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Where is Boutari located?

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Macedonia

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What styles of wine are produced under the Malvasia Sitia and Malvasia Candia PDOs? How long must they be aged?

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  • Sweet white and vin doux naturel

- Min 2 years in oak

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

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Attiki

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Where is the village of Koutsi?

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Nemea- is is the most famous village for Agiorgitiko.

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

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  • Red: Cab Sauv, Cab Franc and Limnio

- White: Assyrtiko, Athiri and Rhoditis

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On Samos, Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains produces what types of wines?

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  • Vin de liqueur
  • Vin doux naturel
  • Samos Nectar- a naturally sweet version, similar to vin de paille and aged for 3 years
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What PDO of Thessalia produces whites only? From what grapes?

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Anchialos PDO from Phoditis and Savvatiano

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What is Retsina flavored with?

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Aleppo pine resin

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What are the 2 area PGIs of Thrace?

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Avdira and Ismaros

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Where is Domaine Porto Carras located?

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Slopes of Meliton

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What is Limnio?

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A red grape that originated on the island of Lemnos. Its importance on the island has diminished. Domaine Porto Carras produces Limnio in the Slopes of Meliton.

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What Island of Greece is the farthest East?

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Rhodes- located closer to Turkey (Asia Minor)

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What are the 4 PDOs of Peloponnese?

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

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  • Peloponnese
  • Dry and sweet
  • Exclusively Agiorgitiko
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What are the red only PDOs of Crete? What grapes are used?

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Archanes- Mandilaria and Kotsifali

Dafnes- Liatiko

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What two PDOs are located on the island of Rhodes? What color wines are produced and from what grapes?

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  • Rhones PDO
  • Muscat of Rhodes PDO (rarely encountered)

Red- Mandilaria
White- 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 a 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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  • Produced from Moscato Aspro (Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains)
  • Similar to vin de paille; produced from dried grapes
  • Aged for 3 years prior to release
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Where is Santorini PDO located?

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Santorini Island, part of the Cyclades Islands, North of Crete

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What is the only PDO of Epirus?

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Zitsa PDO

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What are the 3 dessert wine PDOs of the Patras PDO?

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  • Muscat of Patras PDO
  • Muscat of Rio Patras PDO
  • Mavrodaphne of Patras PDO
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What statement appears on all PDO wine featuring a designation of origin?

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‘PDO Wines of Greece’

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Where is the Paros PDO located?

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Paros Island, part of the Cyclades 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 and from what grapes?

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  • Red- Mandilaria
  • White- monemvassia
  • Only Greek appellation that mandates a white grape (Monemvassia) in a red blend
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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 indicated oak aging beyond the required monimums

- Cava, Reserve, and Grand Reserve

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Who is to progenitor of Mavropdaphne of Patras?

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  • Achaia-Claus Estate

- Has a Mavrodaphne solera dating to 1882

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Where is Monemvassia-Malvasia located? What style of wine, from what grape? Aging?

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  • Peloponnese
  • Must be 51% Monemvassia (AKA Malvasia)
  • Sweet
  • Must be aged in an oxidative environment for at least 2 years
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30
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What are the four wine producing islands of the Ionian Islands?

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  • Cephalonia
  • Kerkyra (Corfo)
  • Lefkada
  • Zakynthos
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What are the 2 most planted grapes in Central Greece (Sterea Ellada)?

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  • Savvatiano

- Roditis- the common name for a closely linked family of pink skinned grapes

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What PDO includes 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 Lemnos PDO
  • Dry to sweet
  • Muscat
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Where is Vinsanto produced in Greece?

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  • Santorini Island
  • it was probably named by the Venetians when they ruled the island in the Middle Ages
  • A dried grape wine
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What does ‘Grand Reserve’ indicate for a PDO wine?

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  • White: min 2 years (1 yr in barrel & 6 m in btl)

- Red: min 4 years (18 m in barrel & 18 m in btl)

36
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Where is the Patras PDO? What styles of wines, from what grape?

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  • Peloponnese
  • Dry whites
  • 100% Roditis
37
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What does ‘Reserve’ indicate for a PDO wine?

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  • White: min 1 year (6 m in barrel & 3 m in btl)

- Red: min 2 years (1 yr in barrel & 6 m in bottle)

38
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What are the PDOs of Crete?

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  • Archanes
  • Dafnes
  • Sitia
  • Peza
  • Candia
  • Malvasia Candia
  • Malvasia Sitia
39
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The white wines of Santorini PDO are produced from what grapes?

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Assyrtiko sometimes blended with Athiri and Aidani

40
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What are the two broadly categorized island regions of Greece?

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Aegean and Ionian islands

41
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What are the 3 PDOs of Thessalia?

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  • Rapsani
  • Messenikola
  • Anchialos
42
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Can ‘Varietal’ and ‘Table’ wines carry a variety and vintage on the label?

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‘Varietal’ wines may.

‘Table’ wines may not

43
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Where is the Mantinia PDO? What is the major grape?

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  • Peloponnese

- Moschofilero

44
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What is the Greek synonym for St. George?

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Agiorgitiko

45
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Agiorgitiko performs differently throughout the wide range of elevation and terrain of Nemea. What is the most famous village for it?

