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Question 1

Name the 2 PGI of Bulgaria.

Answer 1

Danubian Plain, Thracian Lowlands

Question 2

What are the 5 large region in Bulgaria?

Answer 2

Danubian Plain (north), Black Sea Coast (east), Thracian Plain (south), Rose Valley (sub-Balkan zone), Struma River Valley (southwest)

Question 3

What does Barik means in Bulgaria?

Answer 3

Wine that has been fermented in 500L or smaller cask

Question 4

What does Reserve and Special means in Bulgaria?

Answer 4

Reserve - 1 year ageing
Special - 2 years ageing

Question 5

Synonym of Kadarka?

Answer 5

Gamza (in Bulgaria)

Question 6

What is Rubin?

Answer 6

Red grape, crossing between Nebbiolo X Syrah.

Question 7

3 most planted white grapes in Bulgaria?

Answer 7

Red Misket (Misket Chivren), Rkatsiteli, Dimiat

Question 8

What are the categories and their classification in Romania?

Answer 8

Current Consumption (Vin de Masa/Table Wine (VM) or Vin de Masa Superior/Superior Table Wine (VMS))

Quality Wines (Vin cu Indicaţie Geografică (PGI) or Denumire de Origine Controlată (DOC))

Question 9

Requirement to label as Vin cu Indicaţie Geografică in Romania?

Answer 9

Min 85% of grapes to be grown and vinified in PGI

Question 10

Classification of DOC in Romania?

Answer 10

DOC-CMD: grapes harvest at full maturity
DOC-CT: late-harvest grapes
DOC-CIB: botrytis-affected grapes

Question 11

Ageing requirement term in Romania?

Answer 11

Rezervă - 6 months oak, 6 months bottle
Vin de Vinotecă - 1 year oak, 4 years bottle

Question 12

Where is Jidvei DOC, what is it known for?

Answer 12

Târnave DOC in Transylvania. Known for white.

Question 13

Where is Cotnari, what is it known for?

Answer 13

Dealurilor Moldovei, known for sweet white mainly from Grasǎ de Cotnari (linked to Furmint)

Question 14

Where is Dealu Mare, what is it known for?

Answer 14

Known as Big Hill, located in Muntenia-Oltenia. Known for red such as Cab Sauv & Pinot Noir

Question 15

Quality of wines classification in Slovenia?

Answer 15

Zaščitena Označa Porekla (ZOP) (PDO), Zaščitena Geografska Označba (ZGO) (PGI), namizmo vino (table wine)

Question 16

3 regions in Slovenia?

Answer 16

Primorska (Primorje) in the west bordering Friuli in Italy, Podravje in the extreme northeast, and Posavje, at Slovenia’s southeastern border with Croatia.

Question 17

Districts of Primorska?

Answer 17

Goriška Brda, Kras, Slovenska Istra, Vipava Valley

Question 18

Districts of Podravje

Answer 18

Štajerska Slovenija (Styrian Slovenia) and Prekmurje

Question 19

District of Posavje

Answer 19

Bizeljsko Sremič (sought after for its sparkling wines), Bela Krajin (home to sweet Rumeni Muškat), and Doljenska (known for Cviček, a fashionable, tart blend of white and red grapes).

Question 20

Wine region of Croatia?

Answer 20

Slavonia and the Danube, the Croatian Uplands, Istria and Kvarner, and Dalmatia.

Question 21

PDO within Coastal Croatia?

Answer 21

Dalmacija/Dalmatia:
Sjeverna Dalmacija PDO Northern Dalmatia
Srednja i Južna Dalmacija PDO Central and Southern Dalmatia
Dalmatinska Zagora PDO Dalmatian Hinterland
Dingač PDO
Ponikve PDO

Hrvatska Istra PDO/Croatian Istria:
Muškat Momjanski PDO

Hrvatsko Primorje PDO/North Croatian Littoral

Question 22

PDO of Continental Croatia?

Answer 22

Istočna Kontinentalna Hrvatska PDO Eastern Continental Croatia

Zapadna Kontinentalna Hrvatska PDO Western Continental Croatia

Hrvatsko Podunavlje PDO Danube Region

Slavonija PDO Slavonia

Moslavina PDO Moslavina Hills

Pokuplje PDO Kupa River Region

Plešivica PDO Plešivica Hills

Zagorje-Međimurje PDO

Prigorje-Bilogora PDO

Question 23

Main grape varietal of Dingac? Ageing requirement?

Answer 23

Plavac Mali.

Klasiko - total 12 months, 9 in barrel, 3 in bottle
Riserva - total 24 months, 18 in barrel, 6 in bottle

Question 24

Wine growing region in Slovakia?

Answer 24

Malé Karpaty Hills (Small Carpathian), Južnoslovenská (Southern Slovakia), Nitrianska (Nitra wine region), Stredoslovenská (Central Slovakia), Východoslovenská (Eastern Slovakia), and Tokaj

Question 25

Wine growing region of Czech Republic?

Answer 25

Moravia in the south and Bohemia in the north.

Question 26

What scale does Czech and Slovakia use to measure must weight? And what classification?

Answer 26

Follows German Pradikatswein. Using Czecho-Slovak Normalized Must Weight Scale (NM), 1°CNM = 1kg sugar

Question 27

Classification of wine in Czech Republic?

Answer 27

CHZO (PGI), CHOP (PDO)

Question 28

Appellation (Vína Originální Certifikace, or VOC) in Czech Republic?

Answer 28

VOC Znojmo, VOC Mikulov, VOC Blue Mountains, VOC Blatnice, VOC Valtice, VOC Melnik, VOC Palava, VOC Slovácko, VOC Kraví Hora, VOC Bzenec

Question 29

Notable wine growing region in Russia?

Answer 29

Krasnodar, Dagestan, Stavropol, Rostov, Kabardino-Balkaria, Chechnya

Question 30

Major wine growing region in Ukraine?

Answer 30

Crimea (Krim), Odessa, Nikolayev-Kherson, and the Transcarpathian region.

Question 31

Wine regions of Georgia?

Answer 31

Kakheti, Kartli, Imereti, Racha, Lechkhumi, and Meskheti

Black Sea: Adjara, Guria, Samegrelo, and Apkhazeti

Question 32

Wine regions of Armenia?

Answer 32

Ararat Valley, Ararat Valley foothills, the Northeast zone, Vaiots Dzor (known for local Areni Noir), and Zangezur

Question 33

Wine Regions of Moldova?

Answer 33

PGI: Codru (central), Ștefan Vodă (southeast) (includes region of Purcari), and Valul lui Trajan (southwest)
Non-PGI: Bǎlti

Question 34

Where is Vardar Valley?

Answer 34

North Macedonia