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1
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God of wine

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Dionysus

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2
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Greek word (origin) for sommelier

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Oenohoos

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3
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Highest point in Greece

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Mt. Olympus, also separates Thessaly from Macedonia

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4
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3 seas of Greece and location

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  • Ionian: to the west (separates Greece from Italy)
  • Aegean: to the east
  • Libyan/Crete: to the south
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5
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Synonym of Pinot gris

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Monemvassia

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6
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Synonym of Agiorgitiko

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St George

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7
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Synonym of Cabernet franc

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Tsapournakos

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8
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This body of water separates Italy and Greece

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Ionian Sea

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9
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This wind blows very dry air from the north, typically between mid-May and late September in Greece.

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Meltemi

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10
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Name the 6 wine companies that have a historical importance in the creation of Greece’s modern wine laws

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  • Boutari: played an especially important role, establishing satellite wineries in many of Greece’s major appellations and sending its winemakers and vineyard managers to study in France far before that was commonplace
  • Domaine Porto Carras: launched in 1970 and tapped famed Bordeaux enologist Émile Peynaud as its consultant
  • Achaia Clauss, Kambas, Kourtakis, and Tsantali
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Greece’s largestappellations for dry redwines, dry white wines, sweet whites and sweet reds?

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  • Red: Nemea (in Peloponnese -> 100% Agiorgitiko)
  • White: Patras (in Peloponnese -> 100% Roditis)
  • Sweet white: Samos (in Aegean Islands / Rhodes / 100% Moschato Aspro (Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains)
  • Sweet red: Mavrodaphne of Patras (not just Patras since Patras is only for dry reds!!)
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12
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Key grape in Macedonia and Thessaly

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Xinomavro

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13
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Which white grape accounts for 90% of all plantings in Greece?

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Savatiano

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14
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Most planted red grape?

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Agiorgitiko (5.28%)

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15
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Key grape in Sterea Ellada (Central Greece)

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Savatiano

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16
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Top 3 grapes grown in Greece

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  • White: Savatiano (16.52%) — accounts for 90% of all plantings
  • Pink: Rhoditis (14.34%)
  • Red: Agiorgitiko (5.28%)
  • The dominance of Savatiano and Roditis is in part due to their use as the base for Retsina
17
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What are the 2 PGI’s in Greece, which are also Traditional Appellations (Traditional PGI wines marry process and place, and, as the name implies, serve to preserve ancient methods of wine production).

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  • Retsina: traditional Athenian wine, which can only be produced in 15 locations within Greece; cannot be labeled with a vintage
  • Verdea: an oxidized white wine from the Ionian island Zakynthos
18
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What is the sole appellation in Epirus in NW Greece and what is the grape? Styles produced?

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  • Zitsa
  • 100% Debina grape (white)
  • Still dry, fruity, crisp whites
  • Sparkling dry and semi-sweet
19
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Santorini’s most widely planted white and red grape

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  • White: Assyrtiko

- Red: Mandilaria

20
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This Greek word could even be considered the forerunner to the sommelier

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Oenohoos

21
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Naoussa is this Greek region’s most important appellation, what is the grape?

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  • Macedonia

- 100% Xinomavro

22
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Macedonia’s (2) regions that require 100% Xinomavro

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Amnyteo and Naoussa

23
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Only appellation in Macedonia that makes dry whites and dry reds

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Slopes of Meliton

24
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Only white wine region in Thessaly, what are the grapes?

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  • Anchialos

- 80% Rhoditis, 20% Savatiao

25
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This region in Thessaly requires Xinomavro to be co-fermented with two other red grapes (krassato, stavroto (ambelakiotiko)

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Rapsani

26
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Single producer appellation for Domaine Carras

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Slopes of Meliton (in Macedonia)

27
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Appellations in Macedonia

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  • P: Slopes of Meliton
  • A: Amynteo
  • N: Nemea
  • G: Goumenissa
28
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Appellations in Thessaly

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  • R: Rapsani
  • A: Anchialos
  • M: Messenikola
29
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These 2 appellations in Greece requires Xinomavro to be co-fermented with other red grapes

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  • Goumenissa (in Macedonia)

- Rapsani (in Thessaly)

30
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Name the 2 PDOs where the wines are not entirely dedicated to indigenous varieties

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  • Slopes of Meliton (Macedonia): can have CS + CF in reds

- Messenikola (Thessaly): can have Carignan + Syrah in reds

31
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What is Greece’s most planted grape variety?

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Savatiano

32
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Greece’s largest island?

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Crete

33
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Peloponnese’s most famous red wine region and grape?

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Nemea (Agiorgitiko)

34
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Peloponnese is separated from the mainland by this body of water

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Gulf of Corinthia

35
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Which appellation contains Greece’s most area planted under vine at 29%?

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Peloponnese

36
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What is Greece’s largest white and red wine appellation?

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White: Patras (100% Roditis)
Red: Nemea (100% Agiorgitiko)
**Both in Peloponnese

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