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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?

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Rapsani PDO

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What two PDOs are on the island of Lemnos? What styles and from what grapes?

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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?

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  • 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?

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  • 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?

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  • Peloponnese
  • Dry whites
  • 100% Roditis
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30
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What does “Reserve” indicate for a PDO wine?

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  • 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?

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  • Archanes
  • Dafnes
  • Sitia
  • Peza
  • Candia
  • Malvasia Candia
  • Malvasia Sitia
32
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What grapes for dry styles of Santorini PDO?

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min 75% Assyrtiko, + Athiri and Aidani

33
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What are the 3 PDOs of Thessalia?

•Styles?

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  • Rapsani (Rd)
  • Messenikola (Rd)
  • Anchialos (wh, WhSw)
34
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What is Verdea?

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An oxidative white wine produced on the island of Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea

35
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What styles of wine are produced under the Mantinia PDO?
•Grapes?
•Location?

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Still, dry white
•Sparkling, dry to sweet whites

  • Peloponnese
  • min 85% Moschofilero
36
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What is the Greek synonym for St. George?

A

Agiorgitiko

37
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Agiorgitiko performs differently throughout the wide range of elevation and terrain of Nemea, what is the most famous village?

38
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What are the 6 main land regions of Greece?

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  • 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)
39
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What are the 2 levels of PDO (“Protected Designation of Origin”)?

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  • Controlled Appellation of Origin (AOC/OPE) - reserved for sweet wines
  • Appellation of Superior Quality (AOSQ/OPAP)
40
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What is Crete’s most cultivated white grape?

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  • Vilana

* Many talented winemakers prefer Vidiano as it retains more acidity

41
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What are the traditional wine appellations of Greece?
•Quality level?
•Location?
•Traditional Grapes?

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PGI
•Verdea - Zaynthos (Ionian Isle); Skiadopoulo

•Retsina - Central Greece (Sterea Ellada); Savvatiano + Roditis

42
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What are the styles and grapes of Cephalonia PDO?

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Dry whites - Robola of Cephalonia PDO

  • Sweet/VDN Red - Mavrodaphne of Cephalonia PDO
  • Sweet/VDN Wht - Muscat of Cephalonia PDO
43
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Where is Goumenissa PDO? What style of wines are produced and from what grapes?

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  • Macedonia

* Lighter reds from Xinomavro, must contain at least 20% Negoska

44
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When was Greek wine law initially implemented? When were most of the country’s appellations established?

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Implemented - 1969/1970

Appellations - 1971

45
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What 2 large producers dominate the Greek market?

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Boutari and Tsantali

46
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What PDO of Peloponnese produces dry red?
•Other styles?
•Grapes?

A

Nemea PDO - Still, dry to sweet, and VDN reds
•100% Agiorgitiko

*Mavrodaphne of Patras also produces red, but sweet and VDL only

47
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What styles of vine training is used on Santorini?

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  • “Stefani” (basket)

* In order to protect the grapes from fierce Aegean winds and to collect the little moisture in the form of Morning Dew

48
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What grapes are used for Mavrodaphne of Patras? Aging? Can it carry a vintage?

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  • 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
49
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What styles of wine are produced under the Naoussa PDO?
•Location?
•Grapes?

A

Still, dry to semi-sweet reds
•Xinomavro
•Macedonia

50
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What is “Cava” in Greece?

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An designation for PGI wines only:
•White/Rosé - 12 mos: 6 wood
•Reds 36 mos: 12 wood

51
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What 2 mainland regions of Greece do not have any PDOs?

A

Thrace and Central Greece

52
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What is Greece’s coolest wine region?

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Amynteo PDO

53
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What are the ROSÉ producing PDOs of Greece?

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  • Still - Amynteo PDO; Xinomavro

* Sparkling - Rhodes PDO; Mandilaria

54
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What styles of wine are produced under the Zitsa PDO?
•Location?
•Grapes?

A

Still dry white
•Sparkling white dry to semi-dry (dosage scale)
•Epirus
•100% Debina

55
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What is the southernmost outpost for Xinomavro?

•What 2 grapes is it traditionally blended with here?

A
  • Rapsani PDO (Thessalia)

* Krassoto and Stavroto

56
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What styles of wine are produced under the Amynteo PDO?
•Location?
•Grapes?

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Still, dry red and rosé
•Sparkling rosé dry to semi-dry (dosage scale)

  • Macedonia
  • Xinomavro (100%)
57
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What styles of wine are produced under the Messenikola PDO?
•Location?
•Grape?

A

Still, dry red
•Thessalia
•Red - min 70% Mavro Messenikola

58
Q

Who governs production on Samos?

A

Union of Vinicultural Cooperatives of Samos (EOSS)

59
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What are the PDOs of the Ionian islands?

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  • Mavrodaphne of Cephalonia
  • Muscat of Cephalonia
  • Robola of Cephalonia
60
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What is the local synonym for Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains on Samos?

A

Muscato Aspro

61
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What sobriquet is sometimes attached to the wines of Nemea?

A

“Blood of Hercules” (or “Blood of the lion”)

62
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What are the PDOs for Muscat in Greece?

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Aegean Islands:
•Lemnos
•Muscat of Lemnos
•Muscat of Rhodes
•Samos

Ionian Islands:
•Muscat of Cephalonia

Peloponnese:
•Muscat of Patras
•Muscat of Rio Patras

63
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What variety of Muscat are used for the Muscat PDOs?

•What styles?

A

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

64
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What does VDN Grand Cru mean?

A

Reduced yields and estate only vineyards

65
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What are the PDOs of the Aegean Islands?

A
  • Lemnos
  • Malvasia Paros
  • Muscat of Lemnos
  • Muscat of Rhodes
  • Paros
  • Rhodes
  • Samos
  • Santorini
66
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What are the PDOs with ‘Malvasia’ in their name?

•Max % allowed of Malvasia and Muscat?

A

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)

67
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Who produces Megas Oenos?

•Location?

A

Skouras

•Nemea

68
Q

What PDO includes Limnio outside of the Lemnoes Island?

A

Slopes of Meliton PDO (Macedonia)

69
Q

Who released the first bottling of Malagousia?

A

1993 Domaine Porto Carras

70
Q

As of 2012, Greek ampelographers have identified 11 distinct clones of Fileri. What are the four most important?

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  • Moschofilero (“aromatic”)
  • Macrofilero (Black)
  • Xanthofilero (Blonde)
  • Asprofilero (White)
71
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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?

A

Robola of Cephalonia

72
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What is Greece’s most planted white grape?

•2nd most planted?

A
  1. Savatiano

2. Roditis

73
Q

What widely cultivated grape is speculated to originate from the Island of Samos?

A

Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains

74
Q

What are the two levels that make up the PDO classification of wines?

A
  • AOC/PDO - Controlled Appellation (traditional sweet wines)

* AOQS/OPAP - Appellations of Superior Quality

75
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What PDOs of Crete produce:
•Dry whites from Vilana?
•Dry reds from Mandilaria and Kotsifali?

A

Both: Candia, Peza

  • Vilana: Sitia (Liatiko for reds)
  • Madilaria/Kotsifali: Archanes (red only)

*Dafnes is red only from Liatiko

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