Eastern Europe Flashcards

1
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Where is Boutari based?

A

Naoussa

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2
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What are the Traditional Appellations of Greece?

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Retsina and Verdea

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3
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Where are the Thracian low lands

A

Bulgaria

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4
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Tokaj is located at the confluence of which two rivers?

A

Bodrog and Tisza

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5
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What is the Southernmost appellation for Xinomavro?

A

Rapsani in Thessalia

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6
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What are the grapes of Santorini?

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Assyrtiko, Aidani, Athiri

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7
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What is the dry red PDO of Peloponnese?

A

Nemea - Agioritiko

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8
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What is Forditas?

A

Tokaji made by refermenting with pressed paste

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9
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What type of wines are produced in Monemvassia-Malvasia PDO?

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Sweet White

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10
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Greece’s wine production is centered on international, not indigenous, varieties.

A

False

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11
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Where is Verdea?

A

Zakynthos Traditional Wine Appellation for sherry-like wine from native grapes that no one knows about

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12
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Where are Mavrud, Melnik, Pamid and Rubin found?

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Bulgaria.

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13
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Who are the Great First Growths of Tokaj?

A

Szarvas and Mézes Mály

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14
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What is the principal grape variety of Verdea?

A

?

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15
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Where would I find Limnio?

A

Slopes of Meleton

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16
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What is the minimum aging regiment for Tokaji Aszú and Aszúeszencia wines?

A

Minimum three years, with two years in barrel

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17
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What is the grape of Nemea?

A

Agiorgitiko

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18
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What does Cava indicate on Greek wine?

A

1 year aging for white and rose and 3 years of reds of PGI status. w/6m/12m wood

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19
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Massandra is a historic producer located in which wine producing region?

A

?

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20
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What is the major lake of Hungary?

A

Balaton

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21
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Where is the Omala Valley?

A

Kephalonia, Greece

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22
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What are the primary grapes of Tokaj?

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Furmint, Harslevelu, Sargamuskatoly, Zeta, Kabar, Koverszolo

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23
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Where is the center of Retsina production?

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Attiki around Athens

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24
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What are the DOC subcategories of Romania?

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DOC-CMD: harvested at full maturity; DOC-CT: Late Harvest; DOC-CIB: Botrytis affected

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25
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Tarnave DOC

A

Romania’s coolest region

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26
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Greece’s traditional designations OPAP and OPE now fall under which EU wine category?

A

?

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27
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Moschato Aspro is a synonym used in Samos for which grape of the Muscat family?

A

Muscat Blanc á Petits Grains

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28
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Where is Domaine Carras?

A

In slopes of meleton PDO in Macedonia

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29
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Cotnari DOC?

A

Moldavia, Romania -Tokaji-like

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30
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What is Greece’s coolest PDO? What’s made there?

A

Amynteo PDO. Rose, Sparkling rose and dry red from Xinomavro

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31
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Tokaji’s Cladosporium cellare is what type of organism?

A

Mold

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32
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What is the grape of Epirius?

A

In Zitsa PDO it’s Debina made in dry, sweet and sparkling styles

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33
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A Karas is a clay amphora used for traditional wine aging in which country?

A

?

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34
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What is now required for Tokaj labeled Aszu?

A

3 years of age, 18 m bbl, 120 g/l 9%

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35
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What is a stefani?

A

Basket or wreath trained vines on Santorini

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37
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What does Szaras indicate?

A

dry

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38
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Where is Koutsi? What grape is permitted?

A

Nemea, Peloponnese, Agiorigitiko

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39
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In which Bulgarian region would you find the Suhindol Valley?

A

?

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40
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What is the grape of Patras?

A

Roditis

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41
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Aurelia Vişinescu, Recaş, and Terra Romana are three leading producers in which country?

A

Romania

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42
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The communes of Gastra, Trilofos, and Yiannakohori are regarded as unofficial sub-regions of which PDO?

A

Naoussa

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43
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What are the PDO of Thessalia?

A

Rapsani, Messenikola, Anchialos

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44
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What are the dry wine PDO of Peloponnese?

A

Nemea, Mantinia, Patras.

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45
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What are the subregions of Primorska?

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Goriska Brda, Kras, Koper, Vipava

46
Q

Where is Saperavi indigenous to?

A

Georgia

47
Q

What is Greece’s only monopole PDO?

A

Slopes of Meliton

48
Q

Which PDO on Crete are red only?

A

Dafnes and Archanes for Kotsifali + Mondilaria blends (syrah too)

49
Q

What is Szamorodni?

A

‘as it comes’ 2 years aged

50
Q

What are the categories of greek wine?

A

PDO, PGI, Varietal, Table

51
Q

Where is the Struma River?

A

Bulgaria in the Thracian Lowlands on the Western side

52
Q

What material are Georgian qvevri lined with to prevent oxidation?

A

Beeswax

53
Q

Amorgiano is a synonym for which grape?

A

Mandilaria

54
Q

Moldova is wedged between which two other countries?

A.

Ukraine

B.

Moldovia

C.

Romania

D.

Bulgaria

E.

Belarus

A

Romania and…

55
Q

Who was Cristal made for?

A

Czar Alexandar II

56
Q

Where an I find Rose from a PDO in Greece?

A

Amynteo

57
Q

What are the PDO of Thrace?

A

None

58
Q

What are the regions of Greece

A

Thrace, macedonia, Epirius, Thessalia, Central Greece, Peloponnese, Crete, Aegean Islands, Ionian Islands

59
Q

What is the soil type for Tokaj?

