Greece - Crete

Question 1

Crete separates which 2 seas?

Answer 1

Aegean and the Libyan

Question 2

Which part of Crete do you find the most viticulture

Answer 2

the more temperate north, with the best sites situated along the higher slopes

Question 3

How many PDOs are there in Crete?

Answer 3

7

Question 4

Name the 7 PDOs of Crete

Answer 4

Archanes
Candia
Daphnes
Malvasia Candia
Malvasia Sitia
Peza
Sitia

Question 5

Archanes is a PDO in which region of Greece?

Answer 5

Crete

Question 6

Candia is a PDO in which region of Greece?

Answer 6

Crete

Question 7

Daphnes is a PDO in which region of Greece?

Answer 7

Crete

Question 8

Malvasia Candia is a PDO in which region of Greece?

Answer 8

Crete

Question 9

Malvasia Sitia is a PDO in which region of Greece?

Answer 9

Crete

Question 10

Peza is a PDO in which region of Greece?

Answer 10

Crete

Question 11

Sitia is a PDO in which region of Greece?

Answer 11

Crete

Question 12

What are the wine styles and grape varieties of the Peza PDO?

Answer 12

Dry wines
Whites from Vilana
Reds from a combination of Kotsifali and Mandilaria

Question 13

What wine styles and grape varieties are allowed in the Archanes PDO

Answer 13

Dry reds from Kotsifali and Mandilara

Question 14

What are the wine styles and grape varieties of the Daphnes PDO?

Answer 14

Dry and sweet reds from 100% Liatiko

Question 15

What are the wine styles and grape varieties of the Candia PDO?

Answer 15

Dry Whites and reds
The reds must be composed of the typical Cretan combination of Kotsifali (minimum 70%) and Mandilaria, but the white blend is a bit more complex. Legally, it is a blend of a minimum 85% Vilana with Assyrtiko, Athiri, Vidiano, Thrapsathiri, and Liatiko

Question 16

What are the only 2 PDO for sweet wines in Greece to feature Malvasia?

Answer 16

Malvasia Candia

Malvasia SItia

Question 17

What are the main red and white grapes of the Sitia PDO?

Answer 17

White: Vilara with Thrapsathiri
Red: Liatiko with Mandilaria
Sweet: Liatiko

Question 18

Vidiano, Kotsifali, and Vilana are grape varieties indigenous to what island?

Answer 18

Crete

Question 19

Which appellations of Crete produce only red wine?

Answer 19

Dafnes

Archanes