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1
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What are Greece’s 2 PDO categories

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  1. Controlled Appellation of Origin - AOC/OPE
  2. Appellation of Superior Quality - AOSQ/OPAP

AOC - is reserved for traditional sweet wine

Reserve and Grand Reserve for aging designations

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What Greek PDO wine catergory is used for sweet wine

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AOC/OPE

Controlled Appellation of Origin

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What does Cava indicate on PGI wines in Greece

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Indication of age

“Cava” indicates at least one year of aging for white and rosé PGI wines, and a minimum three years of aging for reds. White and rosé “Cava” wines spend at least six months in oak prior to bottling, and reds are in barrel for at least one year. “Palaiomenos se vareli” may be added to the label of Cava, Reserve, or Grand Reserve wines to indicate oak aging beyond the required minimums.

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What category of Greek Wine Laws does Retsina and Verdea fall under

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Protected Geographic Indication (PGI) category

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What is Verdea and where is it produced in Greece

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

minimum 50% percent Skiadopoulo

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What is Retsina

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Retsina is generally produced as a white wine, from Savvatiano grapes (low acid grape) and flavored with the addition of pine resin, rather than stored in resin-sealed casks like in ancient times, from Central Greece (Sterea Ellada)

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What region of Greece is known for Retsina production

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Central Greece (Sterea Ellada)

No PDO’s in region

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Greek PGI wine are divided into 3 zones, list them

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Regional, District, Area

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What are the 2 categories of Greek wines that do not carry a geographic indication

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Varietal and Table

The “Varietal” category comprises table wines that carry a vintage and variety on the label, whereas ordinary “Table” wines cannot; neither Varietal or Table wines may list a geographical indication.

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What style of wine is typically produced from the Mavrodaphne grape? Where is production focused?
A. Dry white
B. Sweet, fortified white
C. Dry red
D. Sweet, fortified red

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D. Sweet, fortified red

  • Mavrodaphne of Cephalonia (Ionian Island), Mavrodaphne of Patras (Peloponnese)
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What style of wine is made in Naoussa? What region?
A. Dry white
B. Dry red
C. Sweet white
D. Sweet red

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B. dry red from Xinomavro

Macedonia Region PDOs (4)

Naoussa PDO
Amynteo PDO: rosé and sparkling production
Goumenissa PDO: Negoska makes up 20% of blend with Xinomavro
Slopes of Meliton (Plagies Melitona)

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12
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Name the producer

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Domaine Sigalas

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Nemea is the only PDO appellation for dry red wines on the Peloponnese.
A. True
B. False

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A. True

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Name this producer of Naoussa red, the producer is based in Santorini

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Boutari

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True or False & Fill in the Blank

Macedonia is home to some of Greece’s best dry reds made from _____ in the PDO’s of Naoussa & Amynteo

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True - reds from Xinomavro (acid black), firm & tannic reds

*Amynteo is the only PDO to allow rosé production

Macedonia

(Maak eh dh aw n ee aa)

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Domaine Carras is the sole producer and Greece’s only monopole on the Slopes of Meliton PDO in what region

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Macedonia

Halkidiki area

Domaine Carras makes Red PDO wines on the estate from blends of Cabernet Sauv, Cab Franc, and the native Limnio; white PDO wines are blends of the Greek varietals Assyrtiko, Athiri, and Rhoditis. Evangelos Gerovassiliou, winemaker, launched Domaine Carras to international acclaim under the guidance of Émile Peynaud (famed French Enologist)

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17
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Match the PDO with its approximate location in Greece.

Southern, North Central, Island in Aegean Sea

What are the main grapes of production

A. Naoussa

B. Nemea

C. Santorini

A

A. Naoussa - North Central - Xinomavro

B. Nemea - Southern - Agiorgitiko

C. Santorini - Island in Aegean Sea - Assyrtiko

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18
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What is the only PDO in Epirus? What is the main grape?
A. Zitsa
B. Slopes of Meliton
C. Cephalonia
D. Nemea

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A. Zitsa

Dry, semisweet, and sparkling wines are produced from the Debina grape

Slopes of Meliton - Macedonia
Cephalonia - Ionian Island
Nemea - Pelopennesse

19
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Messenikola and Anchialos are PDOs in which region?
A. Peloponnese
B. Macedonia
C. Thessalia
D. Crete

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C. Thessalia

  • Anchialos: 80% Roditis with 20% Savatiano
  • Messenikola: second of Greece’s PDOs to feature international varieties, dry reds out of Mavro Messenikola, with a maximum combined total of 30% Carignan and Syrah
20
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Who produces the wine “Megas Oenos?”
A. Domaine Skouras
B. Domaine Spiropoulos
C. Domaine Porto Carras
D. Domaine Sigalas

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A. Domaine Skouras

21
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Which countries does Greece border?
A. Turkey
B. Italy
C. Albania
D. Macedonia
E. Bulgaria

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A,C,D,E

Doesn’t border Italy

22
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Santorini is phylloxera-free.
A. True
B. False

A

A. True

23
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Domaine Skouros and Domaine Spiropoulos are both winemakers based in which region?
A. Macedonia
B. Peloponnese
C. Crete
D. Thessalia

A

B. Peloponnese

24
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The Peloponnese PDO Nemea covers reds from which grape

A. Xinomavro

B. Mavrodaphne

C. Agiorgitiko

D. Negoska

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C. 100% Agiorgitiko (St. George)

softly tannic, black fruit, perfumed

dry and sweet styles

25
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Koutsi is a famous commune of Peloponnese in the ________ PDO, what is the sole grape for production

The nickname “blood of Hercules” (or “blood of the lion”) is sometimes attached to the wines of this PDO, commemorating the first of Hercules’ twelve legendary labors.

