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1
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What’s added to retsina?

A

Allepo Resin

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What does Reserve mean on a Greek bottle?

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W: At Least 1 yr total 6m barrel 1m bottle
R: At Least 2 yr total 1 yr barrel 6 m bottle

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What does Grand Reserve mean on a greek bottle?

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W: 2 yr 1 yr barrel 6 m bottle
R: 4 yr 18 m barrel 18 m bottle

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4
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What is verdea?

What is it classified as/under?

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oxidized white from Zakynthos in Ionian Sea

PGI Verdea is under Ionian Island appellation Zakynthos

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5
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How are the PGIs in Greece organized?

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Region
District
Area

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What does “Cava” mean on a Greek label?

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1 year of aging 6 of them in oak for white/rose PGI wines

3 years for red 1 of them in oak

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What does “Palaiomenos se vareli” mean on Greel label?

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Oak aging beyond the min requirement

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8
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List PDOs of Thrace

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Ain’t any

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9
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List PDOs of Macedonia

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Amyneo
Goumenissa
Naoussa
Slopes of Melilton

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10
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What are the grapes allowed in Naoussa and Amynteo?

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Xinomavro
Meaning “Acid Black”
Firmly tannic

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11
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What are the red grapes of Goumenissa?

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Xinomavro lightened up with Negoska (at least 20%)

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12
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Where can one find a lot of Boutari?

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Naoussa

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13
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What is Greece’s coolest region?

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Amynteo
Produces a range of roses
Dry to semi sweet and sparkling as well

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14
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Where is Domain Carras located?

What’s cool about it?

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Slopes of Meliton (Plagies Melitona)
The sole producer on this island
Reds are a Cab sauv, Franc, and Limnio blend
Whites a Assyrtiko, Athiri, Rhoditis

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15
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Who started Domain Carras and what’re they up to?

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Evangelos Gerovassiliou with Emile Peynaud

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16
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What Macedonian grape was brought back from extinction by whom and where is it now being made?

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Malagousia by Evangelos Gerovassiliou’s new winery in Thessaliniki PGI in Macedonia

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17
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What/where is boutari?

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One of two largest producers located in Naoussa

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18
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Where is Mnt. Olympus?

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Rapsani PDO in Thessalia
South of Macedonia
Southernmost spot for Xinomavro

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19
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PDOs of Thessalia

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Rapsani
Messenikola
Anchialos

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20
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What is a common blend in Rapsani?

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Xinomavro (softer in this warm climat) with

Mandatory to be blended with Krasato and Stavroto (lighter grapes)

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21
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Common blend in Anchialos?

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Only allows whites
Roditis and Savvatiano grapes
High altitude

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22
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What are the PDOs of Epirus?

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Zitsa
Uses Debina grape
Dry-semisweet-Sparkling

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23
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What is Sterea Ellada?

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Central Greece

Produces a lot of Retsina

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24
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Which region surrounds Athens?

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Attiki

Retsina specialty

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25
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Which grape is most commonly used in Retsina?

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Savvatiano

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26
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What’s up with Roditis?

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It’s a common name for a family of grapes with pink skins

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27
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What are the PDOs of Sterea Ellada?

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Nonezooo

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28
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What is St George?

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Agriogitiko

29
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PDOs of Peloponnese

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Nemea
Mantinia
Patras

30
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Scene in mind palace

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Far corner on curb of backyard
Peloponnese with hat/hands full of puppet string/old (2yr oxidized) vase monument (monemvassia-Malvasia) with 2010 written on it

31
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Peloponnese’s right hand

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Nemo (nemea) in greek helmet
Under nemo is curious George dressed as saint (st George or agiorgitiko) slitting Hercules’s throat with a cutsey/koutsi knife (covered in little pink pomms)

32
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Pelopennese’s left hand

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Patras, rattata named pat with 70’s hair,
muscats, another patrat in rio carnival outfit
Daphnie with black laurels (mavrodaphne) and wood staves hanging off ankles (1 yr in wood)
A santa with achilese heel hanging onto her heel (achaia clauss, producer)

33
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Poloponnese’s Head

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Guy in bikini (mantinia)
in a moscow style valero (moschofilero)
Dry red skinned white guy in the bikini

34
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Peloponnese is sitting on…?

