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What relevance does the treaty of windsor have on the Portuguese wine trade?
It established a treaty with england that would solidify an extensive amount of trade business between the two kingdoms
When was the Madiera Archipeligo discovered and by who?
1419 by Prince Henry the Navigator
When and where did the english discover Port?
They arrived in Abbot of Lamego in the Duoro Valley in 1678
What did the Abbey of Lamego practice that made port production possible?
Mutage
What was the treaty of Methuen and when?
It was a treaty in 1703 to give preferential Tariffs to the Portuguese over the French
What was the first Established Port House? When?
Kopke in 1638 - 40 years before the English arrived Christain Kopke - German established this house.
What were the first three english established Port Houses?
Croft, Taylor, and Warre & Co
Who and when finally established the boundaries and laws of the Douro wine region?
Douro wine company in 1756
What does Feitoria and Rama mean in the vineyard classifications of Port?
Feitoria - marked with white stones - meant for english import
Rama - lesser vineyards for domestic wines
What is the modern day wine governing body of Douro? Of Portugal?
The Douro Port Wine Insitute - IVDP
Junta nacional do Vinhos - Portugal
Which region of Portugal was spared from the ravages of Phylloxera?
Colares
When di the Portuguese Appellation system finally come in to play?
2009
WHat are the 14 IGP’s of Portugal?
Minho Transmontano Duriense Terras do Dao Terras do Cister Terras da Beira Beira Atlantico Tejo Lisboa Alentejano Peninsula de Setubal Algarve Terra Madierenses Acores
What does Garrafiera mean? Aging requirements for red? White?
It means private wine cellar
Red: min 30 mos w/12 in bottle
White: min 12 mo w/6 in bottle
What does garrafiera mean when seen on a bottle of port? What about for Neipoort’s Garrafiera?
Additional 3 years in bottle for regular Garrafiera.
Neipoort Garrafiera - at least 8 years in Demi Jon
What dose Reserva indicate on a portuguese wine label? WHat about for Sparkling wines?
.5% higher then minimum requirement for the appellation
For sparkling wines - 12 months on lees
What is the most widely grown red grape variety in portugal?
Castelao
What is a the synonym for Castelao and who established this synonym?
Periquita - establised by JM Fronseca
What all is the most planted grape of the Dao?
Jaen - Mencia
Bical Tinto and Mortagua Preto are synonyms for what grape?
Touriga Nacional?
What is the most planted white casta of Portugal?
Fernao Perez - Maria Gomez
WHich IGP and DOP of Portugal share exact geographic boundaries?
Minho IGP and Vinho Verde DOP
What is the Enforcado system?
Portuguese Pergola System
What is the largst DOP of Portugal?
Vinho Verde
Which border separates Spain from Portugal in the Vinho Verde DOP?
Minho
What are the most heavily planted grapes of Vinho Verde? What is the soil type?
Louriero Tajadura, Avesso, Pederna(Arinto) and albarino
Granite
Moncao e Melgaco produces what quality varietal wines? Why does this make sense?
They produce quality varietally bottled albarino and are directly across the border from Spain’s Condad do tea
What is a Tenturier Grape? Name a grape of portugal that is such?
It is a red grape with red juice - Vinhao
Where is Transmontano IGP?
It is located to the east of Minho along the Spanish border to the north of the Duriense.
What are the three sub regions of Tras-os-Montes DOP?
Chaves, Valpacos, Planalto, Mirandes.
Duriense IGP Incompasses what two DOP’s?
Duoro and Porto
What are the two mountain ranges that are within the Douro?
Marao & Montemuro Mountains
What is the preferred soil type of Port?
Schist
What are the three sub-regions of Duoro? which one touches Spain?
Baixo Corgo
Cima Corgo
Duoro Superior - Touches spain
What style of wines can be produced under Douro DOP?
Table wines and liquoroso
What are the ABV’ of Douro wines regular and reserva?
White - 10.5 reg - 11.5 reservez
Rose / Red - 11 reg 12
What are the aging requirements for Douro White and Red Wines?
White Reserva - 6 mo
Red Reserva - 1 year
What are the 4 new IGP’s that were divided from Bieras IGP?
