Greece

Question 1

Name the PDO’s of Greece that produce wines from the Xinomavro grape.

Answer 1

Rapsani
Goumenissa
Amyndeon
Naoussa

Question 2

What is the dominant red grape variety of Sitia PDO and Dafnes PDO?

Answer 2

Liatiko

Question 3

Which PDO of Greece is the most recent?

Answer 3

Monemvassia-Malvasia (est. 2010)

Question 4

Name the only Ionian Island that has three PDO’s. Which are the PDO’s and what grapes are allowed.

Answer 4

Cephalonia
Muscat of Cephalonia PDO from 100% Muscat White, Robola of Cephalonia PDO from 100% Robola Mavrodaphne of Cephalonia from 100% Mavrodaphne

Question 5

What is the most common red grape found throughout the Aegean.

Answer 5

Mandilaria

Question 6

When did phylloxera spread to Greece?

Answer 6

1898

Question 7

What are the grape varieties used in Anchialos PDO?

Answer 7

Roditis (minimum 80%)

Savvatiano

Question 8

Which region of Greece is home of Verdea traditional wines? What is the main grape used for its production?

Answer 8

Zakynthos
Skiadopoulo (minimum 50%)

Question 9

Name the coolest PDO zone of Greece.

Answer 9

Amyndeon

Question 10

What is the name of the PDO that is located in Epirus and what is the grape variety used?

Answer 10

Zitsa

Debina

Question 11

Name the only two PDO’s of Greece that allow the use of international grape varieties.

Answer 11

Mesenikola

Slopes of Meliton

Question 12

Which Greek winemaker “saved” the Malagousia grape variety from extinction?

Answer 12

Evangelos Gerovassiliou

Question 13

What is the only Greek PDO to mandate use of a white grape in a red wine? What are the grapes used in this PDO?

Answer 13

Paros

Mandilaria and Monemvassia

Question 14

What are the permitted grape varieties in Mesenikola PDO?

Answer 14

Black of Mesenikola (70%), Carignan and Syrah (maximum 30%)

Question 15

Name the PDO of Greece, which is located on the lower slopes of Mount Olympus.

Answer 15

Rapsani

Question 16

Synonym of the red grape variety Limnio in the island of Lemnos.

Answer 16

Kalabaki

Question 17

Name at least three synonyms of Mandilaria.

Answer 17

Amorgiano
Kontoura
Mavrokontoura
Mandilari

Question 18

Very rare white grape variety found in Lakonia and in Kythira island of Greece. Yiannis Vatistas was one of the first producers to select this vine from a field blend and later planted it in a single vineyard near the sea.

Answer 18

Petroulianos

Question 19

Name the two persons behind the famous Alpha Estate.

Answer 19

Makis Mavridis

Angelos Iatridis

Question 20

Where can you find Vin Jaune or Sherry-like wines in Greece and what is their name?

Answer 20

Zakyntos

Verdea

Question 21

Name the extremely rare red grape variety of Western Greece that is mainly found on the island of Lefkada.

Answer 21

Vertzami

Question 22

Name at least three grape varieties used in the production of Retsina.

Answer 22

Savvatiano
Roditis
Assyrtico
Athiri

Question 23

When was Goumenissa PDO zone been established and what are the grape requirements?

Answer 23

1979

Xinomavro and Negoska (minimum 20%)

Question 24

Synonym of Tourkopoula grape.

Answer 24

Roditis Kokkinos

Question 25

Name the rare white grape variety that is found in Thessaly and Macedonia, that a few producers like Dalamaras, Chryssohoos and Diamantakos showed some interesting wines.

Answer 25

Preknadi (Prekniariko)

Question 26

Minimum ageing requirements for Greek wines. | Reserve White, Grand Reserve White, Reserve Red, Grand Reserve Red

Answer 26

Reserve White: Minimum 1 year (6 months in barrel and 3 months in the bottle) Grand Reserve White: Minimum 2 years (1 year in barrel and 6 months in the bottle) Reserve Red: Minimum 2 years (1 year in barrel and 6 months in the bottle) Grand Reserve Red: Minimum 4 years (18 months in barrel and 18 months in the bottle)

Question 27

What are the grape requirements for Rapsani PDO?

Answer 27

Xinomavro, Krassato and Stavroto (equal amounts)

Question 28

Synonym of Stavroto grape.

Answer 28

Ambelakiotiko Mavro

Question 29

Maximum allowed yields of Rapsani PDO (hl/ha).

Answer 29

80 hl/ha

Question 30

What are the altitudes of the Rapsani PDO vineyards?

Answer 30

100m. - 700m.

Question 31

What is the minimum allowed altitude for the vineyards of Goumenissa PDO?

Answer 31

150m.

Question 32

Maximum allowed yields of Goumenissa PDO (hl/ha).

Answer 32

80 hl/ha

Question 33

Maximum allowed yields of Amyndeon PDO (hl/ha).

Answer 33

80 hl/ha

Question 34

When was the Association of Rural Cooperatives of Amyndeon (E.A.S.) established? When was their winery established?

Answer 34

1945 | 1959

Question 35

When was the first attempts made to produce sparkling wines from Xinomavro by E.A.S. in Amyndeon?

Answer 35

1971

Question 36

What are the altitudes of the Amyndeon PDO vineyards?

Answer 36

520m. - 720m.

Question 37

What are the main soils found in the Amyndeon PDO?

Answer 37

Sandy gravel and alluvial

Question 38

Which zone of Naoussa PDO is considered the coldest?

Answer 38

Fyteia (350m.)

Question 39

Maximum allowed yields of Mesenikola PDO (hl/ha).

Answer 39

96 hl/ha

Question 40

Maximum allowed yields of Slopes of Meliton PDO (hl/ha).

Answer 40

64 hl/ha for red wines | 60 hl/ha for white wines

Question 41

What are the grape requirements for Slopes of Meliton PDO?

Answer 41

Limnio (minimum 70%), Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc (maximum 30%) for red wines Athiri (minimum 50%), Roditis (minimum 35%) and Assyrtiko (minimum 15%) for white wines

Question 42

Maximum allowed yields of Samos PDO Vin Doux wines (hl/ha). What if the wine is labelled as Vin Doux Naturel Grand Cru?

Answer 42

75 hl/ha | 40 hl/ha

Question 43

When was the Association of Winemaking Cooperatives of Samos (E.O.S.S.) established?

Answer 43

1934

Question 44

What is the minimum allowed pressure for the sparkling wines of Zitsa PDO?

Answer 44

3,5 bar

Question 45

Maximum allowed yields of Zitsa PDO (hl/ha).

Answer 45

75 hl/ha

Question 46

Maximum allowed yields of Mantinia PDO (hl/ha).

Answer 46

82,5 hl/ha

Question 47

What are the grape requirements for Mantinia PDO?

Answer 47

Moschofilero (minimum 85%) and Asproudes (maximum 15%)

Question 48

Which two grape varieties are used in Lemnos PDO wines?

Answer 48

Muscat of Alexandria | Limnio

Question 49

Where do we come across the grape Skopelitiko?

Answer 49

Corfu

Question 50

Popular synonym of Pavlos grape.

Answer 50

Malvasia Bianca Lunga

Question 51

How many PGI's are there in Crete? Name them.

Answer 51

6 ``` PGI Crete PGI Kissamos PGI Chania PGI Rethymno PGI Heraklion PGI Lasithi ```

Question 52

Name the 2 PGI's of Zakynthos.

Answer 52

PGI Zakynthos | PGI Verdea Traditional designation of Zakynthos