Hungary and the rest of Eastern Europe

Question 1

Wine made on the Anatolian Plateau is made where?

Answer 1

Turkey

Question 2

Where is Massandra produced?

Answer 2

Crimea

Question 3

What is Romania’s second-most planted red grape? What is the most-planted?

Answer 3

Babeasca Neagra; Merlot is the most-planted.

Question 4

Wine made in the Baltic States would be wine made in what three countries?

Answer 4

Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia

Question 5

In what regions of Hungary is the production of Bikavér permitted? What are the main grapes of this style?

Answer 5

Eger and Szekszard

Kékfrankos is the main grape and Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Kekoporto (Portugieser) are supplementary grapes.

Question 6

What is the top appellation for Kekfrankos in Hungary?

Answer 6

Sopron

Question 7

What is Kekfrankos/Blaufrankisch called in Serbia and the Czech Republic?

Answer 7

Frankovka

Question 8

Wine produced around the city of Sofia would be produced in what country?

Answer 8

Bulgaria

Question 9

Wine produced in the Thracian Plains would be produced where?

Answer 9

Bulgaria

Question 10

What is the most planted red grape in Bulgaria? What red grape made it famous?

Answer 10

Merlot though the region was more known for its Cabernet Sauvignon previously.

Question 11

What are the two PGI regions for wine in Bulgaria from north to south?

Answer 11

Danubian Plain IGP

Thracian Lowlands IGP

Question 12

What is the major mountain range that separates the Danubian Plain and the Thracian Lowlands in Bulgaria?

Answer 12

The Balkan Mountains or the Stara Planina

Question 13

What does “reserve” indicate on a bottle of Bulgarian PDO wine?

Answer 13

That the wine has been matured for at least 1 year prior to its release.

Question 14

What are the two PDO quality levels in Bulgaria?

Answer 14

Wines with Guaranteed and Controlled Designation of Origin

Wines with Designation of Origin

Question 15

What is the top PDO in Hungary for Cabernet Franc?

Answer 15

Villány PDO

Question 16

From what region and grapes is the traditional sweet wine Cotnari produced?

Answer 16

Produced in the Moldova Hills of Romania

White wines are produced from Grasa, Francusa, Taimaioassa Romaneasca, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, and Muscat

The best sweet wines affected by noble rot are from Grasa

Question 17

Where is it said that the oldest continuously cultivated viticulture site in the world is?

Answer 17

The Stari Grad plain on the island of Hvar in Croatia.

Question 18

What is the highest level of wine quality in Croatia?

Answer 18

Vrhunsko Vino

Question 19

What is Terran called in Slovenia?

Answer 19

Refošk

Question 20

What is Croatia’s second-most planted grape that dominates the vineyards of Dalmatia?

Answer 20

Plavac Mali

Question 21

What is the most important white grape of Croatia?

Answer 21

Graševina/Welschriesling

Question 22

What is the Croatian synonym for Blaufrankisch?

Answer 22

Frankovka

Question 23

What are the two languages spoken on Cyprus depending on what part of the island you’re on?

Answer 23

Turkish in the North

Greek in the South

Question 24

What is Commandaria?

Answer 24

Legendary sweet and fortified wine from Cyprus grown on the southern slopes of the Troodos Mountains and produced from the indigenous grapes of Xynistri and Mavro having the distinction of the oldest named wine still in production.

Question 25

What are the quality level designations for wine from the Czech Republic?

Answer 25

CHZO (PGI) | CHOP (PDO)

Question 26

Wine produced in Bohemia and Moravia is produced where?

Answer 26

Czech Republic

Question 27

What country uses the NM (normalized must weight) scale for measuring the amount of sugar in grape must?

Answer 27

Czech Republic

Question 28

What are the grape requirements for Eger Bikaver?

Answer 28

Must be a blend of at least 4 grapes with Kekfrankos/Blaufranksich making up at least 30-50%. Notable grapes that are permitted are Zweigelt, Cab Franc, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Merlot, Kadarka, and Caberent Sauvignon.

Question 29

What is the top red and white grape respectively in Eger PDO?

Answer 29

Kekfrankos (Blaufrankisch) | Olaszrizling (Welschriesling)

Question 30

In what countries would you find the grape Feteascā? What does the name of this grape translate to?

Answer 30

Romania and Ukraine; the name translates to 'Young Girl's Grape"

Question 31

What is the synonym for Blaufrankisch in Bulgary?

Answer 31

Gamé

Question 32

What is Gamza?

Answer 32

Bulgarian synonym for Hungarian Kadarka

Question 33

What are the two most planted indigenous varieties in Georgia?

Answer 33

Rkatsiteli and Saperavi

Question 34

What is the most important wine region in Georgia and home to 80% of the country's production?

Answer 34

Kakheti

Question 35

What is the principal red grape variety of Kakheti in Georgia?

Answer 35

Saperavi

Question 36

What is the capitol of Georgia?

Answer 36

Tbilisi

Question 37

Where would you find clay churi? What are these?

Answer 37

In Georgia, specifically in Imereti This a synonym for Qvevri

Question 38

What is the most-planted grape in Croatia?

Answer 38

Welschriesling; called Grasevina there.

Question 39

What is the synonym for Gruner Veltliner in Hungary?