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A vase, monutment style (monemvassia-malvasia)
it’s cracked and weathered (oxidized 2 yrs)
2010 written on it

35
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4 Ionian islands (mind map)

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On Garage door
Zephyronya (cephalonia)
Daphne holding on to back with a bottle of moscato (sweet mavrodaphne and muscat)
Robola is underneath, wants to be ribola but isn’t cool enough, ribolla is laughing at him (bottle of Jermann with arms)

Zack and those guys (zakynthos)
He’s mad cuz a bottle of old old old vinho VERDEA has jin jaune in it

Miss kirk eating fried okra, becoming okra (kerkya)

Lefkada is bernie sanders doing a kata (left kata)

36
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PDOs of Crete Mind Map

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Side of house
Red
Archanes (mandalorian as archangel, kotsifali in one hand, syrah in the other)

Dafnes
Liatiko sitting on daphne, red/white stool
Red/White
Sitia Liatiko (leeah with tiki mask, orange dress)

Petza Dog wearing pizza outfit,
Mandalorian on the hat as well
White vila on the hat (vilana, most planted white)

37
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Which countries surround greece?

Bodies of water?

A 
West to east
Albania
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Turkey

Agean sea to east
Ionian Sea to west

38
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List of Greek PDOs on mainland

A 
Macedonia
Epirus
Peloponnese
Thessalia
Thrace
Sterea Allada (Central Greece)
39
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Name 4 Xinomavro based regions in Greece

A

Naoussa (100%)
Amynteo (100%), can be dry, sparkling, everything in between
Goumenissa (with at least 20% Negoska)
Rapsani (co-fermented with Stavroto and krassato)

40
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Largest/Most important producer in Naoussa

41
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Difference between Mainland Macedonian climate from most of Greece

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Continental.
Hot but comparably mild summers, snowy winters
Cold northern winds blow from an extension of the Massif

42
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Name a vineyard in Naoussa

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Paliokalias
Owned mostly by Dalmara family
They use Paliokalias as a brand to get away with using the name

43
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subzones of Rapsani

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Based on elevation
Basic under 200 meters
Reserve 2oo-4oo
Grande reserve 400-600

44
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Major producer in Rapsani

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Tsantali, a Greek “Super producer”

45
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What is Siatista?

A

Desert wine PGI

from air dried Xinomavro and Moschomavro

46
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Largest producer in Amynteo

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Alpha Estate

Modern Style, note worthy Sauv Blanc

47
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PDO of Crete

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Archanes
Candia
Dafnes
Malvasia Candia
Malvasia Sitia 
Peza
Sitia
48
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Aegean Island PDO

A 
Limnos
Muscat of Lemnos
Samos
Rhodes
Muscat of Rhodes
Santorini
Paros
Malvasia of Paros
49
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Peloponnese PDO

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Monemvassia-Malvasia
Mantinia
Nemea 
Patras
Muscat of Patras
Muscat of Rio Patras
Mavrodaphne of Patras
50
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Ionian Islands PDO

A

3 of Cephalonia
Robola
Muscat
Mavrodaphne

51
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Epirus PDO

52
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Macedonia PDO

A

Amynteo
Goumenissa
Naoussa
slopes of meliton

53
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Thessalia PDO

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Anchialos
Messenikola
Rapsani

54
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Greek Regions without PDO

A

Central Greece

Thrace

55
Q

What are AOC/OPE Greece

A

Traditional sweet wines

Will be replaced by PDO on labels

56
Q

Where might you find sparkling rose in Greece

A

Amynteo
may be dry or sweet
Xinomavro

57
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Slopes de Meliton beets

A

Single appellation for Domain Carras
Cab Sauv, Franc, Limnio
Whites are Assyrtiko, Athiri, Rhoditis

58
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Who Started Domain Carras

A

Evangelos Gerovassiliou

59
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Who Started Domain Carras

A

Evangelos Gerovassiliou

60
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Rapsani PDO beets

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in Thessalia
slopes of Olympus
Xinomavro plus min Krasato/Stavroto (normaly 1/3 each grape)

61
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Thessalia white only PDO

A

Anchialos

Roditis and Savvatiano

62
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Zitsa beets

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sole PDO in Epirus

Debina, dry, Semisweet, sparking

63
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Nemea beets

A 
Peloponnese PDO
St George (agiortiko) grape
soft tannins, intense dark fruits
64
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Where is koutsi

A

Most famous sub of Nemea

65
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Nick name of Nemea wines

A

St George is called Blood of Hercules

66
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Grapes of Peloponnese PDO

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Nemea 100% Agiortiko all other PDO are white only

67
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Styles of Muscat of Patras/Rio Patras

A

Sweet or VDN

68
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Cephalonia beets

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PDO of Ionian Islands

dry whites of Robola

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