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Chapter Fifteen - Eastern Med Flashcards

1
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Red grape used in the production of fortified wines in Patras

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Mavrodaphne

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Traditional Greek wine flavored with resin

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Retsina

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Dessert wine specialty of Santorini

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Vinsanto

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Greek term for regional, PGI level wine

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Topikos Oinos

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Designation for the certain traditional Greek wines such as retsina

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OKP

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Top-tier Greek wine designation; typically reserved for sweet wines

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OPE

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A pink-skinned grape variety native to the Peloponnese

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Moschofilero

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Red grape of the Naoussa PDO

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Xinomavro

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Top quality designation used for dry, unfortified wines

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OPAP

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10
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High acid white wine grape variety originally from Santorini

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Assyrtiko

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11
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A traditional, oxidative white wine

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Verdea

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Red variety known as “saint george’s grape,” used in the wines of Nemea

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Agiorgitiko

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13
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Classification for standard Greek table wine

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EO

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14
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White grape used in the sweet wines of Samos and Patras

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Muscat

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15
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White grape used inthe dry wines of the Patras DO

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Roditis

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16
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What is the largest red wine appellation in Greece?

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Nemea

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17
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The greek islands of Samos, Santorini, and Rhodes are located in the

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Aegean Sea

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18
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The Greek islands of Corfue and Cephalonia are located in the

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Ionian sea

19
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What peninsula has the highest concentration of vineyards in all of Greece

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Peloponnese

20
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What red grape, widely planted throughout Greece, is also known as “acid black”

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Xinomavro

21
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What are the two main grape varieties used in the production of Commandaria?

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Mavro & Xyrosteri

22
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A complex, traditional aging system, known and _____ system is sometimes used in the aging of Commandaria

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Mana system

23
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Most of Lebanon’s vineyards are located in

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Bekaa Valley

24
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The leading producer of Lebanese wine

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Chateau Musar

25
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What Winery, now established in the 1880s, is now the largest winery in Israel

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The Carmel Winery

26
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What grape variety was created in 1972 as a Carignan x Sousao cross

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Argamam

27
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A semi-arid, desert like region located in southern israel

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Negev

28
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Most of Israel’s quality wine is produced in

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Galilee

29
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What is the largest red wine appellation in Greece?

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Nemea

30
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What is a sweet wine produced on the island of Santorini

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Vinsanto

31
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The Onomasia Kata Paradosi (OKP) classification is a special subcategory designed to protect which of the following wines?

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Restina

32
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What is a pink skinned grape, widely grown in the Peloponnese?

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Moschofilero

33
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The Bekka Valley is one of the leading wine-proucing regions of which of the following countires?

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Lebanon

34
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What best describes Commandaria

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An amber-colored dessert wine

35
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Red grape whose name means “acid black”

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Xinomavro

36
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Red grape whose name means “black laurel”

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Mavrodaphne

37
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Style of wine produced in the Mantinia PDo

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Dry white, from Moschofilero

38
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Style of wine produced in the Nemea PDO

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Dry to sweet reds, from Agiorgitiko

39
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Style of wine produced in the Patras PDo

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Dry whites, from Roditis

40
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Term used for basket shaped vines as grown on Santorini

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Stefani

41
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Famous fortified wine of Cyprus

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Commandaria

42
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High elevation area in the north of Israel; known for high quality qines

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Galilee

43
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Wine region covering the center of Israel including the Judean Hills and Mount Carmel

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Central Mountains

44
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Wine region of Israel located between the Mediterranean Coast and the mountains west of Jerusalem

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Judean Foothills

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