Greece Flashcards
What are the PDO regions of Macedonia?
- •Amynteo PDO
- •Goumenissa PDO
- •Naoussa PDO
- •Slopes of Meliton PDO
What are the PDO regions of Peloponnese?
- •Nemea PDO
- •Mantinia PDO
- •Patras PDO
- •Monemvassia-Malvasia PDO
- •Mavrodaphne of Patras PDO
- •Muscat of Patras PDO
- •Muscat of Rio Patras PDO
What are the PDO regions of the Aegean Islands?
- •Santorini PDO
- •Paros PDO
- •LimnosPDO
- •Samos PDO
- •Rhodes PDO
- •Muscat of Rhodes PDO
- •Muscat of Lemnos PDO
- •Malvasia Paros PDO
Crete?
What are the PDO regions of Crete?
- •Sitia PDO
- •Peza PDO
- •Dafnes PDO
- •Archanes PDO
- •Candia PDO
- •Malvasia Candia PDO
- •Malvasia Sitia PDO
What are the PDO regions of the Ionian Islands?
- •Robola of Cephalonia PDO
- •Mavrodaphne of Cephalonia PDO
- •Muscat of Cephalonia PDO
What are the PDO regions of Thessalia?
- •Anchialos PDO - white wines only
- •Messenikola PDO - reds
- •Rapsani PDO - reds
What is the lone PDO region of Epirus?
- Zitsa
Dry, semi sweet and sparkling wines produced from the Debina grape.
What are the traditional appellations of Greece?
- Retsina - an aromatized wine - allepo pine
2. Verdea - oxidzed wine
Where is Retsina from?
Greece
Central Greece, Sterea Ellada, Attica or Attiki
Made from Savatiano
Where is Verdea from?
Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea
What is the grape of Nemea?
Agiorgitiko (St. George)
comes in dry and sweet versions
What is Koutsi?
a subzone of Nemea
What is “Blood of Hercules”
A reference to wines of Nemea
What style of wines are made in Patras, and Mantinia?
White wines
Mantinia = Moschofilero
Patras = Roditis
What are the 3 dessert wines connected to Patras?
- Muscat of Patras - vdn, or naturally sweet (Muscat pg)
- Muscat of Rio of Patras - vdn, or naturally sweet (Muscat pg)
- Mavrodaphne of Patras - sweet & fortified
