Greece Flashcards
What is the Kouloura method?
Vine training technique where vines are formed in shallow baskets to protect from wind
True or false: Retsina cannot be labeled with a vintage by law?
True
What are the four tiers of appellation classification in Greece?
POP (or OPAP or OPE) equivalent to PDO
PGE - country wine equivalent to IGP
Oinos
Wine of Traditional Designation (OPK)
What does Cava indicate for PGI wines?
Minimum oak aging:
White/Rosé: 1 year, 6 months in barrel
Red: 3 years, 12 months in barrel
What does Reserve indicate for PDO wines?
Minimum oak aging:
White: 1 year, 6 months in barrel, 3 months in bottle
Red: 2 years, 12 months in bottle, 6 months in barrel
What does Grand/Grande Reserve indicate for PDO wines?
Minimum oak aging:
White: 2 years, 12 months in barrel (max barrel size 600L)
Red: 4 years, 18 months in barrel, 18 months in bottle
What are the major regions of Greece?
Northern Greece
Mainland Greece
Peloponnese and Ionian Islands
Aegean Islands
Crete
What is the name of traditional Greek wine flavored with pine resin?
Retsina
What are the 9 mainland regions of Greece?
Thrace
Macedonia (North Mainland)
Epirus
Thessalia
Central Greece (Sterea Ellada)
Peloponnese
Ionian Islands
Aegean Islands
Crete
What is Mavrodaphne?
“Black Laurel”
Dark, sweet, oxidative, fortified wine used in Greek Orthodox Communion
What is Meltemi
Wind on the Aegean from the north
What does Ktima mean?
Estate
What does Palemoenos se vareli indicate
Oak aging beyond the minimum on Cava, Reserve, and Grand Reserve wines
What are the PDO regions of Thessalia?
Anchialos PDO
Messenikolsa PDO
Rapsani PDO
What is the sole PDO region of Epirus?
Zitsa PDO
Who is the largest producer in Greece?
Boutari
Where is Naossa PDO located in Greece approximately?
North Central Greece
Where is Nemea PDO located in Greece approximately?
Southern Greece
In which sea is Santorini found?
Aegean
Evangelos Gerovassiliou is a famous winemaker associated with which winery?
Domaine Porto Carras
Name the seas surrounding Greece
Aegean (east)
Ionian (west)
Mediterranean (south)
True or false: Most of Greece’s vineyards sit on flat, fertile lands and are easily mechanically harvested.
False
True or false: the climate of Santorini is best described as arid and hot
True
Moschofilero is a white grape most associated with which PDO?
Mantinia
Agiorgitiko is a red grape most associated with which PDO?
Nemea
What does Xinomavro translate to?
“Acid-black”
Who produces the wine “Megan Oenos”
Domaine Skouros
True or false: Santorini is phylloxera free
True
Where are you most likely to encounter the grape Kotsifali?
Crete
What is the only PDO that allows rosé
Amynteo
What is the PDO whose producers all belong to a cooperative
Samos
What appellation sits at the base of Mount Olympus and is the southernmost appellation for Xinomavro?
Rapsani
What is Greece’s only monopole PDO?
Slopes of Meliton
The Ismuths of Corinth separates mainland Greece from what wine growing region?
Peloponnese
What types of wines are produced on Monemvassia-Malvasia PDO
Sweet white
Moscato Aspro is a synonym used in Samos for which grape?
Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains
