Everywhere Else Flashcards
What are the two IGT regions to know for quality wine in Bulgaria?
Danubian Plain
Thracian Lowlands
How many PDO level regions are there in Bulgaria? Do we care?
52
No, because nobody uses them. Only 1% of production.
What are the 4 regions of Bulgarian production and what are their climates?
Northern Danubian Plain CON
Eastern Black Sea Coast CON
Southern Thracian Plain CON
SW Struma River Valley MEDI
Hungarian Kadarka is native to Bulgaria, but what do they call it?
Gamza
Of Bulgarian production, how much is red?
What 2 grapes account for half of that?
60%
Cab Sauv and Merlot
What is Pamid?
A historically important red grape in Bulgaria. Accounts for 10%
Romania produces more white wine or red?
What 2 grapes lead plantings?
white, about 60%
Feteasca Alba and Feteasca Regala
What 2 geographical features heavily influence Romanian viticulture?
Carpathian Mountains and the Black Sea
Name the important Romanian region for white wine, what grapes are used?
Any specialties?
Jidvei DOC
The Feteasca grapes, Alba and Regala
A rose made from Traminer
Whats made in the Romanian region of Cotnari DOC?
sweet wines like Tokaj
What Slovakian wine region makes sweet botrytized wines?
Tokaj
Whats the Slovakian wine region to know for red and white wine?
What grapes are they working with?
Male Karpaty Hills
Silvaner, Veltliner, Riesling for white
Cab Sauv and Blaufrankisch for red
What are the 2 Czech wine regions to know?
Which is most important?
Moravia and Bohemia
Moravia is most important, 96% of production, near the Austrian border.
What is Russia’s most important wine region and where is it?
Krasnodar, on the Black Sea coast
What grape accounts for half of Russian plantings?
Cabernet Sauvignon
What are Ukraine’s two most important regions?
Odessa and Crimea
Moldova shares a line of latitude with what famous wine region?
What grapes are they working with? (They’re next door to Romania)
Burgundy
Feteasca Alba and Regala
Chard, Pinot, Aligote, Sauv Bl, Cab Sauv
What is the most cultivated grape in Georgia, red and white?
Rkatsiteli (white)
Saperavi (red)
What special pots are used for fermentation in Georgia?
Whats the wine region to know in Georgia? % production?
Qvevri
Kakheti 80%
What is the major region for viticulture in Armenia? Whats the local grape to know?
Ararat Valley
Areni Noir
In terms of grape growing, where does Turkey rank worldwide?
What region accounts for half of production?
5th
Aegean
Native Turkey grapes. Give the name and basic style.
Okuzgozu
Bogazkere
Narince
Emir
Okuzgozu, bull’s eye, fruity reds
Bogazkere, throat puckerer, stuctured reds
Narince, mid weight white
Emir, crisp white
Cyprus is famous for what ancient wine?
How long has it been made?
Commandaria
at least 800bc, prolly longer
Whats the dominant soil type of Cyprus?
Volcanic
How did the name of Cyprus’s famous wine come about? What are the 2 styles?
The knights templar established districts on the island called commanderies.
dried grapes, the red Mavro and the white Xynisteri. Blended. When Mavro leads its fortified, when Xynisteri leads it is not fortified
What is arak?
grape spirit distilled with anise
What ancient civilization was located in present day Lebanon?
The Phoenicians
What is Lebanon’s largest producer, dating back to 1857?
Which producer today is its marquee producer?
Chateau Ksara
Chateau Musar (Hochart family)
What is Lebanon’s most important region? What two mountain ranges form it, and what river runs through it?
Bekaa Valley
Mt Lebanon range near the coast
Anti Lebanon Mountains along Syrian border
Litani river
Who invested in Israel in the 1880’s, bringing French know how to its wine industry? What is the winery?
Baron Edmond de Rothschild
Carmel Winery
What are the 5 wine production areas of Israel?
Judean Hills
Golan Heights
Galilee
Coastal Plain
Mount Carmel
What grapes are commonly seen in Israel? 3 white 3 red.
Local specialties?
Chard, Sauv Bl, Viogner
Cab Sauv, Merlot, Shiraz
Emerald Riesling and Argaman Marawi
Whats the most important wine growing area in Israel? % of production and soils?
Judean Hills, 33%
terra rosa over limestone
What Chinese wine region is the modern face of its growing accumen for viticulture?
What winery put the region on the map with a win in competition in 2011?
Ningxia
Helan Qingxue Winery
