Chapter 15: Eastern Mediterranean

Question 1

Highest level of wine appellation in Greece, used mainly for sweet wines

Answer 1

OPE: Onomasía Proeléfseos Eleghoméni

Question 2

Highest level of wine appellation in Greece, used primarily for dry wines

Answer 2

OPAP: Onomasía Proeléfseos Anotéras Poiótitos

Question 3

Greek appellation for regional (PGI) wines

Answer 3

TO: Topikos Oínis

Question 4

Greek appellation for traditional wines such as retsina

Answer 4

OKP: Onomasía Katá Parádosi

Question 5

Main white grape used in Santorini PDO

Answer 5

Assyrtiko

Question 6

Red grape of Greece, widely grown in Macedonia, used in the Naoussa PDO

Answer 6

Xinomavro

Question 7

Red grape used in the Nemea PDO

Answer 7

Agiorgitiko

Question 8

Red grape used in the sweet wines of Patras

Answer 8

Mavrodaphne

Question 9

Red grape whose name means “acid black”

Answer 9

Xinomavro

Question 10

Red grape whose name means “black laurel”

Answer 10

Mavrodaphne

Question 11

Dried-grape wine produced in Santorini

Answer 11

Vinsanto

Question 12

Style of wine produced in the Mantinia PDO

Answer 12

Dry white, from Moschofilero

Question 13

Style of wine produced in the Nemea PDO

Answer 13

Dry to sweet reds, from Agiorgitiko

Question 14

Style of wine produced in the Patras PDO

Answer 14

Dry whites, from Roditis

Question 15

Santorini’s basket-shaped vines

Answer 15

Stefani

Question 16

Famous fortified wine of Cyprus

Answer 16

Commandaria

Question 17

Commandaria: 2 main grape varieties

Answer 17

1. Mavro (red) 2. Xynisteri (white)

Question 18

Aging system (similar to the solera system) traditionally used for Commandaria

Answer 18

The mana system

Question 19

Main vineyard region of Lebanon

Answer 19

Bekaa Valley

Question 20

Lebanon’s leading (and most famous) winery

Answer 20

Chateau Musar

Question 21

Largest-producing winery of Israel

Answer 21

Carmel Winery

Question 22

Bordeaux wine producer who invested in Israel’s wine industry and established Carmel Winery

Answer 22

Baron Edmond de Rothschild (1845-1934)

Question 23

Wine Estate (and Monastery) opened near Jerusalem in 1855

Answer 23

Cremisan Wine Estate / Cremisan Monastery

Question 24

High-elevation area in the north of Israel; known for high-quality wines

Answer 24

Galilee

Question 25

Wine region including the Judean Hills and Mount Carmel

Answer 25

Central Mountains

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Judean Foothills

Question 27

Semi-arid area located in the south of Israel

Answer 27

Negev Region (Negev Desert)