Greece:Aegean + Ionian + Islands / Central

Question 1

What sub region surrounds Athens?

Answer 1

Attiki

Question 2

What sub zone is the centre of production for Retsina?

Answer 2

Attiki (Savvatiano grape)

Surrounds Athens

Question 3

What is the only Ionian Island to have a PDO?

Answer 3

Cephalonia PDO
(Kerkyra (Corfu)
(Lefkada)
(Zakynthos)

Question 4

What style of wine is produced on Cephalonia?

Answer 4

Dry white:
Robola grape
Sweet whites VdN
(Muscat of Cephalonia)
(Mavrodapne of Cephalonia)

Question 5

What are the PGI District wines of the Ionian Islands?

Answer 5

Corfu (Kerkyra)
Lefkada
Zakynthos

Question 6

What grapes are used for the PGI wines of Verdea?

Answer 6

Ionian Island
min 50% Skiadopoulo
plus Pavlos, Robola, Goustolidi, Avgoustiatis
(up to 34 varieties are planted on the island of Zakynthos

Question 7

In Greece, where would you find a wine produced similar to vin jaune and Sherry?

Answer 7

In the PGI of Verdea.
Ionian Coast.
Skiadopoulo grape mainly

Question 8

What are the 2 most important PDO of the Cyclades islands?

Answer 8

Santorini (Assyrtiko + Athiri and Aidani)

Paros (only PDO to mandate a white grape for red wine)

Question 9

What type of wine is produced in the Paros PDO?

Answer 9

W / 100% Monemvasia

R / co-fermentation of min 35% Mandelaria grape, and Monemvassia must

Question 10

What is the climactic feature that drastically effects Santorini and what causes it?

Answer 10

Meltimi Winds.
- caused when a high-pressure system falls over the Balkans and a low-pressure system sits over Turkey. Drives hot, dry air May-Sept

Question 11

What is NYCHTERI?

Answer 11

Night harvested. 
(min ABV 13.5%)
(min 3M in barrel)
Assyrtiko / Athiri / Adani
(whole cluster / avoids oxidation)

Question 12

What is the blend for AOP Santorini white?

Answer 12

min. 75% Assyrtiko + Athiri and Aidani

Vin Santo: Min. 51% Assyrtiko, plus Athiri, Aidani+ others

Question 13

What is the age requirement for a dry red wine from Santorini labeled ‘Specially Selected’?

Answer 13

“Selected” (Réserve):
- min 1 yr (inc Min6M oak + 3M btl)

“Specially Selected” (Grande Réserve):
- min 2yr inc min 1yr oak + 6M btl)

Question 14

What is the age requirement for a Vin Santo from Santorini?

Answer 14

VINTAGE: min 2yrs in barrel
(aging must occur on the islands of :
-THERA OR
-THIRASIA.

AGE STATEMENT:

• oxidative MIN 4yrs.
• age only multiple of 4 (8, 12, 16, etc.).

Question 15

What area the Islands of the Cyclades?

Answer 15

Santorini and Paros

Question 16

What is the only PDO to mandate white wine in red blends?

Answer 16

paros PDO
(.White: 100% Monemvasia
Red: co-fermentation of min. 35% Mandelaria grape, and Monemvassia must)

Question 17

Name the specialty wines of Santorini

Answer 17

Vinsanto:

Mezzo: red / less sweet than Vinsanto

Xenoloo: Non classic grapes

Brusco: rough / tannic / oaked
all colors / harvested a few at a time for days on end before being pressed

(the process was the exact opposite of the process followed in the case of nychteri)