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Where is Boutari located?

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Naoussa, Macedonia

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Where are Malvasia Sitia and Malvasia Candia PDOs?
•Styles produced?
•Aging?

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Crete
•Sweet white and Vin doux naturel
•24 mos in wood

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What district surrounds Athens and is the center of production for Retsina in Central Greece?

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Attiki - PGI Retsina Attiki
•2 other PGI District indications:
•Retsina Viotia
•Retsina Evia

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What are the red & white grapes for the Slopes of Meliton PDO?

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Red - Cab Sauv, Cab Franc, and Limnio

White - Assytiko, Thiri and Rhoditis

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What PDO of Thessalia produces whites only?

•Styles?

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Anchialos PDO
•75% Rhoditis, + Savvatiano
•Still, dry to semi-sweet whites

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What is Retsina flavored with?

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Aleppo pine resin

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Where is Domaine Porto Carras located?

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Slopes of Meliton

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What is the farthest eastern island of Greece?

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Rhodes - located closer to Asia

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What are the PDOs of Peloponnese?

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  • Nemea
  • Mantinia
  • Patras
  • Mavrodaphne of Patras
  • Muscat of Patras
  • Muscat of Rio Patras
  • Monemvassia-Malvasia
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Where is the Nemea PDO? What styles of wine are produced and from what grapes?

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  • Peloponnese
  • Still, dry to med-sweet reds
  • 100% Agiorgitiko
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What PDOs of Crete produce reds from Liatiko?

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Sitia and Dafnes

*Sitia also allows white from Vilana

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What are the RED only PDOs of Crete?
•Grapes?
•Styles?

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  • Archanes - Mandilaria and Kotsifali (Still, dry red)
  • Dafnes - Liatiko (Still, dry to sweet red and VDN)

*Candia, Peza, and Sitia allow red and white

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What are the PDOs of Rhodes?
•Styles?
•Grapes?

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(Aegean Island)
•Muscat of Rhodes PDO (Blanc a Petits Grains)
•Rhodes PDO (Still dry, to med-sweet red, white, rosé; SPARKLING white and rosé - brut nature to doux)

  • Red - min 70% Mandilaria
  • White - min 70% Athiri
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What are the red and white PDOs of Crete?

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  • Sitia
  • Peza
  • Candia
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What is unique about the Liatiko grape?

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  • Found only on Crete and handful of neighboring islands
  • One of the most ancient varieties under cultivation
  • Ripens in mid-July, and delivers a distinctively “orange” wine
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What is Samos Nectar?

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Nectar is a proprietary brand made by the Union of Viticultural Coop of Samos
•Sun-dried and aged 3 yrs in barrels

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What is the only PDO of Epirus?

•Styles?

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Zitsa PDO: 100% Debina
•Still, dry white
•Sparkling, dry to semi-dry

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Where is the Paros PDO located?

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Paros Island, part of the Aegean Islands north of Crete

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What quality levels are below PDO?

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  • PGI
  • “Varietal” wines
  • “Table” wines
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What styles of wine are produced under the Paros PDO?

•Grapes?

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Still, dry red and white
•Red - co-ferm: min 35% Madilaria, + Monemvassia
•White - 100% Monemvassia

*Only Greek red wine that mandates a white grape’s inclusion

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What does “Palaiomenos se Vareli”mean on a label? What wines may this be added to?

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  • It indicates oak aging beyond the required minimums

* Cava, Reserve and Grand Reserve

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Who is the progenitor of Mavrodaphne of Patras?

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  • Achaia-Claus Estate

* Has a Mavrodaphne solera dating to 1882

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What styles of wine are produced under the Monemvassia-Malvasia PDO?
•Styles?
•Grapes?
•Aging?

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Still, sweet white and VDN
•Peloponnese
•min 51% Monemvassia
•min 24 mos oxidatively, if longer it may be aged for 4 yrs, or in multiples of 4 yrs after that

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What are the 4 wine producing islands of the Ionian Islands?