Terras do Dao, Terras de Cister, Terras da Beira, Beira Atlantico
What are elevations are the best vineyards of the Dao situated at?
400-500
What are seven sub-regions of the Dao?
Serra de Estrela, Alva, Besteiros, Castendo, Silgueiros, Terras de Azurara, Terras de Senorhim
What are does the designation Nobre mean in the Dao?
White : must contain 15% min Encruzado and Max 85% Cercialm Bical, Malvasia FIna, Verdelho, must under go one year of aging and have a minimum 11.5% alcohol
Red: 15% min Touriga Nacional max 85% Jaen, Rufete, Alfrocheiro, Argonez
Min 3 years aging and 12% ABV
Dao aging requirements for:
Nobre Reserva - red and white
Nobre Garrafeira - red and white
NObre Reserva White- 1 year Red - 42 mo NObre Garrafiera White - 18mo total with 9 mo in botte Red - 48 mo aging total - 18 mo in bottle
What kind of soils are the Barros soils of Bairrada?
Clay
What are the requirements for the new Bairrada Classico designation?
Min 50% baga red only and 12.5 % abv rather then the 11 DOP standard
What river runs through Lisboa?
Tagus
What are the 9 DOP’s of Lisboa IGP?
Bucelas, Colares, Carcavelos, Arruda, Torres Vedras, Alenquer, Obidos, Lourinha, Encosta de Aire
What regions does Encostas de Aire DOP overlap into ?
Alta Estremadura and Estremadura , Lisboa
Where can you find Chao Rija Soil?
In Colares
What is special about the Ramisco and Malvasia that make up Colares red and whites majority planting?
They are ungrafted due to Colares being untouched by Phylloxera
What is Vinho Abafado?
A partially fermented must preserved with alcohol
What was the Peninsula de Setubal IGP formerly called? What DOP’s does it currently encompass?
Terras do Sado
Setubal and Pamela
What mountains affect the climate of Palmela on the Setubal Peninsula?
The Arrabida Mountains
What is the main grape of Palmela DOP red and white?
White: Fernao Perez
Red:Castelao
What are the two types of Moscatel that are used in the blend of the sweet wines of Setubal? Styles? What is unique about this wine?
Moscatel do Setubal or Moscatel Roxo they are produced as sweet red or white fortified wines and undergo a lengthy masceration on the skins of up to 6 months
What are the 6 sub-regions of DoTejo?
Coruche, Chamusca, Cartaxo, Santarem, Tomar and Almeirim
What are the geographical features that surround Tejo IGP?3
North - Beiras
West - Lisboa
East - Alentejano
South Peninsula de Setubal
Alentejano IGP covers what percentage of Portugals land mass?
30%
What are the 8 sub-regions of Alentejo Dop
Evora, Moura, Granja-Amareleja, Vdiguera, Reguengos, Redondo, Portalegre
What are the mountains that run throught the northern most sector of Alentejo DOP
Sao Mamede Mountains
What is the southern Most IGP or Portugal?
Algarve
What are the 4 DOP zones of Algarve?
Lagos, Lagoa, Portimao, Tavira
What are the three Islands of the Acores that have DOP zones?
Pico, Graciosa and Terciera
List the IGP regions of Portugal from North to South
Minho Tranmontano Duriense Terras de Cister Beira Atlantico Terras do Dao Terras da Beira Lisboa Tejo Peninsula de Setubal Alentejano Algarve Terras Madierenses Acores
What is the sole DOP of Minho IGP
Vinho Verde
What are the subzones of Vinho Verde?
Moncao y Melgaco, Lima, Cavado, Basto, Ave, Amarante, Sousa, Baiao, Paiva
What changes in Vinho Verde DOP with the addition of any sub-zone to the label except Sousa?
+1% ABV
What is the sole DOP of Transmontano IGP?
Tras-os-montes DOP
Where would you find the labeling term Reserva Velha or Grande Reserva on a bottle of sparkling wine? What does it mean?
Tras-os-montes - min 3 years prior to disgorgement
What is the sole DOP of Terras de Cister IGP
Tavora-Varosa
What is the sole DOP of Beira Atlantico IGP? What is unique about its styles/varietals?