Answer 39

Zöldveltelini

Question 40

What is harslevelu said to lend to a tokaji blend?

Answer 40

Perfume and hints of Linden honey

Question 41

What is the percentage of wine produced of Hungary's total output that is white?

Answer 41

70%

Question 42

In what century did Tokaj Aszú emerge as an important wine style?

Answer 42

17th Century

Question 43

What is the river Danube called in Hungary?

Answer 43

Duna

Question 44

What are the three large regions of Hungary for wine production?

Answer 44

Transdanubia (west of the Danube/Duna) The Great Plain (east of the Danube/Duna) North Hungary/Northern Massif

Question 45

What are the two main rivers that flow through Hungary? Which is adjacent to Tokaj?

Answer 45

Danube and the Tisza; the Tisza flows adjacent to Tokaj

Question 46

Which country does Tokaj share a border with?

Answer 46

Slovakia

Question 47

What is the most prized soil type of Tokaj?

Answer 47

Decayed lava volcanic soils

Question 48

In what appellation would you find most plantings of Juhfark?

Answer 48

Somlo

Question 49

Kekoporto is the same grape as?

Answer 49

Blauer Portuguieser

Question 50

What is the Hungarian synonym for Wleschriesling?

Answer 50

Olaszrizling

Question 51

What is the synonym for Gewurztraminer in Hungary?

Answer 51

Tramini

Question 52

What are two synonyms for Riesling in Hungary?

Answer 52

Rajnaj Rizling | Rheinriesling

Question 53

What is the synonym for Pinot Gris in Hungary?

Answer 53

Szurkebarat

Question 54

What are the Hungarian abbreviations for PDO and PGI respectively?

Answer 54

OEM for PDO; OFJ for PGI

Question 55

Wines from Transdanubia are heavily influenced by the impacts of what three bodies of water?

Answer 55

Danube, Lake Balaton, and the Neusiedlersee in Austria

Question 56

PGI/OFJ wines from Transdanubia would be bottled under what name?

Answer 56

PGI Dunántúl

Question 57

What are the top two grapes grown on the northern banks of Lake Balaton?

Answer 57

Welschriesling and Pinot Gris

Question 58

What are the top three grapes produced and the most prized style produced here?

Answer 58

Harslevelu, Welschriesling, Juhfark and Gewurztraminer in barrel aged mineral-rich style.

Question 59

What are the top two red grapes on the south banks of Lake Balaton?

Answer 59

Pinot Noir and Merlot

Question 60

Which PDO/OEM is affectively a continuation of Neusiedlersee-Hugelland (Austria) and is considered Hungary's westernmost PDO/OEM?

Answer 60

Sopron PDO/OEM

Question 61

What are the principal red grapes of Sopron?

Answer 61

Kékfrankos, Cabernet Sauvingon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Pinot Noir, and Syrah

Question 62

What is the most prized red wine grape of Villany PDO/OEM? What other grapes flourish here?

Answer 62

Cabernet Franc; Kekfrankos, Merlot, Syrah and Zweigelt also thrive here

Question 63

In what two appellations is Bikaver produced and what is this? Of the two which is considered lighter and why?

Answer 63

Szekszard PDO and Eger PDO; Bikaver is a traditional Kekfrankos-based red blend often supplemented by Kadarka, Cab, Merlot, and Blauer Portugieser. Szekszard is said to be generally lighter due to the higher proportion of Kadarka in the blend.

Question 64

Which indigenous grape of Hungary has been frequently compared to Pinot Noir for its similar expressions?

Answer 64

Kadarka

Question 65

What are the three quality levels for Egri Bikaver?

Answer 65

Classicus (6 months in oak) Superior (12 months in oak including 6 months in bottle) Grand Superior (16 months in oak including 6 months in bottle)

Question 66

What are the two quality levels of Bikaver in Szekszard?

Answer 66

Regular and Premium

Question 67

What is the warmest appellation in Hungary?

Answer 67

Pécs PDO/OEM

Question 68

What are the 4 PDOs of the Northern Massif in Hungary?

Answer 68

Mátra PDO Eger PDO Bükk PDO Tokaj PDO

Question 69

What are the principal grapes of Mátra PDO?

Answer 69

Muscat Olsaszrizling Kiralyleanyka

Question 70

What PGI covers the Great Plain/Duna area of Hungary?

Answer 70

Duna-Tisza IGP

Question 71

What is "Imperial Tokay"?

Answer 71

Historical name used for wine produced on the vineyard properties of the Austrian Habsburg emperors in the Tokaj region of Hungary. Typically the finest eszencia produced from 1867 to 1918 at the end of WWI and the collapse of the Austrio-Hungarian Empire was reserved for the Imperial Cellars for the Hapsburg Monarchy and called "Imperial Tokay" These holdings were principally concentrated in the village of Tarcal, particularly the highly prized vineyard of Szarvas.

Question 72

What are 3 First Growth Vineyards of Tokaj?

Answer 72

Szarvas Betsek Mezes Maly Szt. Tamas

Question 73

What is the name of the winery in Slovakia where Egon Muller produces wine?

Answer 73

Château Bela

Question 74

In what country is the Molesti MIci winery? Why is it famous?

Answer 74

Moldova; contains the largest wine cellar in the world