Sterea Ellada

Question 1

Grapes of Retsina

Answer 1

Roditis, Savatiano

Question 2

Pink skinned grapes of Greece

Answer 2

Roditis, Moschofilero

Question 3

These regions of Greece have no PDOs

Answer 3

Sterea Ellada (Central Greece)

Thrace

Question 4

Can Retsina be labeled with a vintage

Answer 4

No

Question 5

Greeces most cultivated white grape

Answer 5

Savatiano

Question 6

Two most planted indigenous grapes in Greece

Answer 6

Savvatiano, Roditis

Question 7

Two traditional PGIs of Greece

Answer 7

Retsina and Verdea

Question 8

15 PGI appelations of Retsina (Central Greece)

Answer 8

Area PGIs: Attica, Viotia, Evia

District PGIs: Gialtra, Karystos Thebes, Halkida, Megara, Pallini, Pikermi, Spata, Mesogia, Markopoulos, Peania, Koropi

Question 9

Name of Large island next to Central Greece in the Aegean

Answer 9

Evia

Question 10

What is Kokkineli

Answer 10

Rosé of Retsina from Roditis

Question 11

Hottest and driest part of Greece

Answer 11

Attica, or Attic peninsula (Near Athens)

Question 12

Name of pine tree that sap for retsina comes from

Answer 12

Aleppo

Question 13

Soil type of Sterea Ellada

Answer 13

Clay with alluvial along coast and igneous in Northern regions

Question 14

Papagiannakos is a producer in Attica (Sterea Ellada) known for this:

Answer 14

Ageworthy dry Savatiano

Question 15

Sterea Ellada’s Area PGIs are concentrated on this half of the region

Answer 15

Eastern

Question 16

The Pindos Mountains create complex topography in Sterea Ellada. How does the climate differ from West, Central and East

Answer 16

Western: Significant rainfall
Center: Cold and high elevation
Eastern: Hot and arid

Question 17

Viotia, a PGI district for Retsina, is north of Attica and sandwiched between these two features

Answer 17

Corinthian and Evian gulfs

Question 18

The best vineyards of Viotia PGI are on the North facing slopes of this mountain

Answer 18

Mount Parnitha (as high as 500 meters)

Question 19

Fthiotida PGI is located to the Northwest of Viotia (Sterea Ellada) It is known for these varieties

Answer 19

Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot. Savatiano is hardly seen here

Question 20

This producer helped revitaize Fthiotida PGI

Answer 20

Hatzimichalis

Question 21

Three traditional district PGIs for Retsina in Sterea Ellada

Answer 21

Evia
Attica
Viotia

Question 22

Attica PGI is located at the southeastern tip of Sterea Ellada and is surrounded on all three sides by this

Answer 22

Aegean sea and gulfs

Question 23

This soil dominates Western Attica
This soil dominates Eastern Attica

Answer 23

Limestone (West)
Loam and Sand (East)

Question 24

Area PGIs of Sterea Ellada: Attiki District:

Answer 24

Attiki District:
Anavyssos
Gerania
Ilion
Koropi
Markopoulo
Pallini
Peanea
Slopes of Kitherona (located in both Attiki and Viotia)
Slopes of Pendeliko
Spata
Vilitsa

Question 25

11 PGI Areas in Sterea Ellada are broadly defined this way

Answer 25

North Attica (coolest and least fertile) Mesogia (Flat plain to the east of Athens Megara (Western, mostly bulk wine)

Question 26

PGI Areas of Sterea Ellada: Evia District

Answer 26

Evia District: Karystos Lilantio Pedio Ritsona

Question 27

PGI Areas of Sterea Ellada: Viotia District:

Answer 27

Viotia District: Slopes of Parnitha Slopes of Kitherona (located in both Attiki and Viotia) Thebes (Thiva)