Aegean Islands - Cyclades, Dodecanese, North Aegean, and Crete

Question 1

What is the most important winemaking island of the Dodecanese?

Answer 1

Rhodes

Question 2

What mountain dominates Rhodes?

Answer 2

Mount Atavyros

Question 3

What area was the source of “Greek Champagne” for decades?

Answer 3

Rhodes

Question 4

What styles of wine can be made in the Rhodes PDO?

Answer 4

White, red, and rosé all in dry, semi-dry, or semi-sweet styles
White and rosé may be sparkling

Question 5

What grapes may composed Rhodes blanc wines?

Answer 5

Min 70% Athiri with a balance of Assyrtico and Malagousia

Question 6

What grapes may compose Rhodes rouge wine?

Answer 6

Min 70% Mandilaria with a balance of Mavrothiriko

Question 7

What is the sweet wine appellation of Rhodes?

Answer 7

Muscat is Rhodes -
May be Vin doux, vin doux naturel, or vin natrellement doux

Question 8

What are the sweet wine PDOs of the North Aegean?

Answer 8

Samos PDO
Muscat of Lemnos PDO

Question 9

What % of the paintings in Samos are Muscat?

Answer 9

95%

Question 10

What mountain dominates the island of Samos?

Answer 10

Mount Ampelos

Question 11

What is the only Muscat PDO that does not include the grape in its name?

Answer 11

Samos

Question 12

What may dry white from Muscat on Samos be labeled as?

Answer 12

The Slopes of Ambelos PGI (is a specific region)

Question 13

What styles of wine are made in the Samos PDO?

Answer 13

Vin doux naturel
Vin naturellement doux
Vin doux

Question 14

What is the most significant producer on the island of Samos?

Answer 14

The United Winemaking Agricultural Cooperative of Samos

Question 15

What grape originated on the island of Lemnos?

Answer 15

Limnio (although it no longer takes center stage on the island)

Question 16

What wine is made in the Lemnos PDO?

Answer 16

Dry red from Limnio
Dry, semi-dry, and semi-sweet Muscat

Question 17

What contributes the the Muscat of Lemnos PDO not being as highly regarded as Samos PDO?

Answer 17

Greater reliance on Muscat of Alexandria rather than Muscat Blanc
Flatter terrain

Question 18

Where was the birth of Greek wine?

Answer 18

Crete

Question 19

Which two PDOs on Crete are in honor of the Venetian dessert wine production there?

Answer 19

Malvasia Candia
Malvasia of Sitia

Question 20

What seas lie on either side of Crete?

Answer 20

The Aegean Sea and the Libyan Sea

Question 21

What is a huge factor in dictating the climate on the Northern part of Crete from the Southern?

Answer 21

A long mountain range that runs east to west along Crete

Question 22

What is the most important district of Crete for winemaking? Where it is?

Answer 22

Iraklio- in the center between mount Psiloritis and Mount Dikti

Question 23

What is the most important district for sweet wine production in Crete?

Answer 23

Lasithi

Question 24

What are the red wine only appellations of Crete?

Answer 24

Archanes PDO (dry only)
Daphnes PDO (dry and sweet)

Question 25

Which PDOs of Crete feature red wine made from Kotsifali and Mandilaria?

Answer 25

Peza PDO
Archanes PDO
Candia

Question 26

What Crete PDOs feature red wine made from Liatiko?

Answer 26

Daphnes PDO (must be entirely Liatiko)
Sitia PDO (min 80% Liatiko)

Question 27

What is the primary white variety for quality dry wine on Crete?

Answer 27

Vilana

Question 28

What are the sweet wine appealtions of Crete?

Answer 28

Malvasia Candia
Malvasia Sitia

Question 29

What grapes are permitted for making Malvasia Candia and Malvasia Sitia?

Answer 29

Vidiano, Assyrtico, Thrapsathiri, Liatiko, Athiri, Muscat Blanc, and Malvasia

Question 30

What styles of wine may be made in Malvasia Sitia and Malvasia Candia?

Answer 30

Vin doux naturel
Vin Naturellement doux