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  • Cephalonia
  • Kerkyra (Corfo)
  • Lefkada
  • Zakynthos
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What PDO includes the four villages on the lower slopes of Mt Olympus?
Rapsani PDO
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What two PDOs are on the island of Lemnos? What styles and from what grapes?
Lemnos PDO: •Muscat of Alexandria: Still, dry to sweet white •Limnio: Still, dry red and VDN •Muscat of Lemnos PDO - Moscato Alexandrias: Sweet, VDN/VDL, Grand Cru VDN
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Where is Vinsanto produced in Greece?
* Santorini Island * May be produced both from dried grapes and fortified (not currently used) * min 51% Assyrtiko, + Athiri, Aidani * min 260g/l prior to dry; 370 g/l post •min 24 mos in wood, must occur on the islands of Thera or Thirasia in an oxidative manner; Aging statements (rather than a vintage) must be a multiple of "4"
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What does "Grand Reserve" indicate for a PDO wine?
* White - min 24 mos: 12 wood, 6 btl | * Red - min 48 mos: 18 wood, 18 btl
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Where is the Patras PDO? What style of wines, from what grape?
* Peloponnese * Dry whites * 100% Roditis
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What does "Reserve" indicate for a PDO wine?
* White - 12 mos: 6 wood, 3 btl | * Red - min 24 mos: 12 wood, 6 btl
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What are the PDOs of Crete?
* Archanes * Dafnes * Sitia * Peza * Candia * Malvasia Candia * Malvasia Sitia
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What grapes for dry styles of Santorini PDO?
min 75% Assyrtiko, + Athiri and Aidani
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What are the 3 PDOs of Thessalia? | •Styles?
* Rapsani (Rd) * Messenikola (Rd) * Anchialos (wh, WhSw)
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What is Verdea?
An oxidative white wine produced on the island of Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea
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What styles of wine are produced under the Mantinia PDO? •Grapes? •Location?
Still, dry white •Sparkling, dry to sweet whites * Peloponnese * min 85% Moschofilero
36
What is the Greek synonym for St. George?
Agiorgitiko
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Agiorgitiko performs differently throughout the wide range of elevation and terrain of Nemea, what is the most famous village?
Koutsi
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What are the 6 main land regions of Greece?
* Macedonia (North) * Epirus (NW) * Peloponnese (South; a peninsula only by virtue of the isthmus of Corinth) * Thessalia (Central, just north of Sterea Ellada) * Thrace (NE) * Central Greece (Sterea Ellada)
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What are the 2 levels of PDO ("Protected Designation of Origin")?
* Controlled Appellation of Origin (AOC/OPE) - reserved for sweet wines * Appellation of Superior Quality (AOSQ/OPAP)
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What is Crete's most cultivated white grape?
* Vilana | * Many talented winemakers prefer Vidiano as it retains more acidity
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What are the traditional wine appellations of Greece? •Quality level? •Location? •Traditional Grapes?
PGI •Verdea - Zaynthos (Ionian Isle); Skiadopoulo •Retsina - Central Greece (Sterea Ellada); Savvatiano + Roditis
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What are the styles and grapes of Cephalonia PDO?
Dry whites - Robola of Cephalonia PDO * Sweet/VDN Red - Mavrodaphne of Cephalonia PDO * Sweet/VDN Wht - Muscat of Cephalonia PDO
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Where is Goumenissa PDO? What style of wines are produced and from what grapes?
* Macedonia | * Lighter reds from Xinomavro, must contain at least 20% Negoska
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When was Greek wine law initially implemented? When were most of the country's appellations established?
Implemented - 1969/1970 | Appellations - 1971
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What 2 large producers dominate the Greek market?
Boutari and Tsantali
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What PDO of Peloponnese produces dry red? •Other styles? •Grapes?
Nemea PDO - Still, dry to sweet, and VDN reds •100% Agiorgitiko *Mavrodaphne of Patras also produces red, but sweet and VDL only
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What styles of vine training is used on Santorini?
* "Stefani" (basket) | * In order to protect the grapes from fierce Aegean winds and to collect the little moisture in the form of Morning Dew
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What grapes are used for Mavrodaphne of Patras? Aging? Can it carry a vintage?
* Produced from Mavrodaphne and Mavri Korinthiaki (a currant grape, used for enriching the sugar content) * Aging - 1 yr in wood, some may remain in cask for a decade or more * May be vintage or non-vintage * Sweet, fortified red
