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1
Q

Vidiano and Kotsifali are grape varieties thought to be indigenous to what island?

A

Crete

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Monemvassia-Malvasia

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PDO for sweet wines, southern Pelopennese

  • Naturally Sweet White (Vin Liastos/Sun Dried)
  • Fortified Sweet White (VDN)
  • min 51% Monemvassia, plus Assyrtiko, Asproudes, Kydonitsa
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4
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Retsina

Most common white grape

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Saavatiano

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T/F: Retsina cannot be labeled with a vintage.

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True

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6
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Greece

Number of indigenous varietals

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over 300

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7
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Two large producers who dominate the Greek wine industry

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Boutari

Tsantali

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8
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Greece wine laws

Year 1st implemented

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1969 and 1970

  • Most of the country’s appellations were established in 1971
  • Laws refined in the 1980s
  • Overseen by the Greek Wine Institute
  • Conform to EU standards and resemble the French model
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9
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Year most of Greece’s appellations were established

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1971

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10
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2 levels of PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) quality wine

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  • Controlled Appellation of Origin
    • status reserved for traditional sweet wine
  • Appellation of Superior Quality

* While these 2 separate categories remain, “PDO Wines of Greece” will appear on current and future bottles of wines featuring a designation of origin, especially those destined for export.

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11
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“Reserve”

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  • White - min. 1 yr, 6 mo barrel, 3 mo bottle
  • Red - min. 2 yrs, 1 yr barrel, 6 mo bottle
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12
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“Grand Reserve”

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  • White - 2 yrs, 1 yr barrel, 6 mo bottle
  • Red - 4 yrs, 18 mo barrel, 18 mo bottle
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13
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Verdea

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Oxidative white wine produced on the island of Zakynthos of the Ionian Sea

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14
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3 other categories of wine quality below PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) level

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  • PGI (Protected Geographical Indication)
  • Varietal - still awaiting its official unveiling in 2011 due to bureaucratic delays, comprises table wines that carry a vintage and variety on the label, whereas ordinary “Table” wines cannot
  • Table
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16
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PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) zones

3 levels

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  • Regional - equivalent to the major regions of Greece, such as Pelopnnese and Crete
  • District
  • Area - so small they may include a single estate
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17
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Regions of the Greek mainland

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  • Thrace
  • Macedonia
  • Epirus
  • Thessalia
  • Peloponnese
  • Cental Greece (Sterea Ellada)
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18
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Region known as Sterea Ellada

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Central Greece (Sterea Ellada)

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19
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Region home to some of Greece’s best red wines

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Macedonia

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20
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Thrace

Number of PDO appellations

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None

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21
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Sole grape for red wines of Naoussa and Amynteo

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Xinomavro (“acid-black”)

  • Firmly tannic
  • vs. Macedonia’s Goumenissa PDO, which produces lighter Xinomavro wines with min. 20% Negoska
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22
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Goumenissa PDO

Style

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  • Xinomavro + min 20% Negoska
  • Lighter profile
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23
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Min. % of Negoska added to Xinomavro in Goumenissa PDO

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20% Negoska

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24
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“Cava”

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  • Aging indication for PGI wines
  • White and rosé - min 1 yr, 6 mo oak
  • Reds - min. 3 yrs, 1 yr oak
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25
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What term may be added to the label of Cava, Reserve, or Grand Reserve wines to indicate oak aging beyond the required minimums?

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“Palaiomenos se vareli”

26
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Greece’s coolest region

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Amynteo PDO

  • Within Macedonia
  • Only PDO to allow the production of rosé wines (?); these may be dry to semisweet, and still or sparkling
27
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What is the only PDO to allow the production of rosé wines?

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Amynteo

  • In Macedonia
  • Rosés may be dry to semisweet, and still or sparkling
28
Q

PDO in Macedonia that is a single appellation for Domaine Carras

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Slopes of Meliton (Plagies Meltiona)

Domaine Carras - a trailblazing, ambitius Greek estate

30
Q

Red PDO wines from Domaine Carras are a blend of what grapes

A
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • and native Liminio
32
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Who nurtured the native white Malagousia grape from the brink of extinction and now produces varietal wines of high aromatic intensity from the grape at his own domaine in the PGI district fo Thassaloniki in northern Macedonia?

