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1
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Name the regions of mainland Greece. N-S

A 
Thrace
Macedonia
Epirus
Thessalia
Central Greece (Sterea Ellada)
Peloponnese
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Name the PDO of Macedonia.

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Amynteo PDO

Goumenissa PDO

Naoussa PDO

Slopes of Meliton PDO

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3
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What style of wines are allowed in the Amynteo PDO?

A 
(MACEDONIA) (coolest region in Greece)
Sparkling Rose (Trad Meth or Tank)
Rose
Red (dry)
max Fermentation temps: 20/30 degrees
Xinomavro
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4
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What style of wine is produced in Goumenissa PDO?

A

(MACEDONIA)
Red (dry)
- Xinomavro plus min 20% Negoska
Training: Goblet or Double Cordon (after 4 yrs of age)

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5
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What style of wine is made in the Naoussa PDO?

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(MACEDONIA) (1971) (home of Boutari)
Dry Red (0-4 g/l)
Semi-Dry Red  (4.5 - 17.5 g/l)
Semi-Sweet Red (17.5-45 g/l)
- Xinomavro
max So2 :
Dry Red: 150 mg/l
Semi-Dry Red/Semi-Sweet Red: 200 mg/l
max Ferm temp 30 degrees
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6
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Where is Domaine Carras?

A 
Slopes of Melition PDO (MACEDONIA)
(Single Producer appellation)
Dry:
W - Roditis, Assyrtiko, plus Athiri
R - Cabernet Sauvignon, plus Lemnio and Cabernet Franc
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What are the PDO of Peloponnese?

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Patras PDO
Mavrodaphne of Patras PDO
Muscat of Patras PDO
Muscat of Rio Patras PDO
Monemvasia-Malvasia PDO
Nemea PDO
Mantinia PDO
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8
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Where is the Asprokambos Plateau

A

Peloponnese

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What style of wine is produced in the Mantinia PDO?

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(PELOPONNESE)
Dry white and Sparkling
min 85% Moschofilero, plus Asproudes

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10
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Where is Thessaloniki?

A

PGI District of Macedonia
- Domaine Carras
Malagouzia revival
Evangelos Gerovassilion (with Emile Peynaud)

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11
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Name 2 blending grapes for Xinomavro and where would you see this?

A

KRASATO
STAVROTO
Rapsani PDO
(its further south (Mt Olympus) Xino needs to be softened.

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12
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What are the PDO of Thessalia?

A

(Thessa-LEE-ah)

Anchialos PDO (W / D-S)
Mesenikola PDO (R-dry)
Rapsani PDO (R-dry / Res/G Res)
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What style of wine is produced in the Anchialos PDO?

A

(Thessa-LEE-ah)
White - dry to sweet range
Grapes :
Roditis and Savvatiano grapes from higher-altitude

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What type of wine is made in the Mesenikola PDO?

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Red:
min 70% Mavro Mesenikola
max 30% combined Syrah and Carignan

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15
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Rapsani PDO geographical factors.

A

Valley of Tempi
PINIOS River
Mount Kissavos

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16
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What is the sole PDO of Epirus?

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ZITSA
Dry white
Sparkling Dry - sweet
DEBINA grape 100%

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17
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What is St George?

A

Agirogitiko (Nemea / Mantinia)

Peloponnese

18
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What does Mavrodaphne mean?

A

“Black Laurel”

19
Q

What wine is used for sacriment in the Greek Orthodox Church?

A

Mavrodaphne of Patras.

sweet, fortified red

20
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What is the age requirement of Mavrodaphne of Patras?

A
  • Reg - min 1 yr oak barrels of 1,000 liters or less
  • “Reserve” min 3yr (inc 2yr cask and 1yr in btl)
  • “Vieille Reserve” 5yr (inc 2yr cask and 2yr in btl)
  • “Grand Reserve” 7yr (inc 3yr cask and 3yr in btl)
  • Non-Vintage blends require a minimum 3 years of aging after the final blend.
  • NO chaptalization
  • planting density: min400 vines per acre (excluding those vines planted prior to 1993)
  • Mavrodaphne and Mavri Korinthiaki,
  • Producer - Achaia-Clauss / Hermes / Kourtaki
21
Q

What is the oldest winery in Greece?

A

Achaia-Clauss (1861)
- Peloponnese - Patras
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22
Q

When did Greece gain its independents?

A

1832

joined the EU in 1981

23
Q

Where did Greek wine begin?

A

Crete

Minoan civilization - 2500 BC

24
Q

When were wooden barrels introduced replacing amphorae?

A

7th Century

25
Q

In the 17th century, what was the largest agricultural production for Greece?

A

Raisins

26
Q

When, and where was Greeces first Coop founded?

A

Samos Island
1934
(UWV Samso)

27
Q

How is Retsina flavoured?

A

The use of a “tea Bag” process

  • Aleppo pine trees (Pinus halepensis)
  • 0.15 to 1.0% of the wine’s final volume
28
Q

What are the Traditional PGI of Greece?

A

Retsina

Verdea

29
Q

How many appellations may append their name to Retsina?

A

15
-Gialtra, Evia, Karystos, Viotia, Thebes, Halkida, Megara, Attica, Pallini, Pikermi, Spata, Mesogia, Markopoulos, Peania, and Koropi

30
Q

What is Kokkineli?

A

A rose Retsina

Roditis (R) grape lends color

31
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What are the authorized grapes for Retsina?

A

Savatiano and Roditis.

32
Q

Name 6 historical wineries that are shaping Greece.

A 
Boutari
Achaia Clauss
Kambas
Kourtakis
Tsantali
Domaine Porto Carras
33
Q

What is the largest mountain range in Greece?

A

Pindos

34
Q

What are the oceans that surround Greece?

A

Aegean (east)
Ionian (west)
Lybian (south)
-also Mediterrainian (s-w of Peloponnese)

35
Q

What is the main divide of the Greek Islands?

A 
Ionian - 
   - Cephalonia
Aegean-
   - Cyclades (which contains Santorini), 
   - Dodecanese
   - North Aegean Islands
36
Q

What is the difference between
Vin naturellement doux wines
and Vin doux wines of Greece?

A
  • Vin naturellement doux - from dried grapes.
  • Vin doux - unfermented must is shocked with spirits. sometimes referred to as VdL wines
  • Vin doux naturel (VdN) produced when spirits are added to a partly fermented wine
37
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What is Tsipouro?

A

Greek Grappa - used to fortify natural wines.

38
Q

What is used for the fortification of the sweet wines of Greece?

A

Tsipouro (Greek Grappa)

39
Q

What type of wine in made in the Mesenikola PDO?

A

(THESSALY)
Red only - min 70% Mavro Mesenikola plus max 3-% Syrah and Carignan
- Carignan MUST be Head Trained (or in Cordon Royal)
- Syrah MUST be head Trained (or in Double Guyot)

40
Q

What PDO are not dedicated to native grapes?

A

(In Macedonia:)
Slopes of Meliton (CS/Lemnio?CF)(Roditis/Assy/Athiri)
(In Thessaly;)
Mesenikola (Mavro Mesenikola/syarh/carginan)

41
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What is the only PDO to mandate use of white grapes in a red wine in Greece.

A

PAROS
(Igean Islands)
Momnevasia with red Maldalaria

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