Red white rose sparkling
Tinto - mine 85% Baga + Alfrocheiro, Camarate, Castelao, Jaen, Touriga Nacional
Classico Designation for red = min 12.5% ABV
What is are the two DOP’s of Terras do Dao IGP? What is its sub-region?
DOP's Lafoes And Dao Subregion Terras de Lafoes
What is the best expression of wine coming from Lafoes DOP?
White min 85% Arinto +cerical dona branca, sercial and Rabo de Ovelha
Red min 40% Amaral + Jaen and Pilongo
What is the sole DOP of the Terras da Beira IGP?
Beira Interior DOP
What are the sub-regions of Lisboa IGP
Extremadura and Alta Extremeadura
What are the DOP regions of Lisboa?
Encostas d'Aire Lourinha Obidos Alnquer Arruda Torres Vedras Bucelas Carcavelos Colares
What are the two sub-regions of Encostas d’Aire DOP? What is a local specialty and its’ blend?
Ourem and Alcobaca
Ourem White - Fernao Pires
Alcobaca white - Min 65% Fernao Pires, Ratinho, Tamares, Vital
Medival de Ourem - 80% Fernao Pires + 20% Trincadera - Rose
Ourem Red Trincadera
Alcobaca - min 65% Aragonez, Baga, Castelao, Tinta Miuda, Touriga Nacional
What does Lourinha DOP produce?
Brandy Tinto and Branco
What does Bucelas DOP produce?
White and Sparkling only from Min 75% Arinto+Sercial and Rabo de Ovelha
What does Carcaveos DOP produce? Styles/varietals?
Vino Licouroso
Branco: 75% Arrinto Ratinho & Galego Dourado
Tinto: min 75% Castelauo and Preto Martinho
What does Vinho Leve mean on a Portuguese Wine?
1% lower ABV then the DOP standard
What are the subregions of Dotejo DOP
Almeirim, Cartaxo, Chamusco, Coruche, Santarem, Tomar
What are the minimum - aging requirements for Peninsula de Setubal superior ?
Minimum 5 years
What are the sub-regions of Algarve IGP?
Lagoa
POrtimao
Lagos
Tavira
What are the aging requirements for Noble in Spain?
18mo
What are the aging requirements for Anejo in Spain?
24 mo
What are aging requirements for Viejo
36 mo
What are the DO’s of Andalucia?
Condado de Huelva Jerez Malaga Montilla-Moriles Sierras de Malaga
What does Condado De Huelva produce?
A sherry-esq wine with similar styles avail able
Palido - viejo - min 3yrs
Vino generoso de licor - 2 years in wood
What sets the Montilla-Moriles Do sub-zone Montilla Moriles Supeior apart from the rest of the DO?
A higher concentration of Albarize
What are the subzones of Malaga DO
Axarquia, Montes de Malaga, Manilva, Norte, Serrania de Ronda
What is the sub-zone of Sierra de Malaga DO?
Serrania de Ronda
What are the Do’s of Aragon?
Campo de Borja
Calatayud
Carinena
Somantano
What style of wine is the Aguja style wine from Calatayud?
Semi sparkling from inrntional grapes chard gewurtz SB
The two DO’s of the Balearic Islands
Pla I Levant
Binissalem
What are the DO’s of Canary Islands?
Albona El Heirro Gran Canaria La Gomera La Palma Lanzarote Tacoronte-Acentejo Valle de Guimar Valle de la Orotava Ycoden Daute Isora
What is the most interesting wine that is made in El Heirro DO
A sunned grape wine made from Pedro Jimenez
Where us Vino do Tea produced?
On the Canary Islands
What are the Do’s of Catilla y Leon?
Arlanza Arribes Bierzo Cigales Ribiera del Duero Rueda Tierra de Leon Tierra del Vino de Zamora
What are the Do’s of Castilla La Mancha
Almansa La Mancha Manchuela Mentrida Mondejar Ribera del Jucar Ucles Valdepenas
What are the Do’s of Catalonia
Alella Cataluna Cava Conca de Barbera Costers del Segre Emorda Monstant Penedes Pla de Bages Tarragona Terra Alta
What are the DO’s of Extremadura
Ribera del Guadiana DO
What are the sub-zones of Ribera del Guadiano DO
Tierra de Barros, Ribiera Alta, Ribiera Baja, Montanchez, Matanegra, Canamero
What are the DO’s of Galicia?
