Greece

Question 1

What is the Kouloura method?

Answer 1

Vine training technique where vines are formed in shallow baskets to protect from wind

Question 1

True or false: Retsina cannot be labeled with a vintage by law?

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What are the four tiers of appellation classification in Greece?

Answer 2

POP (or OPAP or OPE) equivalent to PDO

PGE - country wine equivalent to IGP

Oinos

Wine of Traditional Designation (OPK)

Question 3

What does Cava indicate for PGI wines?

Answer 3

Minimum oak aging:
White/Rosé: 1 year, 6 months in barrel
Red: 3 years, 12 months in barrel

Question 4

What does Reserve indicate for PDO wines?

Answer 4

Minimum oak aging:
White: 1 year, 6 months in barrel, 3 months in bottle
Red: 2 years, 12 months in bottle, 6 months in barrel

Question 5

What does Grand/Grande Reserve indicate for PDO wines?

Answer 5

Minimum oak aging:
White: 2 years, 12 months in barrel (max barrel size 600L)
Red: 4 years, 18 months in barrel, 18 months in bottle

Question 6

What are the major regions of Greece?

Answer 6

Northern Greece
Mainland Greece
Peloponnese and Ionian Islands
Aegean Islands
Crete

Question 7

What is the name of traditional Greek wine flavored with pine resin?

Answer 7

Retsina

Question 8

What are the 9 mainland regions of Greece?

Answer 8

Thrace
Macedonia (North Mainland)
Epirus
Thessalia
Central Greece (Sterea Ellada)
Peloponnese
Ionian Islands
Aegean Islands
Crete

Question 9

What is Mavrodaphne?

Answer 9

“Black Laurel”
Dark, sweet, oxidative, fortified wine used in Greek Orthodox Communion

Question 10

What is Meltemi

Answer 10

Wind on the Aegean from the north

Question 11

What does Ktima mean?

Answer 11

Estate

Question 12

What does Palemoenos se vareli indicate

Answer 12

Oak aging beyond the minimum on Cava, Reserve, and Grand Reserve wines

Question 13

What are the PDO regions of Thessalia?

Answer 13

Anchialos PDO
Messenikolsa PDO
Rapsani PDO

Question 14

What is the sole PDO region of Epirus?

Answer 14

Zitsa PDO

Question 15

Who is the largest producer in Greece?

Answer 15

Boutari

Question 16

Where is Naossa PDO located in Greece approximately?

Answer 16

North Central Greece

Question 17

Where is Nemea PDO located in Greece approximately?

Answer 17

Southern Greece

Question 18

In which sea is Santorini found?

Answer 18

Aegean

Question 19

Evangelos Gerovassiliou is a famous winemaker associated with which winery?

Answer 19

Domaine Porto Carras

Question 20

Name the seas surrounding Greece

Answer 20

Aegean (east)
Ionian (west)
Mediterranean (south)

Question 21

True or false: Most of Greece’s vineyards sit on flat, fertile lands and are easily mechanically harvested.

Answer 21

False

Question 22

True or false: the climate of Santorini is best described as arid and hot

Answer 22

True

Question 23

Moschofilero is a white grape most associated with which PDO?

Answer 23

Mantinia

Question 24

Agiorgitiko is a red grape most associated with which PDO?

Answer 24

Nemea

Question 25

What does Xinomavro translate to?

Answer 25

"Acid-black"

Question 26

Who produces the wine "Megan Oenos"

Answer 26

Domaine Skouros

Question 27

True or false: Santorini is phylloxera free

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Where are you most likely to encounter the grape Kotsifali?

Answer 28

Crete

Question 29

What is the only PDO that allows rosé

Answer 29

Amynteo

Question 30

What is the PDO whose producers all belong to a cooperative

Answer 30

Samos

Question 31

What appellation sits at the base of Mount Olympus and is the southernmost appellation for Xinomavro?

Answer 31

Rapsani

Question 32

What is Greece's only monopole PDO?

Answer 32

Slopes of Meliton

Question 33

The Ismuths of Corinth separates mainland Greece from what wine growing region?

Answer 33

Peloponnese

Question 34

What types of wines are produced on Monemvassia-Malvasia PDO

Answer 34

Sweet white

Question 35

Moscato Aspro is a synonym used in Samos for which grape?

Answer 35

Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains