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What is the traditional grape of Retsina

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Savvatiano

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What is Verdea

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Oxidative white wine produced on the Ionian island of Zakynthos

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What does the term “Cava” indicate on a bottle of Greek wine

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For white and rosé: one year of aging including 6 months in oak

Reds: Three years total including one year in oak

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Name the Regions of Greece

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  • Thrace
  • Macedonia
  • Epirus
  • Thessalia
  • Central Greece
  • Peoponnese
  • Ionian Islands
  • Aegean Islands
  • Crete
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What is the greek name for Central Greece

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Sterea Ellada

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PDO regions of Macedonia

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  • Amynteo
  • Goumenissa
  • Naoussa
  • Slopes of Meliton (Domaine Carras monopole)
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What is the coolest region in greece and the only PDO to allow rosé wine production

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Amynteo in Macedonia

Styles range from dry to medium sweet

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What is the grape of Naoussa and Amynteo PDO

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Xinomavro

Amynteo allows for Red, Rosé and Sparkling Rosé styles but Naoussa is only red.

Both allow for dry to medium sweet styles

(Macedonia)

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What grape does Goumenissa PDO allow blended with Xinomavro to produce lighter reds

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Negoska, allowed up to 20%

Macedonia

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What style of wine is designated to Domaine Carras’s Slopes of Meliton PDO

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Whites: Assyrtiko, Athiti and Rhoditis

Reds: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Limnio

(Macedonia)

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PDO regions of Thessalia

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  • Rapsani
  • Messenikola
  • Anchialos
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What style of wine is designated to Rapsani PDO

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Dry red based on Xinomavro, Stavroto and Krasato

Thessalia

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What style of wine is designated to Messenikola PDO

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Dry red based on 70% Mavro Messenikola plus Carignan and Syrah

(Thessalia)

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What style of wine is designated to Anchialos PDO

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Dry white based on Rhoditis plus Savvatiano

Thessalia

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PDO region of Epirus

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Zitsa

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What style of wine is designated to Zitsa PDO

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Dry to medium sweet still and sparking white based on 100% Debina

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Name the region of Greece that is the center of Retsina production

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Attiki, located in Central Greece and surrounding Athens

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PDO Regions of Peolponnese

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  • Nemea
  • Mantinia
  • Patras

*Sweet wine only PDO’s**

  • Monemvassia-Malvasia
  • Mavrodaphne of Patras
  • Muscat of Petras
  • Muscat of Rio Patras
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For what grape is St. George a synonym

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Agiorgitiko

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What style of wine is designated to Nemea PDO

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Dry to sweet red based on 100% Agiorgitiko

Peloponnese

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What style of wine is designated to Mantinia PDO

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Dry still and sparkling white based on 85% moschofilero plus Asproudes

(Peloponnese)

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What style of wine is designated to Patras PDO

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Dry to medium sweet white based on 100% Roditis

Peloponnese

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For what grape is Moschoudi a synonym

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Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains

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What style of wine is designated to Muscat of Patras and Muscat of Rio Patras

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White naturally sweet or VDN style wine based on Muscat blanc a petit grains, known locally as Moschoudi

(Peloponnese)

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What style of wine is designated to Mavrodaphne of Patras PDO
Red VDN style wine based on Mavrodaphne with a max 49% Mavri Korinthiaki (Peloponnese)
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What style of wine is designated to Monemvassia-Malvasia PDO
Sweet white produced from sun-dried grapes in VDN or Vin Liastos style. The wines are based on 51% Monemvassia plus Assyrtiko, Asproudes and Kydonitsa (Peloponnese)
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Name the 4 wine-producing Ionian Islands
- Cephalonia - Kerkyra - Lefkada - Zakynthos
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PDO Regions of the Ionian Island Cephalonia
- Robola of Cephalonia - Mavrodaphne of Cephalonia - Muscat of Cephalonia These are all 100% Varietal bottlings of the grape that's in the respective names of the PDO. Robola is dry and the other two are sweet. Muscat can be VDN
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PDO Regions of the Aegean Islands
- Santorini - Paros - Rhodes - Lemnos - Muscat of Samos *Rhodes and Lemnos also have PDO sweet wine appellations based on Muscat, Paros has one based on Monemvassia with Assyrtiko*
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What is Nychteri
Dry white wine from Santorini seeing Min. 13.5% abv and min. 3 months in oak
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What is Greek Vinsanto
Sweet white wine from Santorini with a min. must weight of 370 g/l after raisination and min 2 years in oak prior to release
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What is the grape of Santorini
Assyrtiko at 75% min with Aidani and Athiri | Aegean Island
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What style of wine is designated to Paros PDO
Dry White: 100% Monemvassia Dry Red: 2/3 Mandilaria, 1/3 Monemvassia (Aegean Island)
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What style of wine is designated to Rhodes PDO
Dry to medium sweet white and red White: 100% Athiri Red: 100% Mandilaria (Aegean Island)
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What style of wine is designated to Lemnos PDO
Dry to medium sweet white based on Muscat of Alexandria | Aegean Island
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What is Crete's most cultivated white grape
Vilana
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What is Stefani
Vine training system seen in Santorini done in the shape of baskets or wreaths to keep the vines low to the ground to protect from winds and help collect minute moisture as morning due
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PDO Regions of Crete
- Sitia/ Malvasia Sitia - Candia/ Malvasia Candia - Peza - Dafnes - Archanes
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What style of wine is designated to Sitia PDO
Dry white and dry to sweet red White: 70% Vilana plus Thrapsathiri Red: 80% Liatiko plus Madilaria -Malvasia Sitia is sweet white or VDN style (Crete)
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What style of wine is designated to Peza PDO
Dry white and red based on White: 100% Vilana Red: Kotsifali and Madilaria (Crete)
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What style of wine is designated to Dafnes PDO
Dry and sweet red based on 100% Liatiko | Crete
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What style of wine is designated to Archanes PDO
Dry red based on Kotsifali and Mandilaria | Crete
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What style of wine is designated to Candia PDO
Dry white and red based on White: 85% Vilana plus Vidiano, Assyrtiko, Thrapsathiri and Aithiri Red: 70% Kotsifali, 30% Madilaria co-vinified -Malvasia Candia is sweet white or VDN (Crete)
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What is Samos Nectar
Naturally sweet wine coming from the island of Samos in Greece. The wines are based on Moschato Aspro (Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains) and is similar to vin de paille. The wine is made from dried grapes and aged 3 years before release
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What is Tsipouro
Greek pommace spirit also known as Raki

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