Monterrei Rias Baixas Ribera Sacra Ribiero Valdeorras
What are the sub-regions of the Vinos de Madrid Do
Arganda, Navalcarnero, San Martin de Valdeglesias
What are the DO’s of Murcia
Bullas
Jumilla
Yecla
What are the DO Pago’s of Navarra
Bodegas Otazu
Prado de Irache
Senorio de Arinzano
What are the sub-regions of Navarra Do
Ribera Alta, Ribera Baja, Baja Montana, Tierra Estella, Valdizarbe
What are the DO’s of Valencia
Alicante
Utiel Requena
Valencia
What are the 4 single DO Pago’s of Castilla-la Mancha?
Dominio de Valdepusa
Finca Elez
Guijoso
Dehesa del Carrizal
What are the DO Pago’s of Castilla-La Mancha
Campo de la Guardia
Florentino
Casa del Blanco
Calzadilla
What is the DO Pago of Valencia?
El Terrerazo
Los Balagueses
What is the sole DO Pago of Carinena?
Ayles
What are the DO’s of Murcia
Bullas
Jumilla
Yecla
Where is Kloster eberbach and when was it founded?
1136 - Rhengau
What is the monopole of Kloster Eberbach?
Steinberg in hattenheim
When was the first documented Spatlese Harvest? Auslese? Ice wein?
1775 - Schloss Johannisberg - 1787 - Eiswein 1858
Muller thurgau crossing
Riesling x Madelein Royale
Scheurebe crossing?
Bucjettrebe and Riesling?
WHere is the Saarburger Rausch Vineyard?
Mosel
Where is Rudesheimber Berg Roseneck?
Rhengau
Which Anbaugebiete did not adopt the Este Lage Tier in 2012
Rheinhessen
IN which Anbaugebiete can producers make Grosse Lage wines at every Pradikat Level
MOsel
IN which Anbaugebiete can you not produce Grosse Lage Kabinnet wine?
Pfalz
Sugar level for classic wines?
15 g/l
Selection g/l RS?
9g/l
Wines labeled classic are single varietal and must omit what on the label?
A single vineyard
what is a goldkapsel?
In mosel, generally indicates a wine of at least auslese sweetness
What are the six Bereiche of the Mosel?
Burg Cochem Moseltor Saar Ruwertal Obermosel BernKastel
What are the most famous vineyards of the Bernkastel Bereiche?
Trittenheim, Piesport, Braueberg, Bernkastel-Kues, Graach-an-der-Mosel, Wehlen, Zeltigen, Urzig, Erden
What is greatest vineyard of Piesport?
GOldtropfchen
Name two producers of the Goldtropfchen Vineyard:
Reinhold Haart and Reichsgraff Von Kesselstaat
What are the three sundial vineyards of mosel
Wehlener Sonnenuhr, Zeltinger Sonnenuhr, Braunberger Juffer-Sonnrnuhr
WHere is Josephshoffer and who owns it?
Graach - Reihsgraf von Kesselstatt
Where is Domprobst vineyard?
Graach
What is the most famour vineyard of Urzig? WHo makes it
Wurtzgarden - JJ. Prum and Monchof
What are teh greatest vineyards of Erden? Who porduces these?
Pralat and Treppchen - Dr. Loosen
What is Mosels warmest vineyard site?
Pralat
Why is the Saar Valley COoler then MittelMosel?
Higher elevation
Where is Scharhofzberger? Made by whom?
Within the Gemeinde of Wiltigen in Saar - Egon Muller
2003 and 2005 were what kind of years in the mosel?
Hot
WHat are the best vineyards of the ruwertal Beireich? Who produces them?
Maximin Grunhauser - Abstberg
Eitelsbacher Karthauserhofberg - Karthauserhof
in which Mosel Bereich is Elbling more planted then Reisling?
Moseltor & Obermosel
What is the best vineyard in teh Burg Cochem bereich?
Uhlen in Winnengen
What are the two most imortant vineyards of Saar? Their village and their producers?