46
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Where is the Candia PDO? What grapes are used?

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  • Crete
  • White: Vilana
  • Red: Kotsifali and Mandilaria
47
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What are the 6 main land regions of Greece?

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  • Macedonia (north)
  • Epirus (NW)
  • Peloponnese (S; a peninsula only by virtue of the isthmus of Corinth)
  • Thessalia (central, just north of Sterea Ellada)
  • Thrace (NE)
  • Central Greece (Sterea Ellada)
48
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What are the 2 levels of PDO?

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  • Controlled appellation of Origin (AOC/OPE)- reserved for sweet wines
  • Appellation of Superior Quality (AOSQ/OPAP)
49
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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

50
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What quality level is Retsina? Verdea?

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Both are PGI and classified as Traditional Appellation Wines

51
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What are the styles and grapes of Cephalonia PDO?

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  • Dry whites- Robola (unrelated to Ribolla)

- Sweet- Mavropaphne and Muscat

52
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What is Verdea? Where is it located? What grapes?

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  • A Traditional Appellation of Zakynthos Island
  • May share similarities with Jura’s vin juane or sherry
  • Grapes: Skiadopoulo, Pavlos, Avgoustiatis
  • Often unknown to Greeks
53
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What PDO received appellation status as early as 1934? (It is Greece’s most famous wine)

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Muscat of Samos

54
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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

55
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What styles of wine and from what grape are both Muscat of Patras PDO and Muscat of Rio Patras PDO?

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  • Both may either be vin doux naturel or naturally sweet

- Produced from Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains

56
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How did Retsina develop its signature flavor?

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Wine was transported in amphorae in ancient Greece. Often sealed with pine resin to prevent spoilage. Over time the resulting flavor became an acquired taste

57
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What grape is Retsina generally produced from?

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Savvatiano (white)

58
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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

59
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Where is the Sitia PDO located? What grapes are used?

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  • Crete
  • White: Vilana
  • Red: Liatiko
60
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Can Retsina be labeled with a vintage?

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No, because it is flavored (manipulated)

61
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What 2 large producers dominate the Greek market?

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Boutari and Tsantali

62
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What is the only red PDO of Peloponnese?

63
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Where is the Peza PDO located? What grapes?

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  • Crete
  • White: 100% Vilana
  • Reds: Mandilaria and Kotsifali
64
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What is unique about the vine training on Santorini?

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  • The vines are trained close to the ground in the shape of a ‘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?

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  • Produced from Mavrodaphne and Mavri Korinthiaki (a currant grape, used for enriching the sugar content)
  • Aging: 1 year in wood, some may remain in cask for a decade or more
  • May be vintage or non-vintage
  • Sweet, fortified red
66
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What is the grape of Naussa PDO? Where is it located?

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  • Xinomavro

- Macedonia

67
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What is ‘Cava’ in Greece?

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  • It indicated at least one year of aging, w/ 6 m in oak, for white and rose PGI wines
  • Reds are min 3 years with 1 year in oak
68
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What is the PDO for Domaine Carras? Where is it located?

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Slopes of Meliton in Macedonia

69
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What quality level integrated the wines from Greece’s former ‘vin de pays’ category?

70
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What two mainland regions of Greece do not have any PDOs?

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Thrace and Central Greece

71
Q

What is Greece’s coolest wine region?

A

Amynteo PDO

72
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What is the district PGI of Thrace?

73
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What is the only PDO allowed to produce rose in Greece?

74
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What are the 3 new PDOs of Crete that were added in 2012?

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  • Candia
  • Malvasia Candia
  • Malvasia Sitia
75
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What wines from what grape are the wines of Zitsa PDO? Where is it located?

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  • Dry, semi-sweet, and sparkling wines
  • Dedina grape
  • Epirus
76
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What is the southernmost outpost for Xinomavro? What 2 lighter grapes must it be blended with?

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  • Rapsani PDO

- Kirasota and Stavroto

77
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Where is Amynteo PDO located? What grape and what style of wine?

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  • Macedonia
  • Xinomavro (100%)
  • Red and Rose
  • Dry to semisweet, still or sparkling
78
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Where is the Messenikola PDO? What color wines are produced?

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  • Thessalia

- Red- min 70% Mavro Messenikola, plus Carignan and Syrah

79
Q

When did Phylloxera strike the Peloponnese? Crete?

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Peloponnese- 1960s

Crete- 1970s

80
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Who governs production on Samos?

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Union of Vinicultural Cooperatives of Samos (EOSS)

81
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What is the only PDO of the Ionian Islands?

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Cephalonia PDO

82
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What is the local synonym for Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains on Samos?

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Moscato Aspro

83
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What sobriquet is sometimes attached to the wines of Nemea?

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‘Blood of Hercules’ (or ‘Blood of the Lion’)

84
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What appellation in Greece is similar to vin de paille? What grape is it produced from?

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Samos Nectar

-Moscato Aspro (Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains)

85
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How long must Samos Nectar be aged?

86
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What is the only Greek appellation that mandates a white grape in a red bled? What grape?

A

Paros PDO

Monemvassia

87
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What ancient grape is cultivated mainly on Crete and some neighboring islands?

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