Eastern Europe Flashcards
1
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Where is Boutari based?
A
Naoussa
2
Q
What are the Traditional Appellations of Greece?
A
Retsina and Verdea
3
Q
Where are the Thracian low lands
A
Bulgaria
4
Q
Tokaj is located at the confluence of which two rivers?
A
Bodrog and Tisza
5
Q
What is the Southernmost appellation for Xinomavro?
A
Rapsani in Thessalia
6
Q
What are the grapes of Santorini?
A
Assyrtiko, Aidani, Athiri
7
Q
What is the dry red PDO of Peloponnese?
A
Nemea - Agioritiko
8
Q
What is Forditas?
A
Tokaji made by refermenting with pressed paste
9
Q
What type of wines are produced in Monemvassia-Malvasia PDO?
A
Sweet White
10
Q
Greece’s wine production is centered on international, not indigenous, varieties.
A
False
11
Q
Where is Verdea?
A
Zakynthos Traditional Wine Appellation for sherry-like wine from native grapes that no one knows about
12
Q
Where are Mavrud, Melnik, Pamid and Rubin found?
A
Bulgaria.
13
Q
Who are the Great First Growths of Tokaj?
A
Szarvas and Mézes Mály
14
Q
What is the principal grape variety of Verdea?
A
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15
Q
Where would I find Limnio?
A
Slopes of Meleton
16
Q
What is the minimum aging regiment for Tokaji Aszú and Aszúeszencia wines?
A
Minimum three years, with two years in barrel
17
Q
What is the grape of Nemea?
A
Agiorgitiko
18
Q
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
19
Q
Massandra is a historic producer located in which wine producing region?
A
?
20
Q
What is the major lake of Hungary?
A
Balaton
21
Q
Where is the Omala Valley?
A
Kephalonia, Greece
22
Q
What are the primary grapes of Tokaj?
A
Furmint, Harslevelu, Sargamuskatoly, Zeta, Kabar, Koverszolo
23
Q
Where is the center of Retsina production?
A
Attiki around Athens
24
Q
What are the DOC subcategories of Romania?
A
DOC-CMD: harvested at full maturity; DOC-CT: Late Harvest; DOC-CIB: Botrytis affected
25
Tarnave DOC
Romania's coolest region
26
Greece's traditional designations OPAP and OPE now fall under which EU wine category?
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27
Moschato Aspro is a synonym used in Samos for which grape of the Muscat family?
Muscat Blanc á Petits Grains
28
Where is Domaine Carras?
In slopes of meleton PDO in Macedonia
29
Cotnari DOC?
Moldavia, Romania -Tokaji-like
30
What is Greece's coolest PDO? What's made there?
Amynteo PDO. Rose, Sparkling rose and dry red from Xinomavro
31
Tokaji's Cladosporium cellare is what type of organism?
Mold
32
What is the grape of Epirius?
In Zitsa PDO it's Debina made in dry, sweet and sparkling styles
33
A Karas is a clay amphora used for traditional wine aging in which country?
?
34
What is now required for Tokaj labeled Aszu?
3 years of age, 18 m bbl, 120 g/l 9%
35
What is a stefani?
Basket or wreath trained vines on Santorini
36
37
What does Szaras indicate?
dry
38
Where is Koutsi? What grape is permitted?
Nemea, Peloponnese, Agiorigitiko
39
In which Bulgarian region would you find the Suhindol Valley?
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40
What is the grape of Patras?
Roditis
41
Aurelia Vişinescu, Recaş, and Terra Romana are three leading producers in which country?
Romania
42
The communes of Gastra, Trilofos, and Yiannakohori are regarded as unofficial sub-regions of which PDO?
Naoussa
43
What are the PDO of Thessalia?
Rapsani, Messenikola, Anchialos
44
What are the dry wine PDO of Peloponnese?
Nemea, Mantinia, Patras.
45
What are the subregions of Primorska?
Goriska Brda, Kras, Koper, Vipava
46
Where is Saperavi indigenous to?
Georgia
47
What is Greece's only monopole PDO?
Slopes of Meliton
48
Which PDO on Crete are red only?
Dafnes and Archanes for Kotsifali + Mondilaria blends (syrah too)
49
What is Szamorodni?
'as it comes' 2 years aged
50
What are the categories of greek wine?
PDO, PGI, Varietal, Table
51
Where is the Struma River?
Bulgaria in the Thracian Lowlands on the Western side
52
What material are Georgian qvevri lined with to prevent oxidation?
Beeswax
53
Amorgiano is a synonym for which grape?
Mandilaria
54
Moldova is wedged between which two other countries?
A.
Ukraine
B.
Moldovia
C.
Romania
D.
Bulgaria
E.
Belarus
Romania and...
55
Who was Cristal made for?
Czar Alexandar II
56
Where an I find Rose from a PDO in Greece?
Amynteo
57
What are the PDO of Thrace?
None
58
What are the regions of Greece
Thrace, macedonia, Epirius, Thessalia, Central Greece, Peloponnese, Crete, Aegean Islands, Ionian Islands
59
What is the soil type for Tokaj?
