Eastern Mediterranean Flashcards
retsina
Greek wine flavored with pine resin
Greek wine flavored with pine resin
retsina
Greece is surrounded on _ sides by the Mediterranean Sea
3
The ________ Peninsula has the highest concentration of vineyards in Greece
Peloponnese
Greece environment
Mediterranean
Greece has ___+ indigenous varieties
300
3 most important Greece red grapes
Agiorgitiko “Saint George’s Grape”
Xinomavro “Acid Black”
Mavrodaphne “Black Laurel”
this red grape is often used in the production of sweet, fortified Greek wine
Mavrodaphne
What is Verdea?
oxidative white wine - speciality of Greece
Where is Commandaria made?
Cyprus
What is Cyprus known for?
Commandaria
What is Commandaria?
ancient dessert wine - has been made for 4000 yrs. made with sun-dried grapes - aged in cask using the mana system (similar to the Solera system)
Where is Chateau Musar found?
Lebanon
most of the vineayards of Lebanon are planted in the _____ Valley
Bekaa
Where is Mount Carmel?
Israel
the largest producing winery of Israel
Carmel Winery
Where is the wine region Galilee located?
Israel
What kind of grapes do you find in Israel?
Large proportion of classic International varieties + a fair share of indigenous varieties
How did retsina come to be?
Wine used to be transported in amphorae, sealed with pine reisn to prevent spoilage. over time, the resulting flavor became desired
Well known PDO for agiorgitiko
Nemea PDO (peloponnese)
Where is Nemea PDO and name the grape
Peloponnese - agiorgitiko
pink skinned variety (vinified white) - most well known in Mantinia PDO
moschofilero
moschofilero is produced in this PDO
Mantinia PDO (peloponnese)
Where is Roditis planted?
all over Greece
where is Athiri found?
Rhodes and Santinori
top 5 white grapes of Greece
moschofilero “mohs-koh-FEE-leh-roh”
assyrtiko “a-seer-tee-koe”
moschato
athiri “a-theory”
roditis “roe-deet-is”
top 3 red grapes of Greece
agiorgitiko “ah-yorh-tee-kee-koe”
xinomavro
mavrodaphne
xinomavro means…
acid black
mavrodaphne means…
black laurel
agiorgitiko means…
Saint George’s Grape
this grape is considered the nebbiolo of Greece
xinomavro - high acids and tannins
this red grape is used to make fortified dessert wine
mavrodaphne
Greece wine quality system
EO - table wine
TO - PGI level
OPE (sweet) OPAP (dry) - PDO
OKP / appellation by tradition - fort Retsina and Verdea
Verdea
traditional Greek oxidative white wine