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Evangelos Gerovassiliou

  • Winemaker who launched Domaine Carras to international acclaim
33
Q

Southernmost appellation for Xinomavro

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Rapsani PDO

  • Within Thessalia
  • Xinomavro’s tannins and acid structure are softened by the warmer climate and mandatory blending with the lighter Krasato and Stavroto grapes
34
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Rapsani PDO

(w/in Thessalia)

2 grapes required in the blend with Xinomavro

A
  • Krasato, Stavroto
  • Lighter red grapes
35
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PDO in Thessalia for only white wines

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Anchialos PDO

  • Blended from Roditis and Savvatiano grapes from higher-altitude vineyards
37
Q

Zitsa PDO

(wihtin Epirus)

  • Styles
  • Grape
A

Zitsa PDO

  • Dry White
  • Sparkling White Dry / Semi Dry
  • 100% Debina
38
Q

Most prominent region for Retsina

A

Central Greece, or Sterea Ellada

  • Attiki, the region surrounding Athens, is the center of production
43
Q

Year Naoussa was established as an appellation

44
Q

PDO home of Boutari

A

Naoussa PDO

(within Macedonia, est 1971)

  • Boutari - one of Greece’s two largest producers and a major force in the modern rejuvenation of Greek winemaking
48
Q

Winemaker that launched Doamine Carras to international acclaim

A

Evangelos Gerovassiliou

  • Under the guidance of Émile Peynaud
50
Q

Domaine Carras

Slopes of Meliton PDO

Grapes for white blends

A
  • Assyrtiko
  • Athiri
  • Rhoditis
55
Q

Epirus

1 PDO

A

Zitsa PDO

  • Dry still white
  • Sparkling white dry / semi dry
  • 100% Debina
56
Q

Crete

Most planted white grape

A

Vilana

  • Vidiano (higher acidity, more character) grape is challenging Vilana in popularity with high-quality producers
57
Q

Wine-producing islands in the Ionian archipelago

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  • Cephalonia
  • Kerkyra (Corfu)
  • Lefkada
  • Zakynthos
58
Q

Ionian island that contains all the PDOs in the group

A

Cephalonia

59
Q

Robola of Cephalonia

  • Styles
  • Grapes
A

Robola of Cephalonia

  • Dry White
  • 100% Robola
60
Q

Muscat of Cephalonia

  • Styles
  • Grape
A
  • Sweet White (sun dried), White VDN, White VDL, VDN Grand Cru
  • 100% Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains (Moschato Aspro)
61
Q

Muscat PDOs

Grand Cru

A

Muscat PDO’s Grand Cru

  • Wines produced from estate vineyards with “low yields per ha”
62
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Muscat appellations

Must weight levels

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  • Sweet Wine: 300 g/l (after drying)
  • VDN: 238 g/l
  • VDN Grand Cru: 252 g/l
  • VDL: 221 g/l
63
Q

Ionian Islands

PDO zones

A
  • Robola of Cephalonia
  • Mavrodaphne of Cephalonia
  • Muscat of Cephalonia
64
Q

3 PDO zones est in 2012

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  • Candia
  • Malvasia Candia
  • Malvasia Sitia
65
Q

Most widespread red varietal in the Aegean

A

Mandilaria

66
Q

Sitia

  • Styles
  • Grapes
A

Sitia

  • Dry White, Dry Red
  • Red VDL, Red VDN, Vin Liastos
  • White: min 70% Vilana, + Thrapsathiri
  • Red: min 80% Liatiko, + Mandilaria
  • Vin Liastos is 100% Liatiko
67
Q

Peza

  • Styles
  • Grapes
A

Peza

  • Dry Red and White
  • White: 100% Vilana
  • Red: Kotsifali, Mandilaria
68
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Dafnes

  • Styles
  • Grapes
A

Dafnes

  • Red only
  • Dry, VDL, VDN/Grand Cru, Vin Liastos
  • 100% Liatiko
69
Q

Archanes

  • Styles
  • Grapes
A

Dry Red Kotsifali and Mandilaria

70
Q

Candia

  • Styles
  • Grapes
A

Candia

  • Dry red and white
  • White: min 85% Vilana, Vidiano, Assyrtiko, Thrapsathiri, Athiri, Liatiko (vinified white), + Muscat Spinas, Malvasia di Candia
  • Red: Kotsifali, Mandilaria
71
Q

Malvasia Candia PDO

  • Styles
  • Grapes
  • Aging requirements
A

Malvaisa Candia

  • Vin Liastos, VDN
  • Assyrtiko, Athiri, Vidiano, Thrapsani, Liatiko, + max 15% Malvasia di Candia Aromatico and/or Muscat Blanc a Petits Grain
  • 2 yrs oak
72
Q

Malvasia Candia, Malvaisa Sitia, Malvasia Paros

Vin Liastos

  • Min must weight
  • Min RS
A
  • 320 g/l
  • 80 g/l
73
Q

Monemvasia-Malvasia PDO

Grapes

A

min 51% Malvassia, plus Assyrtiko, Asproudes, Kydonitsa

74
Q

Zitsa PDO

Sparkling RS

A

Zitsa PDO

  • Sparkling White Dry: 17 - 32 g/l
  • Sparkling White Semi Dry: 32 - 50 g/l

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