Volcanic and Loess
60
What are the PDO of the Ionian Islands?
Cephalonia for Robola
61
What mountains border Tokaj?
Carpathians
62
What is the rs of Esszencia?
450+g/l
63
Select the pink-skinned grape(s).
A.
Malagouzia
B.
Moschofilero
C.
Roditis
D.
Assyrtiko
E.
Robola
B, ?
64
What is a synonym for Agiorgitiko?
St. George
65
What are the major mountain ranges of Bulgaria?
Zapadni Rodopi Mts - bordering the Struma River. Stara Planina Mts. Bordering Valley of the roses
66
What PDO is around Mt. Olympus?
Rapsani
67
What is the grape of Mantinia?
Moschofilero - red skinned
68
What are the PDO of Sterea Ellada?
none
69
What are the sweet PDO of Peloponnese?
Muscat of Patras, Muscat of Rio Patras, Mavrodaphne of Patras, Monemvassia-malvasia
70
What changed for the 2013 harvest for Tokaj?
Puttonyos was eliminated as a category
71
What are the Ionian Islands?
Cephalonia, Kekyra (Corfu), Lefkada, Zakynthanos
72
WHat are the regions of Slovenia?
Primorska, Posavje, Podravje
73
What is the historical grape of Egri Bikaver?
Kadarka. Now Kekfrankos and others
74
What is produced in Anchialos?/
White only from Roditis and Savvatiano
75
Which of the following Tokaji producers are 100% Hungarian owned?
A.
Oremus
B.
Disznókő
C.
Royal Tokaji Wine Company
D.
Kiralyudvar
E.
Tokaj Kereskedőház
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76
What does edes indicate on a bottle of Hungarian wine?
sweet
77
What are the regions of Romania?
Banat, Hills of Dobrogea, Crisana and Maramures, Hills of Moldova, Hills of Muntenia and Oltenia, Transylvania Plateau, Danube Terraces
78
What are the PDO of Epirus?
Ztisa
79
What is Moscato Aspro?
Muscat BaPG on Samos
80
What is produced in Zitsa?
Debina in still sweet and sparkling
81
Where would I find Negoska?
In Goumenissa blended with Xinomavro
82
What Naoussa winery was founded by a member of the Boutaris family to focus on indigenous varieties?
?
83
What are the regions of Czech Republic
Morava, Bohemia
84
What is blended with Xinomavro in Rapsani?
Krasato, Stavroto
85
Where do Traditional Appellations fall in the greek classification?
PGI
86
What are the PDO of Crete?
Sitia, Peza, Daphnes, Archanes. And more recently Candia, Malvasia Candia, Malvasia Sitia
87
In what country are you most likely to find Vraneč, Plavač, and Kratošia grapes cultivated?
?
88
What is the parentage of Rubin?
Syrah and Nebbiolo
89
What are the PDO of Macedonia?
Naoussa, Amynteo, Goumenissa, Slopes of meleton
90
What are the coastal regions of Croatia?
Istria (near Italy), and Dalmatia
91
What is Magarach?
A cross of Cabernet Sauvignon and Saperavi, common in Ukraine
92
What are the most planted white varieties in Bulgaria?
Rkatsiteli and Dimiat
93
What are the regions of Bulgaria?
Struma River Valley, Valley of the Roses, Thracian Lowlands and the Danubian Plain, Cherno More (Black Sea) Region
94
Name all grapes allowed in the production of Commendaria St. John.
Mavro and Xynisteri
95
The current vintage of a Crete PGI wine labeled "Palaiomenos se vareli" is younger than a wine labeled kava reserve from the same region.
False
96
how much does a Puttony hold?
25kg of aszu grapes
97
Evangelos Gerovassiliou is a famous winemaker most often associated with which winery?
?
98
How many PGO and Controliran zones are within Bulgaria?
47
99
What is Gamza aka outside of Bulgaria?
Kadarka in Hungary. It's also in Serbia. Cadarca in Romania
100
What regions may used Bikaver on labels?
Eger and Szekszard
101
Where would you find Controliran wine laws?
Bulgaria, Slovakia...
102
Where are you most likely to encounter the grape Kotsifali?
Crete
103
What connects Peloponnese to the mainland?
The Isthmus of Corinth
104
What is Maslas?
Tokaji made by refermenting with spent lees
105
What is the minimum residual sugar for Tokaji Eszencia?
450+
106
What is the capacity of a traditional Hungarian Gönc?
136L
107
Tokaj's rise to international acclaim came during a time when the region was ruled by which empire?
Austro-Hungarian
108
In which country has the oldest evidence of winemaking been found?
Not Georgia?
109
Zinfandel has been genetically linked with the Crljenak Kaštelanski grape found in which Eastern European country?
Croatia
110
What is Retsina traditionally flavored with?
Aleppo pine resin
111
What Tokaj company does Hugh Johnson own?
Royal Tokaj Company
