Greece

Question 1

Wine law of Greece

Answer 1

PDO -100% of grapes from stated region | Reserva - White ( min 1 yr | min 6 mnth in oak and 3 mnth in btl | Red min 2 yo ( min 1 o | min 6 mnth b)| Grande reserve- white min 2 y ( min 1 o | min 6 mnth ) | Red min 4 ( min 18 mnths o | min 18 mnth b)
PGI- 85 % of grapes from stated region | includes regional wines - includes verdea and 15 sub district of Retsina | 3 levels - Area/district/Regional | Ionian island is only exception but this produce PDO, Area and district PGI wines

Question 2

How many PDO and PGI area

Answer 2

PDO 28

PGI 58

Question 3

Verdea

Answer 3

Type of vinho verde made in zakynthos from underripe grapes - skaidopoulo pavlos asprorobola (white robola) goustolidi

Question 4

Macedonia sub region

Answer 4

Cote de Meliton
Naoussa
Amynteo
Goumenissa

Question 5

Cote de meliton red and white grape permittee , best producer

Answer 5

Red Grape - Limnio, Cab sau , cab franc
White grape- Assyrtiko, Athiri and Rhoditis

Producers chateau carras

Question 6

Naoussa grape varietals

Answer 6

Xinomavro

Question 7

Goumenissa PDO

Answer 7

Light red from xinomavro and Negoska

Question 8

Amynteo DO | Grape varietal | wine styles |

Answer 8

Grape varietal - Xinomavro

Style- Light red and rose sparkling ( dry and med dry)

Question 9

Thessaly sub region

Answer 9

Rapsani PDO
Anchialos PDO
Messenikola PDO

Question 10

Rapsani DO

Answer 10

Grape variety- Xinomavro, Stavroto and krassato

Dry red

Question 11

Anchialos DO

Answer 11

Known for dry wines from 75% Rhoditis and balance from savatiano it also produces med dry and med sweet wines

Question 12

Messenikola PDO

Answer 12

Dry red made from 70 % mavro messinikola plus 30% carignan and Syrah

Question 13

Epirus sub region

Answer 13

Zitsa PDO

Question 14

Zitsa PDO

Answer 14

Dry and sparking from Debina grapes

Question 15

Retsina TA

Answer 15

Grape varietal - Savatiano with Rhoditis and Assyrtiko

Sub region - Attica, Viota and evia

Flavoured with Attica pine resin which is removed at Racking

Question 16

Peloponnese Sub region

Answer 16

Nemia PDO
Patras PDO
Mantinia PDO
Monemvasia Malvasia PDO

Question 17

Patras PDO

Answer 17

Dry to medium sweet by Roditis grapes

Muscat of Patras PDO and Rio of Patras PDO from muscat blanc petit grains and are VDN

Question 18

Mantinia PDO

Answer 18

Dry still or sparkling white made from 85% Moschofilero plus some Asprouodes

Question 19

Monemvasia PDO

Answer 19

Wine made from sun dried grapes with minimum of 51% Monemvasia plus Assytriko and kydonitsa grapes

Question 20

Nemea PDO

Answer 20

Red made from Agiorgitiko

Question 21

Mavrodaphne of Patras PDO

Answer 21

Slightly fortified sweet dessert wine made from Mavrodaphne plus some korinthaiki (max49%)

Question 22

Stefani

Answer 22

Vines grow in low bush form or round basket shape which provides protection from sun and wind

Question 23

Rhodes PDO

Answer 23

Red from min 70 % Mandilaria
White from min 70 % Athiri
Sparkling white and rose are also produced
Muscat of Rhodes is perhaps the best from the island

Question 24

Samos PDO

Answer 24

Sweet white VDN and VDL from muscat a petit grains
Samos vin doux is the standard
Samos Nectar which is produced from sun dried grapes aged for min 3 yr in oak
Samos anthemis- matured for 5 yr in oak

Question 25

Limnos PDO

Answer 25

Dry to sweet table wine from muscat d alexandrie

Red from Limnio

Question 26

Paros PDO

Answer 26

Malvasia Paros made from 85 % monemvasia

Also makes red and white as well

Question 27

Santorini PDO

Answer 27

Made from 75 % Assyrtiko

There is PDO for sweet wines as well from 51% Assyrtiko aidani Aspro and athiri this can be VDN, VDL and vin de Paille

Question 28

Top producer of santorini

Answer 28

Sigalas
Argyros
Hatzidakis

Question 29

Ionian island PDO

Answer 29

Makes dry white from Rabola
Muscat of cephalonia is for sweet dessert VDL
Mavrodaphne of kefalonia is sweet red VDL

Question 30

Crete

Answer 30

Red from 70 % liatiko

White from 70% vilana