A

Nemea

100% Agiorgitiko

  • Psari, Gimnó and Asprókambos other well know communes of production
26
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Match the Peloponnese PDO to the grape

Moschofilero, Roditis, Agiorgitiko

A. Nemea PDO

B. Patras PDO

C. Mantinia PDO

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A. Nemea: Agiorgitiko (St. George) - red grape

District PDO: Corinth, Argolis

B. Patras: Roditis - white grape (dry)

District PDO: Achaia

C. Mantinia: Moschofilero - pink skin (white/vin gris production)

District PDO: Arcadia

other PDOs: Mavrodaphne of Patras, Muscat of Patras, Muscat of Rio Patras, Monemvasia-Malvasia PDO​

27
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Which is not a dessert PDO of Peloponnese

A. Muscat of Patras

B. Mavrodaphne of Patras

C. Muscat of Limnos

D. Muscat of Rio Patras

E. Monemvasia-Malvasia

A

C. Muscat of Limnos is made on the Island of Lemnos in the Aegean sea

28
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Where would you find vine trained close to the ground, in the stefani or koulouri shape of baskets or wreaths

A

Santorini PDO to protect them from the fierce Aegean winds and to collect the little moisture that becomes available as morning dew

29
Q

Fill in the Blank & True or False

The isle of Samos is located in the _____ Islands and is home to one of the Greeks most famous wines: Muscat of Samos, which received a form of appellation protection as early as 1934.

A

Aegean

True

30
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Which of these grapes is red (4)
Agiorgitiko
Debina
Mavrodaphne
Malagousia
Moschofilero
Negoska
Robola
Roditis
Savvatiano
Skiadopoulo
Thrapsathiri
Vidiano
Xinomavro

A

Agiorgitiko (Ah-your-yeek-tee-ko)

Mavrodaphne

Negoska

Xinomavro (ke-see-no-mav-roh)

**Moschofilero is pink skinned

31
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What does Νυχτέρι (Nychteri) represent on a Santorini wine label

A

These wines must be aged in barrel for at least 3 months

32
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Which is the sole PDO producing Ionian Island off the west coast of Greece. What types of wines in the 3 PDOs

A, Kerkya (Corfu)

B. Lefkada

C. Cephalonia

D. Zakynthos

A

C. Cephalonia

3 PDO’s

Robola of Cephalonia PDO - dry whites
Mavrodaphne of Cephalonia PDO - fortified sweet reds
Muscat of Cephalonia PDO - sweet whites

33
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The Sitia PDO produces white wine from the Vilana grape and red from the Liatiko grape on this Greek Island

A

Crete

34
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What is the principal grape variety of Verdea, what island is it located on and where

A. Vlahiko
B. Debina
C. Skiadopoulo
D. Korinthiaki
E. Savvatiano

A

C. Skiadopoulo

Zakynthos, Ionian Sea

35
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What two Greek PDOs utilize the Liatiko grape for red wines, what region are they located?
A. Candia
B. Sitia
C. Peza
D. Dafnes
E. Archanes

A

B. Sitia

D. Dafnes

Crete

36
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Both Santorini and Santorini Nychteri must contain what minimum percentage of Assyrtiko?
A. 50%
B. 51%
C. 75%
D. 85%

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C. 75%

37
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What region is Rapsani located in and what is the grape of production

A

Thessaly, slope of Mount Oylmpus

Rapsani is the only PDO to feature Xinomavro outside of Macedonia

38
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What are the 6 wine mainland wine regions of Greece?

What are the two island wine regions of Greece?

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Macedonia
Peloponnese
Thessalia
Thrace
Epirus
Sterea Ellada (Central Greece)

Aegean Islands
Ionian Islands

39
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Which PDO Region of Macedonia is known as Greece’s coolest region and home to rosé and sparkling wine production?

A

Amynteo

40
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Rapsani PDO, Messenikola PDO, Anchialos PDO are the 3 PDOs of what region, what are the styles of wine produced in the regions

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Thessalia

Anchialos PDO: Minimum 80% Roditis, maximum 20% Savvatiano (white only)

Messenikola PDO: Minimum 70% Mavro Mesenikola (dry red only)

Rapsani PDO: Dry reds from Xinomavro

41
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Which PDO encompasses four villages on the lower slopes of Mount Olympus? This region is known for being the southern outpost for what grape?

A

Rapsani
Xinomavro

42
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What does Mavrodaphne mean? What is the name of the PDO region in Peloponnese where it’s blended with Mavri Korinthiaki to produce a sweet fortified red commonly used as an aperitif to temper the briny, salty character of Greek first courses?

A

“black laurel”
Mavrodaphne of Patras

43
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Which PDO region in Peloponnese is known for its sweet wine aged in an oxidative environment that must contain 51% of Monemvassia?

A

Monemvassia-Malvasia

44
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Which PDO is known for producing wine from Moscato Aspro in both VDL and VDN styles?

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Muscat of Samos PDO

off Turkey’s coast

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