General Greece Information Flashcards
What are the 9 regions of Greece?
Aegean Islands Central Greece Epirus Thrace Macedonia Thessalia Peloponnese Ionian Islands Crete
Appx when were vines brought to Crete?
2500 BCE - Minoan Bronze Age
When were wine laws first implemented in Greece?
1969-1970
Who oversees the Greek wine appellations?
The Greek Wine Institute
What are Greece’s “AVA” equivalent?
PDO - Protected Designation of Origin
What is the Greek AOC/OPE status reserved for?
traditional sweet wines
What is the main Greek classification system?
AOSQ/OPAP - Appellation of Superior Quality
What phrase will appear on all Greek bottles featuring origin?
“PDO Wines of Greece”
How much aging does “reserve” require?
Whites - 1 year
- 6 months in barrel
- 3 months in bottle
Reds - 2 years
- 1 year in barrel
- 6 months in bottle
What does “Grand Reserve” require?
Whites - 2 years
- 1 year in barrel
- 6 months in bottle
Reds - 4 years
- 18 months in barrel
- 18 months in bottle
What category is below PDO?
PGI - Protected Geographical Indication
What does “cava” indicate?
1 year of aging for white/rosé PGI
-6 months in oak
3 years for reds
- 1 year oak
What is Greece’s coolest region?
Amynteo
What does “Xinomavro” translate to?
“acid black”
What dominates Rapsani PDO?
Mt. Olympus
What is the only Ionian Island with a PDO?
Cephalonia
What is Liatiko known for?
Orange color and ripening in July
Why are Assyrtiko vines trained close to the ground?
To protect them from Aegean winds
What united Samos winegrowers? When?
Union of Viticultural Cooperatives of Samos (EOSS), in 1934
Where is Thrace?
In Macedonia in NE Greece
How many PDOs does Thrace have? What are they?
0
Where is Thessalia?
In Northern Greece, just south of Macedonia
How many PDOs are in Thessalia? What are they?
3
Rapsani
Messenikola
Anchialos
What are main grapes of Rapsani PDO?
Xinomavro, Stavroto, Krasato
What are main grapes of Messenikola PDO?
Mavro (70%)
Carignan, Syrah
What are main grapes of Anchialos PDO?
Rhoditis (min 80%)
Savvatiano
How many PDOs are in Peloponnese?
What are they?
7
Nemea Mantinia Patras Monemvassia-Malvasia Mavrodaphne of Patras (OPE) Muscat of Patras (OPE) Muscat of Rio Patras (OPE)
What is the grape of Nemea?
Agiorgitiko
What are the grapes of Mantinia?
Moschofilero (min 85%)
Asproudes
How many PDOs are in Macedonia?
What are they?
4
Amynteo
Goumenissa
Naoussa
Slopes of Meliton
What is the grape of Amynteo?
Xinomavro
What are the grapes of Goumenissa?
Xinomavro
Negoska (min 20%)
What is the grape of Naoussa?
Xinomavro
How many PDO are in Crete?
What are they?
7
Sitia Peza Dafnes Archanes Candia Malvasia Candia Malvasia Sitia
What is minimum must weight of Santorini Vinsanto?
370 g/l after raisination
What is the aging of Santorini Vinsanto?
Minimum 2 years in oak
What are grapes of Paros?
White - Monemvassia
Red - Mandilaria, Monemvassia
What are grapes of Rhodes?
White - Athiri
Red - Mandilaria
What is over the cork of a OPE bottle?
An OPAP bottle?
A blue seal
A pink seal
What is Greece’s most widely planted variety?
Savatiano
What does “Agiorgitiko” mean?
“St. George’s grape”
It’s named after the chapel of St George in Nemea.
