81
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What does ‘Reserve’ ad ‘Special Selection’ mean on a Bulgarian DGO wine label?

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Reserve- 1 year of aging
- Special Selection- 2 years of aging

82
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What is Gamza?

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A Bulgarian synonym for Kadarka

83
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What is regulated under Controliran wines?

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  • 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
84
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What is Mavrud?

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A native Bulgarian red grape with deep color that is widely cultivated

85
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Name the noteworthy Controliran Appellation in the Danubian Plain of Bulgaria

A

Suhindol & Suichton

86
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How many zones are in Bulgaria for Controliran and DGO wines?

A

47 in total

87
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Name the noteworthy Controliran Appellation of the Rose Valley in Bulgaria

A

Sungulare

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