Wiltingen - Scharhofberger - Egon Muller
Saarburg - Rauch - Ziliken
Who produces the most famous vineyards of Mertsdorf: Abstberg, Herrenberg bruderberg
Abstberg - Maxmin Grunhaus for all of them
Herrenberg-
Bruderberg
IN Mosel who produces Trittenheimer Apotheke Vineyard?
Bollg Lenert
Dr. Loosen
In mosel who produces the Piesporter: Domherr vineyard
Domherr- Rheinhold Haart
In mosel who produces the Braunberger Juffer and Juffer Sonnenuhr Vineyards?
Fritz Haag
In mosel who produces he Bernkastel-Kues Doctor vineyard
H Thanisch
IN Graach an der Mosel who produces wine from the following vineyard:
Domprobst
Josephshofer
Domprobst - Willi Schaefer
Josephshofer is a monopole of Reichsgraf von Kesselstat
Who produces Wehlener Sonenuhr in Mosel?
Jj Prum
Dr. Loosen
What are the three Bergs of Rudesheim in the Rheingau and who produces them?
Berg Roseneck
Berg Rottland
Berg Schlossberg
Weingut Leitz
What are the three famous vineyards of Winkel in Rheingau and who produces them?
Schloss Vollrads - Schloss VOllrads
Jesuitengarten - Basseraman Jordan
Hasensprung - Schloss schonborn
Where is Erbacher Macrobrun and who produces it?
Schloss Schonborn - Rheingau
Who producers the Hatteheimer Pfaffenberg Vineyard and where is it?
Rheingau Schloss Schonborn
Who produces the Hattenheimer Mannberg Vineyard and where is it?
Langwerth Von Simmern
What are the three important vineyards surrounding Hallgarten? Who prouces them
Jungfer - PRinz
Schonhell
Kloster Eberbach - Kloster Eberbach
Who produces Keidricher Grafenberg? Where is this?
Rheingau - Robert Weil
Who produces wine from the Eltville Sonnenberg Vineyard? Where is this?
North of Keidrich in Reingau
It is produced by JB Becker
WHo produces Hochheimer Kirchenstuck? Where is this?
Franz Kuntzler - Rheingau
Who produces Hochheimer Holle vineyard Where is this?
Kuntzler - Rheingau
Who produces the Johannisberger Holle Vineyard?
Johannishof
Who makes Assmanhausen Hollenberg? Where is this? Varietal?
Pinot Noir - Rhiengau
August Kessler
What two villages does the Roter Hang stretch between?
Neirstein and Nackenheim
Who produces Neirsteiner Pettenthal and where is this located?
Roterhang - Rheinhessen
Weingut Keller
Who producers Nackenheimer Rothenberg? Where is this?
Roterhang-Rheinhessen
Gunderloch
What are the two most important vineyards of Westhofen in the Rheinhessen? Who produces them?
Morstein - Keller - Wittman
Kirchspeil - Keller
Where is the Dalsheimer Hubacker Vineyard? Who produces it?
Rheinhessen - Keller
Where is the Neirsteiner Hipping Vineyard? Who produces it?
Rheinhessen - Keller - George Albrecht
Who produces the Oppenheimer Schutzenhutte vineyard and where is this?
Rheinhessen - Louis Guntrum
Where is the Kammerberg Gross Lage Vineyard and who makes it? What varietal?
Pfal - Becker - Pinot Noir
What are the important villages of the Palz?
Kallstadt Ungstein Bad Durkheim Forst Deidesheim Rupertsberg
What is the most important vineyard of the Pfalz? Who produces it?
Forster - Kirchenstuck Gross Lage - Egon Muller - Burklin Wolf
What is Burklin-Wolf’s Monopole in Ruppertsberg?
Rupertsberger Gaisbohol
Who makes Rupertsberger Reiterpfad? Where is this ?
Pfalz - Von Winning
Who makes the Freundstuck vineyard in Forst? Where is this?
Pfalz - Von Buhl
The mittelhaardt-deutsche Weinstrasse is where? Why is it important?
Pfalz - It holds almost all of the imporant vineyards of Pfalz
What are the three major wine producing towns of the sudliche-Weinstrasse?
Siebeldigen
Birkweiler
Schweigen
Who are the most famous producers of the Pfalz?