A

Volcanic and Loess

60
Q

What are the PDO of the Ionian Islands?

A

Cephalonia for Robola

61
Q

What mountains border Tokaj?

A

Carpathians

62
Q

What is the rs of Esszencia?

A

450+g/l

63
Q

Select the pink-skinned grape(s).

A.

Malagouzia

B.

Moschofilero

C.

Roditis

D.

Assyrtiko

E.

Robola

A

B, ?

64
Q

What is a synonym for Agiorgitiko?

A

St. George

65
Q

What are the major mountain ranges of Bulgaria?

A

Zapadni Rodopi Mts - bordering the Struma River. Stara Planina Mts. Bordering Valley of the roses

66
Q

What PDO is around Mt. Olympus?

A

Rapsani

67
Q

What is the grape of Mantinia?

A

Moschofilero - red skinned

68
Q

What are the PDO of Sterea Ellada?

A

none

69
Q

What are the sweet PDO of Peloponnese?

A

Muscat of Patras, Muscat of Rio Patras, Mavrodaphne of Patras, Monemvassia-malvasia

70
Q

What changed for the 2013 harvest for Tokaj?

A

Puttonyos was eliminated as a category

71
Q

What are the Ionian Islands?

A

Cephalonia, Kekyra (Corfu), Lefkada, Zakynthanos

72
Q

WHat are the regions of Slovenia?

A

Primorska, Posavje, Podravje

73
Q

What is the historical grape of Egri Bikaver?

A

Kadarka. Now Kekfrankos and others

74
Q

What is produced in Anchialos?/

A

White only from Roditis and Savvatiano

75
Q

Which of the following Tokaji producers are 100% Hungarian owned?

A.

Oremus

B.

Disznókő

C.

Royal Tokaji Wine Company

D.

Kiralyudvar

E.

Tokaj Kereskedőház

A

?

76
Q

What does edes indicate on a bottle of Hungarian wine?

A

sweet

77
Q

What are the regions of Romania?

A

Banat, Hills of Dobrogea, Crisana and Maramures, Hills of Moldova, Hills of Muntenia and Oltenia, Transylvania Plateau, Danube Terraces

78
Q

What are the PDO of Epirus?

A

Ztisa

79
Q

What is Moscato Aspro?

A

Muscat BaPG on Samos

80
Q

What is produced in Zitsa?

A

Debina in still sweet and sparkling

81
Q

Where would I find Negoska?

A

In Goumenissa blended with Xinomavro

82
Q

What Naoussa winery was founded by a member of the Boutaris family to focus on indigenous varieties?

A

?

83
Q

What are the regions of Czech Republic

A

Morava, Bohemia

84
Q

What is blended with Xinomavro in Rapsani?

A

Krasato, Stavroto

85
Q

Where do Traditional Appellations fall in the greek classification?

A

PGI

86
Q

What are the PDO of Crete?

A

Sitia, Peza, Daphnes, Archanes. And more recently Candia, Malvasia Candia, Malvasia Sitia

87
Q

In what country are you most likely to find Vraneč, Plavač, and Kratošia grapes cultivated?

A

?

88
Q

What is the parentage of Rubin?

A

Syrah and Nebbiolo

89
Q

What are the PDO of Macedonia?

A

Naoussa, Amynteo, Goumenissa, Slopes of meleton

90
Q

What are the coastal regions of Croatia?

A

Istria (near Italy), and Dalmatia

91
Q

What is Magarach?

A

A cross of Cabernet Sauvignon and Saperavi, common in Ukraine

92
Q

What are the most planted white varieties in Bulgaria?

A

Rkatsiteli and Dimiat

93
Q

What are the regions of Bulgaria?

A

Struma River Valley, Valley of the Roses, Thracian Lowlands and the Danubian Plain, Cherno More (Black Sea) Region

94
Q

Name all grapes allowed in the production of Commendaria St. John.

A

Mavro and Xynisteri

95
Q

The current vintage of a Crete PGI wine labeled “Palaiomenos se vareli” is younger than a wine labeled kava reserve from the same region.

A

False

96
Q

how much does a Puttony hold?

A

25kg of aszu grapes

97
Q

Evangelos Gerovassiliou is a famous winemaker most often associated with which winery?

A

?

98
Q

How many PGO and Controliran zones are within Bulgaria?

A

47

99
Q

What is Gamza aka outside of Bulgaria?

A

Kadarka in Hungary. It’s also in Serbia. Cadarca in Romania

100
Q

What regions may used Bikaver on labels?

A

Eger and Szekszard

101
Q

Where would you find Controliran wine laws?

A

Bulgaria, Slovakia…

102
Q

Where are you most likely to encounter the grape Kotsifali?

A

Crete

103
Q

What connects Peloponnese to the mainland?

A

The Isthmus of Corinth

104
Q

What is Maslas?

A

Tokaji made by refermenting with spent lees

105
Q

What is the minimum residual sugar for Tokaji Eszencia?

A

450+

106
Q

What is the capacity of a traditional Hungarian Gönc?

A

136L

107
Q

Tokaj’s rise to international acclaim came during a time when the region was ruled by which empire?

A

Austro-Hungarian

108
Q

In which country has the oldest evidence of winemaking been found?

A

Not Georgia?

109
Q

Zinfandel has been genetically linked with the Crljenak Kaštelanski grape found in which Eastern European country?

A

Croatia

110
Q

What is Retsina traditionally flavored with?

A

Aleppo pine resin

111
Q

What Tokaj company does Hugh Johnson own?

A

Royal Tokaj Company