Slovakia + Czech Republic

Question 1

What are the main regions of the Czech Republic?

Answer 1

Morava (Moravia)

Cechy (Bohemia)

Question 2

Where are 96% of Czech Republic’s vines located?

Answer 2

Moravia

Question 3

Where is Moravia located?

Answer 3

Southern Czech Republic, , just north of Austria’s Weinviertel

Question 4

Where is Bohemia located?

Answer 4

Northern Czech Republic, same latitude as Rheingau

Question 5

What is the Czech version of Pradikat called?

Answer 5

“Quality Wines with Special Attributes”

Akotsne vino s Privlastkom

Question 6

What is Svatovavnnecke?

Answer 6

St Laurent in Czech

Question 7

What is Welschriesling in Czech?

Answer 7

Ryzlink Vlassky

Question 8

What are Czech “Wines with Special Attributes”?

Answer 8

Czech version of Pradikatswein

Question 9

What country has VOC appellations? When did this start?

Answer 9

Czech Republic

2009

Question 10

What are the VOCs of Moravia?

Answer 10

VOC Znojmo
VOC Blatnice
VOC Mikulov
VOC Modre Hory
VOC Palava

Question 11

What is the sugar measurment scale used in Czech Republic and Slovakia?

Answer 11

Czecho-Slovak Normalized Must Weight Scale (NM)

Equates degrees to the number of kilograms of natural sugar in 100 liters of must

Question 12

What is required for all VOC wines? What country is this?

Answer 12

Czech Republic

• Hand Harvest
• Only registered vineyards
• Bottles must be sealed with cork
• Wines must pass a tasting panel to receive VOC seal for the neck of the bottle

Question 13

What grapes and styles can be made in VOC Znojmo?

Answer 13

White only
Blends or varietal
GV
Riesling
Sauv Blanc
Max RS 25 g/l
-No Barriques
-No long-term sur-lie

Question 14

What grapes and styles can be made in VOC Modre Hory

Answer 14

Rose and Red
Blends or Varietal
Frankovka (Blaufrankisch)
Modry Portugal (Blauer Portugeiser)
Svatovrinecke (St Laurent)
Max RS 12 g/l
-No Barriques
-No long-term sur-lie

Question 15

What is the grape of VOC Palava?

Answer 15

Welschriesling only
Max RS 12 g/l
Botryits allowed
No irrigation

Question 16

What are the grapes of VOC Mikulov and VOC Blatnice?

Answer 16

Mostly burgundy/Pinot grapes

Question 17

What are the subzones of Cechy/Bohemia?

Answer 17

Melnik

Litomerice

Question 18

When did Slovakia and Czech Republic officially split?

Answer 18

1993

Question 19

How many regions are there in Slovakia? Name 3

Answer 19

6
Malokarpatska (Small Carpathian Region)
Juznoslovenska (South Slovak Region)
Nitrianska (Nitra Region)
Stredoslovenska (Central Slovak region)
Vychodoslovenska (Eastern Slovak Region)
Tokaj (was Tokajska until 2010)

Question 20

What two countries have Tokaj wine regions?

Answer 20

Hungary and Slovakia

They are contiguous and similar styles

Question 21

Where does Egon Muller make wine outside of Germany?

Answer 21

Chateau Bela 
Southern Slovakia (Sturovo, near Hungarian border). Produced w Miroslav Petretch.