Von Buh, Basserman Jordan, Muller catoir, Eugen Muller, Burklin Wolf
Who makes Birkweiler Kastanienbusch Riesling? Where is this?
Pfalz - Sudliche - Weistrasse - O Rebholz
What is the important Monopole of Donnhoff ? Where is this?
Nahe - Oberhauser Brucke
What is the finest vineyard site in the Nahe?
Neiderhauser Hermannshohle
What are the most important villages of the Nahe?
Bad Kreuznach Bad Munster Norheim Neiderhausen Oberhausen Schlossbockelheim
Where would you fins the Eifel Mountains?
Ahr
What is the sole Bereich of the Ahr
Walporzheim-Ahrtal
What is the sole Grosslage of the Ahr?
Klosterberg
Who produces excellent Pinot Noir out of the Ahr Region?
Meyer Nakel
Which region is centered along the Main river?
Franken
Who produces wine from the vineyard Wurzberger Stein? Where is this?
Franken - Juliusspital
Who makes Iphofer Julius Echeter Berg? Where is this?
Hans Wirching - Franken
What is the most famous site of the Mittelrhein and who produces it?
Toni Jost - Bacheracher Hahn
What is Weissherbst and where is it common to?
QBA quality rose from Baden
Where is lake Boden?
In between Baden and Wurttemberg
Where is germany’s warmest wine growing site?
Baden - Kaiserstuhl
Who makes Kaiserstuhl out of Baden?
Oberrotweiler
What are the parents of Zweigelt?
Blaufrankisch and St. Laurent
Whate are the 4 wine making regions of Austria from North to SOuth?
Neiderosterreich, Wein, Burgenland, Styria
What are te four french speaking cantons of switzerland?
Vaud, Valais, Geneva, Neuchatel,
What is the italian canton of switzerland/? What is it’s main grape?
Ticino
What is vin de Glacier?
A madierized wine from soleras in switzerland made of the reze grape
6 regional AOC’s of switzerland?
Chablais La Cote Lavaux Vully Bonvillas Cotes de l'Orbe
What are the diffenent levels of quality for Austrian Sekt? Lees aging and total aging?
klassik 9 mo- not release before oct 22 the year following harvest
Reserve - 18 mo - not release until oct 22 the second year following harvest
Grose Reserve - 30 mo - not released until oct 22 the third year following harvest
What are the DAC’s of Burgenland
Eisenberg
Leithaberg
Neuseidlerse
Mittelburgenland
What are the subregions of Neiderosterreich? Which ones are NON DAC
NON DAC Carnuntum Wagram Wachau Thermenregion
DAC Kremstal Kamptal Traisenta Weinveirtel
What are the regions of Steiermark?
Sudsteiermark
Vulkanland Steierark
Weststeiermark
what is the sole DAC of Wein?
Weiner gemischter Satz
What is Leithakalk?
Gneiss, slate limestone soils in Leithaberg
Who is a major producer of the kellerberg vineyard in Austria?
FX. Pichler
Who is a producer of Hinter Der Berg in Austria?
Prager
Who producers Hochrain vineyard in Austria?
Veyder Malberg
What are the best vineyards produced by Hirtzberger in Wachau?
Honivogl Hochrain Rotes Tor Kirchweg Axpoint Steinerterrasen Pluris
What are the most famous wine produced by F.X Pichler in Wachau?
Klostersatz Loibenberg Urgenstein Oberhauser Steinertal Durnsteiner
What does CAva indicate on a label in greece? What about Palaiomeos se vareli
min 1 year aging white and rose
Min 3 year aging for red
Additional oak aging
What does Reserve and Grand Reserve mean on a label for greek wine
Reserve:
REd -1 yr barrel - 6 mo bottle - 2 years total
White - 6 in barrel 3 in bottle 1 year total
Grand Reserve
REd - 18 mo in Barrel 18 mo in bottle - 4 yrs total
White - 12 mo in barrel 6 in bottle - 2 yrs total
Where would you find Retsina and Verdea?
Zakynthos on the Ionian Sea
Verdea - Oxidized style white
What are the important PDO’s of Macedonia? What grap varietal are they known for?
Naoussa and Amynteo - xinomavro
Who makes the slopes of Meliton?
