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What’s added to retsina?

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Allepo Resin

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What does Reserve mean on a Greek bottle?

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W: At Least 1 yr total 6m barrel 1m bottle
R: At Least 2 yr total 1 yr barrel 6 m bottle

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What does Grand Reserve mean on a greek bottle?

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W: 2 yr 1 yr barrel 6 m bottle
R: 4 yr 18 m barrel 18 m bottle

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What is verdea?

What is it classified as/under?

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oxidized white from Zakynthos in Ionian Sea

PGI Verdea is under Ionian Island appellation Zakynthos

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How are the PGIs in Greece organized?

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Region
District
Area

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What does “Cava” mean on a Greek label?

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1 year of aging 6 of them in oak for white/rose PGI wines

3 years for red 1 of them in oak

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What does “Palaiomenos se vareli” mean on Greel label?

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Oak aging beyond the min requirement

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List PDOs of Thrace

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Ain’t any

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List PDOs of Macedonia

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Amyneo
Goumenissa
Naoussa
Slopes of Melilton

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What are the grapes allowed in Naoussa and Amynteo?

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Xinomavro
Meaning “Acid Black”
Firmly tannic

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What are the red grapes of Goumenissa?

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Xinomavro lightened up with Negoska (at least 20%)

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Where can one find a lot of Boutari?

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Naoussa

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What is Greece’s coolest region?

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Amynteo
Produces a range of roses
Dry to semi sweet and sparkling as well

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Where is Domain Carras located?

What’s cool about it?

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Slopes of Meliton (Plagies Melitona)
The sole producer on this island
Reds are a Cab sauv, Franc, and Limnio blend
Whites a Assyrtiko, Athiri, Rhoditis

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Who started Domain Carras and what’re they up to?

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Evangelos Gerovassiliou with Emile Peynaud

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What Macedonian grape was brought back from extinction by whom and where is it now being made?

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Malagousia by Evangelos Gerovassiliou’s new winery in Thessaliniki PGI in Macedonia

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What/where is boutari?

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One of two largest producers located in Naoussa

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Where is Mnt. Olympus?

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Rapsani PDO in Thessalia
South of Macedonia
Southernmost spot for Xinomavro

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PDOs of Thessalia

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Rapsani
Messenikola
Anchialos

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What is a common blend in Rapsani?

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Xinomavro (softer in this warm climat) with

Mandatory to be blended with Krasato and Stavroto (lighter grapes)

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Common blend in Anchialos?

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Only allows whites
Roditis and Savvatiano grapes
High altitude

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What are the PDOs of Epirus?

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Zitsa
Uses Debina grape
Dry-semisweet-Sparkling

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What is Sterea Ellada?

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Central Greece

Produces a lot of Retsina

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Which region surrounds Athens?

