Northern Greece

Question 1

What are the regions of Northern Greece?

Answer 1

Macedonia, Thrace, Epirus, and Thessaly

Question 2

What geographic features sandwich Thrace?

Answer 2

Bulgaria and the Rodopi mountains to the North and the Aegean to the South

Question 3

What is the district PGI for the island off of Thrace?

Answer 3

Evros

Question 4

List the PDOs of Thrace

Answer 4

There are none!

Question 5

What is the largest city in Macedonia?

Answer 5

Thessaloniki

Question 6

What red grape is widely planted in Macedonia, but not included in any PGIs?

Answer 6

Moschomavro

Question 7

What are the two major winemaking families of Macedonia?

Answer 7

Boutaris and Tsantalis

Question 8

What is Macedonia’s coldest PDO?

Answer 8

Amynteo

Question 9

What is special about the soils in Amynteo?

Answer 9

They are very sandy, so phylloxera has been unable to survive in many places

Question 10

What styles of wine are permitted in the Amynteo PDO?

Answer 10

Sparkling rosé (dry or sweet), rosé, and dry red from 100% Xinomavro

Question 11

What mountain do Naoussa’s east facing slopes sit on?

Answer 11

Mount Vermion

Question 12

Name 3 notable ‘crus’ of Naoussa

Answer 12

Trifolos
Fytia
Ramnista- home of Kir-Yianni

Question 13

What styles of wine are permitted in Naoussa?

Answer 13

Dry and semi-dry red wine from 100% Xinomavro

Question 14

What is the warmest of the Macedonian PDOs?

Answer 14

Goumenissa

Question 15

What mountain are Goumenissa’s slopes on?

Answer 15

Mt.Paiko

Question 16

What grape must Xinomavro be blended with in Goumenissa?

Answer 16

A minimum of 20% Negoska

Question 17

What is the PDO that solely applies to the estate of Domaine Porto Carras?

Answer 17

Slopes of Meliton PDO

Question 18

What wines are made in the Slopes of Meliton PDO?

Answer 18

Dry red from Lemnio blended with CS and/or CF
Dry white from Roditis, Assyrtico, and Athiri

Question 19

What area PGI in Macedonia is entirely owned by monasteries?

Answer 19

Mount Athos Vineyard
On one of the finger peninsulas

Question 20

Where is Evangelos Gerovassiliou located? What grape does he primarily work with?

Answer 20

Epinomi PGI
Malagousia

Question 21

What is the geography of Thessaly?

Answer 21

It is a large fertile plain surrounded by the Pindos mountains
The only region of Greece that doesn’t want for water!

Question 22

What are the most widely planted varieties in Thessaly?

Answer 22

Muscat of Hamburg and Roditis

Question 23

What are the PDO regions of Thessaly?

Answer 23

Anchialos
Rapsani
Messenikola

Question 24

Which PDO lies on the SE facing slopes of Mount Olympus?

Answer 24

Rapsani

Question 25

What is Greece’s smallest PDO?

Answer 25

Rapsani

Question 26

Who owns no vineyards in Rapsani but vinifies 95% of the regions fruit?

Answer 26

Tsantali

Question 27

What are the styles of wine permitted in Rapsani? From what grapes?

Answer 27

Dry red from Xinomavro, Krassato, and Stavroto

Question 28

What lake does the Messenikola region sit on?

Answer 28

Lake Plastira

Question 29

What grape varietals are permitted in the Messenikola PDO?

Answer 29

Mavro Messenikola plus a max 30% combined Carignan and Syrah

Question 30

What is the encépagment of Anchialos PDO?

Answer 30

80% Roditis and 20% Savatiano

Question 31

What District PGI does Zitsa PDO sit within?

Answer 31

Ionniana in Epirus

Question 32

What styles of wine are permitted in the Epirus PDO?

Answer 32

Dry white and Sparkling white that can be dry or semi sweet

Question 33

What is the grape varietal of the Epirus PDO?

Answer 33

Debina