Domaine de Caras single estate
What famous grape was reborn in Thessaloniki?
Malagousia
What are Xinomavros blending parters in Rapsani DO
Krasto and Stavroto grapes
What Sterea Ellada appellation is the center of retsina production?
Attiki
What is the grape used for Retsina
Saavatino
Where is Zitza and what does it produce?
It is on the Ionian coast in the region of Eperius - Debina grape
What does Anchialos PDo produce? Where is this?
rhoditis and Saavatiano
Thesalia
What are the 3 PDO’s of the Peloponnesse
Nemea, Mantinia and Patras
What does NEmea PDO produce? Where is it?
Peloponnese - Agiaortiko
What is produced in Mantinia? Where is it?
moschofilero - Peloponnese
What is Patras PDO known for?
Dry white wines 100% Rhoditis
What is Mavrodaphne of Patras?
Mavrodaphne and Mavri Korinthiaki sweet wine - aged at least a year in wood
What are 4 ionian islands that produce wine? Which is the only island with a PDO
Cephalonia PDO
Kerkyra
Lefkada
Zakynthos
What is the only ionian Island and what does it produce?
Robola - Cephalonia
What is Verdea and where is it made?
Zakynthos - Skiaopoulo, Pavlos, Avgoustiatis
What are the PDO’s of Crete?
Archanes and Dafnes - Red wine
Sitia and Peza
What are Assyrtikos blending partners?
Athiri and Aidani
Which islands are part of the Cyclades?
Santorini and Paros
What is a stefani?
Bush vine in greece to protect from the winds
Who is the best producer of Santorini’s Assyrtiko?
Sigalas
What is produced on the isle of Samos? Where is this?
NOrth of the Paros past the cyclades Moscato -Aspro - Muscat Blanc a petite grains Samos nectar - Vin de Paille VDL VDN
What are the three PDO’s of Cephalonia? Where is Cephalonia
THe Ionian Islands
Mavrodapne of Cephalonia
Muscat of Cephalonia
Robola of Cephalonia
What are the three major geographical regions of productions in Hungry?
North Hungry, Trans Danubia, Great Plain
What are the most important regions of the North Hungary?
Eger and Tokay
Where is Lake Balaton? What is unique about it? What regions touch it?
Hungary it is one of Europes largest lakes it touches Badascony and Balatonfured-Csopak
What are the two regions that can use the term Bikaver on their labels? What is the main grape?
Eger and Szekzard
Keikfrankos - Blaufrankisch
Where is somlo PDo?
On the slopes of an exctint volcano in transdanubia
What is kekoporto?
Blauerportugueser
What region of HUngary crosses into Burgenland?
Sopron
Where is Boyar Estates?
Blueridge - Boyer is in Bulgaria
Where will you find DGO’s?
Bulgaria
What are teh five regions of production in Bulgaria?
Tracian lowlands, Struma River Valley Region, Black Sea Region, Danubian Plain, Rose Valley
Where are Suhindol and Svichtov?
Danubian plain in bulgaria
Where is sungurlane?
Rose Valley in Bulgaria
Where is Harsovo ?
The Struma River Valley in Bulgaria
What other region besides italy has DOC’s?
Romania
What do the following appellation denote specifically:
DOC-CMD
DOC-CT
DOC-CIP
CMD-Mature harvested grapes
CT- Late Harvested Grapes
CID- Botrytis Affected grapes
What mountains run through Romania?
Carpathian Mountians
Where is Tarnave DOC?
In transylvannia - Romania one of romania’s coolest and highest altitude wine regions
Where is Cotnari DOC? What does it produce?
Romania - Moldovia
It most famously produces cotnari sweet wines which are grasa di contnari mixed with Feteasca alba
What are the subregions of primorska? Where is primorska?
On the slovenian border touching italy
Goriska Brda, Kras, Koper, Vipava
What does Goriska birda become when it crosses into italy? Carso?
Collio Gorinzano and Kras
Where are Podravje and Posavje?
north east
And East - touching Croatia
What is Tokay called when it crosses the Hungarian border?
Tokajska
Where is VOC Znojmo and what does it produce?
Varietal gruner, SB or Riesling no oak