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Question 1

PDO Regions of Macedonia and styles of wine made in each

Answer 1

Amynteo: Still dry red; still, dry rose; sparkling off dry-sweet rose, all from 100% Xinomavro

Goumenissa: Still dry red from Xinomavro with a min 20% Negoska

Naoussa: Still dry to semi-sweet red from 100% Xinomavro

Slopes of Meliton (Domaine Carras monopole):
Still dry white from Roditis, Assyrtiko and Athiri
Still dry red from Cab Sauv, Lemnio and Cab Franc

Question 2

What do Réserve and Grande Réserve indicate on a bottle of Greek wine

Answer 2

Dry wines only. For white:
Reserve: 1 year total including 6 months in oak and 3 months in bottle
Grande Reserve: 2 years total including 1 year in oak and 6 months in bottle

For Red:
Reserve: 2 years total with 1 year in barrel and 6 months in bottle
Grande Reserve: 4 years total with 18 months in barrel and 18 months in bottle

Question 3

PDO region of Epirus and style of wine produced there

Answer 3

Zitsa

Still dry white, sparkling dry to semi dry white all from 100% Debina

Question 4

PDO regions of Thessalia and styles of wine produced in each

Answer 4

Anchialos:
Still dry to semi-sweet white made from 75% Roditis with a max 25% Savvatiano

Messenikola:
Still dry red from min 70% Mavro Mesenikola with max 30% combined Syrah and Carignan

Rapsani:
Still dry red from generally equal parts of Xinomavro, Krassato and Stavaroto.
-12-15 days maceration time
-Harvested into plastic boxes with a capacity no more than 20kg of grapes
-malolacitc is done in oak barrels

Question 5

Dry wine PDOs of Peloponnese and styles produced in each

Answer 5

Mantinia:
Dry white or vin gris and sparkling white made in all levels of sweetness all from min 85% Moschofilero plus Asproudes

Patras:
Still dry to semi-sweet white wine made form 100% Roditis

Nemea:
Still dry, semisweet, mistelle, or VDN style red wine made from 100% Agioritiko

Question 6

What islands create the Ionian Islands

Answer 6

Lefkada
Zakynthos
Kerkyra

Question 7

What is the grape of Verdea PGI and where is this appellation located

Answer 7

Min 50% Skiadopoulo with many other possible blending partners. Verdea PGI is located on the island of Zakynthos in the Ionian chain

Question 8

Name the dry wine PDO of the Aegean Islands

Answer 8

Santorini
Paros
Rhodes
Lemnos
Samos

Question 9

Define Nychteri

Answer 9

White wine specialty from the island of Santorini. This wine is made from min 75% Assyrtiko plus Athiri and Aidani harvest during the night time and then fermented whole cluster. Generally the resulting wine is a bit higher in alcohol and they are aged in barrel for a min of 3 months by law but often times a bit longer

Question 10

What two islands comprise the Santorini PDO

Answer 10

Thera (which is Santorini)

Thirasia

Question 11

What is the white grape of Paros PDO

Answer 11

Monemvasia

Aegean Island

Question 12

What are the primary white and red grapes for Rhodes PDO

Answer 12

White: Athri
Red: Mandilaria

(Aegean Island)

Question 13

What are the primary white and red grapes for Lemons PDO

Answer 13

White: Mochato Alexandrias
Red: Limnio

(Aegean Island)

Question 14

Define Liastos

Answer 14

Greek wine made from sun-dried grapes, particularly encountered on the Aegean Island PDO Lemnos. The finished wine has a min RS of 80 g/L and canbe labeled with an average age designation in increments of 4 years

Question 15

What style of wine is made in Samos PDO

Answer 15

VDN, VDN Grand Cru, Mistelle, and Sun dried sweet white wines all from 100% Moschato Aspro (blanc a petit grains)

Question 16

Dry wine PDO regions of Crete

Answer 16

Sitia
Peza
Dafnes
Archanes
Candia