Greece

Question 1

What style of wine is Greece traditionally know to produce?

Answer 1

Retsina

Question 2

What is Retsina?

Answer 2

A greek wine produced in amphorae. The amphorea was sealed with Aleppo Pine resin, providing the pine aroma and flavour in the wine. Still found in modern day wine of Savatiano (Assyrtiko and Rhoditis)

Question 3

Greek wines are labeled based on what?

Answer 3

Region

Question 4

What are the 3 levels of Quality in Greek Wine?

Answer 4

Table Wine / Varietal Wines
PGI (Protected Geographical Indication)
PDO (Protected Designation of Origin)

Question 5

Describe PDO in Greece

Answer 5

Greek Grapes only
Quality Control
Growing Region Boundaries, and produced in this region (terroir)
Yields
Minimum alcohol
Wine making technique
28 PDO's - 20 are dry and 8 are sweek
Previous term OPAP

Question 6

Describe PDI in Greece

Answer 6

This quality designation can be used for French Grapes or blends made with Greek and French, or French blends only.

Question 7

Wine makers in Greece - learn their techniques historically from where?

Answer 7

Bordeaux and Burgundy

Question 8

The red and blue band on a bottle of Greek wine indicates what?

Answer 8

Blue Band - Sweet wine

Red Band - Dry wine

Question 9

Name the Greek White Grapes?

Answer 9

Assyrtiko (Ass-ear-tea-co)
Athiri (A-theory)
Adani (A-than-e)
Moschofilero (Moscow-fee-le-row)
Malgous(z)ia (Mal-a-goo-z-ya)
Savantiano
Roditis
Kidonitsa (Key-dough-knee-tsa)
Vilana (V-lan-a)

Question 10

What white french grapes used in Greece?

Answer 10

White Muscat
Chardonnay
Sauvignon Blanc
Semillion
Viognier

Question 11

Name the Greek Red Grapes?

Answer 11

Agioghitiko (I-your-yee-T-co)
Xinomavro (k-See-no-ma-vro)
Mavrodaphne (Ma-vro-daf-knee)
Mavrotragano (Ma-vro-tra-gra-know)
Kotsifali (Kot-see-fal-E)
Mandilara (Man-dill-lar-ya)

Question 12

Name the red french grapes used in Greece?

Answer 12

Cabernet Sauvignon
Syrah
Merlot
Grenache

Question 13

What grapes is grown in the Naoussa (Na-ouh-sa) PDO

Answer 13

Macedonia
Xinomavro
Red Wine

Question 14

What PGI is in Naoussa and its grapes?

Answer 14

Imanthia PGI

Xinomavro blended with French

Question 15

Describe the region of Naoussa PDO? (Geography and Soil)

Answer 15

Mountainous region
Clay Soil
Leads to late ripening

Question 16

Describe the Xinomavro Grape?

Answer 16

Requires lots of heat
hard to extract colour
astrigenent
acidic
responds well to French Oak

Question 17

What condition allows the Xinomavro grape to ripen faster in Amyndeon PDO vs Naoussa PDO?

Answer 17

Sandy soil, creating riper wines

Question 18

Sparkling wines are made in what region?

Answer 18

Amyndeon (a-min-Dee-on) PDO

Question 19

What is the primary grapes of Amyndeon (a-min-Dee-on)?

Answer 19

Xinomavro

Question 20

What PGI is in Amyndeon and it’s grapes?

Answer 20

Florina PGI

Xinomavro blended with French Grapes

Question 21

What producers is located in Rapsani (Wrap-san-E) PDO

Answer 21

Tsantali (only one producer)

Question 22

What grape blend is used in Rapsani?

Answer 22

Xinomavro
Krassato
Stavroto
1/3 blend of each

Question 23

Describe Rapsani?

Answer 23

Dry red, mid weight wines with mid term aging

Question 24

What is the most important wine region?

Answer 24

Nemea (Ne-may-a) PDO

Question 25

What grapes is produced in Nemea (Ne-may-a) and describe it's profile?

Answer 25

Agiogitiko Dark colour wine Plum, cherry, spice

Question 26

What PGI is located in Nemea and what grapes are used?

Answer 26

Korinthia | French Grapes

Question 27

Describe the topography of Nemea PDO

Answer 27

Mountainous

Question 28

What grapes is used for Mantinia (Man-ta-knee-a) PDO

Answer 28

Moschofilero

Question 29

Describe a Mantinia PDO Wine.

Answer 29

Aromatic varietal, coloured wine, light bodied with alcohol around 12%, floral and peach on the nose. High acid.

Question 30

What Greek region has petitioned UNESCO for protection of it's wine industry?

Answer 30

Santorini PDO

Question 31

What sweet wine from sun dried grapes was originally named in Greece not Italy?

Answer 31

Vin Santo

Question 32

What PGI are the reds of Santorini?

Answer 32

Cyclades PGI

Question 33

What are the white grapes of Santorini?

Answer 33

Assyrtiko (95%) Athiri Aidani

Question 34

What are the red grapes of Santorini?

Answer 34

Mandilara | Mavrotragano

Question 35

What is special about the grapes in Santorini

Answer 35

They are ungraftered - some vineyards are 500 years old, by planting a stem of the current growing grape.

Question 36

Stefania

Answer 36

This means crown - it is the way the grapes bushes are formed in Santorini to protect the grapes from the wine.

Question 37

Why do Santorini wines have a saltiness to them?

Answer 37

The moisture in the humidity off of the sea, precipitates as dew over night, providing natural irrigation to the grapes.

Question 38

What are the 4 PDO's of Crete?

Answer 38

Peza PDO Archanes PDO Dafnes PDO Sitia

Question 39

French blends in Crete are label what?

Answer 39

Crete PGI

Question 40

Paros (Pa-ros) PDO

Answer 40

Red is Mandalaria; can be blended with Monemvassia

Question 41

Name the 3 Dessert PDO's of Greece

Answer 41

Muscat of Limnos PDO Muscat of Samos PDO Mavrodaphne of Patras PDO (light ruby Port like)

Question 42

Name 3 Macedonia PGI's

Answer 42

Macedonia PGI Drama PGI Pangeon PGI

Question 43

What are the grapes of Drama PGI

Answer 43

Sauvignon Blanc Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Assyrtiko

Question 44

Whate are 3 PGI's of the Peloponnese.

Answer 44

Peloponnese PGI Arkadia PGI Laconia PGI

Question 45

Name 2 PGI's from Central Greece

Answer 45

Valley of Atalanti PGI | Attiki (At-E-Key) PGI