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What styles of wine are produced under the Naoussa PDO? •Location? •Grapes?
Still, dry to semi-sweet reds •Xinomavro •Macedonia
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What is "Cava" in Greece?
An designation for PGI wines only: •White/Rosé - 12 mos: 6 wood •Reds 36 mos: 12 wood
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What 2 mainland regions of Greece do not have any PDOs?
Thrace and Central Greece
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What is Greece's coolest wine region?
Amynteo PDO
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What are the ROSÉ producing PDOs of Greece?
* Still - Amynteo PDO; Xinomavro | * Sparkling - Rhodes PDO; Mandilaria
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What styles of wine are produced under the Zitsa PDO? •Location? •Grapes?
Still dry white •Sparkling white dry to semi-dry (dosage scale) •Epirus •100% Debina
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What is the southernmost outpost for Xinomavro? | •What 2 grapes is it traditionally blended with here?
* Rapsani PDO (Thessalia) | * Krassoto and Stavroto
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What styles of wine are produced under the Amynteo PDO? •Location? •Grapes?
Still, dry red and rosé •Sparkling rosé dry to semi-dry (dosage scale) * Macedonia * Xinomavro (100%)
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What styles of wine are produced under the Messenikola PDO? •Location? •Grape?
Still, dry red •Thessalia •Red - min 70% Mavro Messenikola
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Who governs production on Samos?
Union of Vinicultural Cooperatives of Samos (EOSS)
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What are the PDOs of the Ionian islands?
* Mavrodaphne of Cephalonia * Muscat of Cephalonia * Robola of Cephalonia
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What is the local synonym for Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains on Samos?
Muscato Aspro
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What sobriquet is sometimes attached to the wines of Nemea?
"Blood of Hercules" (or "Blood of the lion")
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What are the PDOs for Muscat in Greece?
``` Aegean Islands: •Lemnos •Muscat of Lemnos •Muscat of Rhodes •Samos ``` Ionian Islands: •Muscat of Cephalonia Peloponnese: •Muscat of Patras •Muscat of Rio Patras
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What variety of Muscat are used for the Muscat PDOs? | •What styles?
Muscat Blanc à Petit Grains, except Lemnos and Muscat of Lemnos PDOs use Muscat of Alexandria •They are all Liastos, VDN, VDN Grand Cru, and VDL except Lemnos PDO
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What does VDN Grand Cru mean?
Reduced yields and estate only vineyards
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What are the PDOs of the Aegean Islands?
* Lemnos * Malvasia Paros * Muscat of Lemnos * Muscat of Rhodes * Paros * Rhodes * Samos * Santorini
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What are the PDOs with 'Malvasia' in their name? | •Max % allowed of Malvasia and Muscat?
They all max Malvasia and Muscat at 15% Crete: max 15% Malvasia/Muscat •Malvasia Candia •Malvasia Sitia No Malvasia allowed: •Malvasia Paros (Aegean Isles) •Monemvassia-Malvasia (Peloponnese)
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Who produces Megas Oenos? | •Location?
Skouras | •Nemea
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What PDO includes Limnio outside of the Lemnoes Island?
Slopes of Meliton PDO (Macedonia)
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Who released the first bottling of Malagousia?
1993 Domaine Porto Carras
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As of 2012, Greek ampelographers have identified 11 distinct clones of Fileri. What are the four most important?
* Moschofilero ("aromatic") * Macrofilero (Black) * Xanthofilero (Blonde) * Asprofilero (White)
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What PDO of Greece is the only "varietal" PDO and restricts the use of its grape name on labels elsewhere in Greece?
Robola of Cephalonia
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What is Greece's most planted white grape? | •2nd most planted?
1. Savatiano | 2. Roditis
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What widely cultivated grape is speculated to originate from the Island of Samos?
Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains
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What are the two levels that make up the PDO classification of wines?
* AOC/PDO - Controlled Appellation (traditional sweet wines) | * AOQS/OPAP - Appellations of Superior Quality
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What PDOs of Crete produce: •Dry whites from Vilana? •Dry reds from Mandilaria and Kotsifali?
Both: Candia, Peza * Vilana: Sitia (Liatiko for reds) * Madilaria/Kotsifali: Archanes (red only) *Dafnes is red only from Liatiko

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