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Attiki

Retsina specialty

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Which grape is most commonly used in Retsina?
Savvatiano
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What's up with Roditis?
It's a common name for a family of grapes with pink skins
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What are the PDOs of Sterea Ellada?
Nonezooo
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What is St George?
Agriogitiko
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PDOs of Peloponnese
Nemea Mantinia Patras
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Scene in mind palace
Far corner on curb of backyard Peloponnese with hat/hands full of puppet string/old (2yr oxidized) vase monument (monemvassia-Malvasia) with 2010 written on it
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Peloponnese's right hand
Nemo (nemea) in greek helmet Under nemo is curious George dressed as saint (st George or agiorgitiko) slitting Hercules's throat with a cutsey/koutsi knife (covered in little pink pomms)
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Pelopennese's left hand
Patras, rattata named pat with 70's hair, muscats, another patrat in rio carnival outfit Daphnie with black laurels (mavrodaphne) and wood staves hanging off ankles (1 yr in wood) A santa with achilese heel hanging onto her heel (achaia clauss, producer)
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Poloponnese's Head
Guy in bikini (mantinia) in a moscow style valero (moschofilero) Dry red skinned white guy in the bikini
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Peloponnese is sitting on...?
A vase, monutment style (monemvassia-malvasia) it's cracked and weathered (oxidized 2 yrs) 2010 written on it
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4 Ionian islands (mind map)
On Garage door Zephyronya (cephalonia) Daphne holding on to back with a bottle of moscato (sweet mavrodaphne and muscat) Robola is underneath, wants to be ribola but isn't cool enough, ribolla is laughing at him (bottle of Jermann with arms) Zack and those guys (zakynthos) He's mad cuz a bottle of old old old vinho VERDEA has jin jaune in it Miss kirk eating fried okra, becoming okra (kerkya) Lefkada is bernie sanders doing a kata (left kata)
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PDOs of Crete Mind Map
Side of house Red Archanes (mandalorian as archangel, kotsifali in one hand, syrah in the other) Dafnes Liatiko sitting on daphne, red/white stool Red/White Sitia Liatiko (leeah with tiki mask, orange dress) Petza Dog wearing pizza outfit, Mandalorian on the hat as well White vila on the hat (vilana, most planted white)
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Which countries surround greece? | Bodies of water?
``` West to east Albania Macedonia Bulgaria Turkey ``` Agean sea to east Ionian Sea to west
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List of Greek PDOs on mainland
``` Macedonia Epirus Peloponnese Thessalia Thrace Sterea Allada (Central Greece) ```
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Name 4 Xinomavro based regions in Greece
Naoussa (100%) Amynteo (100%), can be dry, sparkling, everything in between Goumenissa (with at least 20% Negoska) Rapsani (co-fermented with Stavroto and krassato)
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Largest/Most important producer in Naoussa
Boutari
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Difference between Mainland Macedonian climate from most of Greece
Continental. Hot but comparably mild summers, snowy winters Cold northern winds blow from an extension of the Massif
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Name a vineyard in Naoussa
Paliokalias Owned mostly by Dalmara family They use Paliokalias as a brand to get away with using the name
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subzones of Rapsani
Based on elevation Basic under 200 meters Reserve 2oo-4oo Grande reserve 400-600
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Major producer in Rapsani
Tsantali, a Greek "Super producer"
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What is Siatista?
Desert wine PGI | from air dried Xinomavro and Moschomavro
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Largest producer in Amynteo
Alpha Estate | Modern Style, note worthy Sauv Blanc
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PDO of Crete
``` Archanes Candia Dafnes Malvasia Candia Malvasia Sitia Peza Sitia ```
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Aegean Island PDO
``` Limnos Muscat of Lemnos Samos Rhodes Muscat of Rhodes Santorini Paros Malvasia of Paros ```
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Peloponnese PDO
``` Monemvassia-Malvasia Mantinia Nemea Patras Muscat of Patras Muscat of Rio Patras Mavrodaphne of Patras ```
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Ionian Islands PDO
3 of Cephalonia Robola Muscat Mavrodaphne
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Epirus PDO
Zitsa
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Macedonia PDO
Amynteo Goumenissa Naoussa slopes of meliton
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Thessalia PDO
Anchialos Messenikola Rapsani
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Greek Regions without PDO
Central Greece | Thrace
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What are AOC/OPE Greece
Traditional sweet wines | Will be replaced by PDO on labels
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Where might you find sparkling rose in Greece
Amynteo may be dry or sweet Xinomavro
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Slopes de Meliton beets
Single appellation for Domain Carras Cab Sauv, Franc, Limnio Whites are Assyrtiko, Athiri, Rhoditis
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Who Started Domain Carras
Evangelos Gerovassiliou
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Who Started Domain Carras
Evangelos Gerovassiliou
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Rapsani PDO beets
in Thessalia slopes of Olympus Xinomavro plus min Krasato/Stavroto (normaly 1/3 each grape)
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Thessalia white only PDO
Anchialos | Roditis and Savvatiano
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Zitsa beets
sole PDO in Epirus | Debina, dry, Semisweet, sparking
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Nemea beets
``` Peloponnese PDO St George (agiortiko) grape soft tannins, intense dark fruits ```
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Where is koutsi
Most famous sub of Nemea
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Nick name of Nemea wines
St George is called Blood of Hercules
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Grapes of Peloponnese PDO
Nemea 100% Agiortiko all other PDO are white only
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Styles of Muscat of Patras/Rio Patras
Sweet or VDN
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Cephalonia beets
PDO of Ionian Islands | dry whites of Robola

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