Greece

Question 1

What is the only Greek appellation to mandate the use of white grapes in the production of red wine?

Answer 1

Paros

Question 2

Order the following wine regions by total average rainfall from driest to wettest.
A. Thessalia
B. Cyclades
C. Epirus
D. Peloponnese

Answer 2

1.
2.
3.
4. Epirus

Question 3

The communes of Gastra, Trilofos, and Yiannakohori are regarded as unofficial subregions of which PDO?
A. Nemea
B. Naoussa
C. Amynteo
D. Santorini

Answer 3

Santorini?

Question 4

Select the appellations producing exclusively sweet wine.
A. Mavrodaphne of Patras
B. Monemvassia-Malvasia
C. Patras
D. Muscat of Patras
E. Muscat of Rio Patras

Answer 4

Mavrodaphne of Patras
Monemvassia-Malvasia
Patras
Muscat of Patras
Muscat of Rio Patras

Question 5

Where would you be most likely to encounter Mavrotragano?

Question 6

Where would you be most likely to encounter Mavrotragano?
A. Paros
B. Santorini
C. Lemnos
D. Crete

Answer 6

Santorini?

Question 7

Lagorthi is a semi-aromatic white grape mainly produced in which region?
A. Pelopponnese
B. Thessalia
C. Crete
D. Macedonia

Answer 7

Peloponnese

Question 8

What white grape is traditionally used for Retsina production?
A. Savvatiano
B. Verdeca
C. Liatiko
D. Malagouzia

Answer 8

Savvatiano

Question 9

Select the appellations permitting production of traditional method sparkling wine.
A. Mantinia
B. Zitsa
C. Amynteo
D. Santorini
E. Robola of Cephalonia

Answer 9

Mantinia
Zitsa
Amynteo

Question 10

What is the minimum amount of time Vinsanto must be aged in barrel before release?
A. One year
B. Two years
C. Four years
D. Six years

Question 11

How many PDO appellations exist for Muscat VDN wines?
A. Three
B. Four
C. Five
D. Six
E. Seven

Answer 11

Six

Question 12

Where is the Omala Valley?
A. Crete
B. Cephalonia
C. Zakynthos
D. Rapsani
E. Naoussa

Answer 12

Cephalonia

Question 13

What two Greek PDOs utilize the Liatiko grape for red wines?
A. Candia
B. Sitia
C. Peza
D. Dafnes
E. Archanes

Answer 13

Sitia
Dafnes

Question 14

What are the aging requirements for Greek Grand Reserve red wines?
A. 1 year total, 6 mth barrel, 3 mth bottle
B. 2 years total, 1 yr barrel, 18 mth bottle
C. 4 years total, 18 mth barrel, 18 mth bottle
D. 4 years total, 2 yrs barrel, 1 yr bottle

Answer 14

4 years total, 18 mth barrel, 18 mth bottle

Question 15

Vidiano, Kotsifali, and Vilana are grape varieties indigenous to what island?
A. Santorini
B. Cephalonia
C. Crete
D. Rhodes
E. Paros

Answer 15

Crete

Question 16

Amorgiano is a synonym for which grape?
A. Mandilaria
B. Xinomavro
C. Roditis
D. Assyrtiko
E. Moschofilero

Answer 16

Mandilaria

Question 17

What is the principal variety of Verdea?
A. Vlahiko
B. Debina
C. Skiadopoulo
D. Korinthiaki
E. Savvatiano

Answer 17

Skiadopoulo

Question 18

Match the grape to the region it is most often associated with.
A. Tsaoussi
B. Debina
C. Athiri
D. Vidiano

Answer 18

A. Cephalonia
B. Zitsa
C. Santorini
D. Crete