The Rest Flashcards
(116 cards)
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Ararat valley is found in what country?
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Armenia
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What kind of variety is Pamid and where is found?
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Most planted Bulgarian variety; but its light body; low acidity and low extract means at best it produces light table wines for early consumption.
It does not play a major role in bottles bound for export and is planted quite extensively as in Romania.
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What kind of variety is Mavrud and where is found?
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The most popular varietal wine on the Bulgarian market; where it is preferred in a tannic and extensively oak aged style.
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What kind of variety is Melnik and where is found?
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It is very late ripening and can require extensive ageing; it is probably the Bulgarian wine with the greatest longevity. Its berries are notably small with thick; blue skins.
Some wines have the aroma of tobacco leaves; oak ageing and several years bring out a warmth and style not unlike a Nebbiolo.
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What kind of variety is Rubin and where is found?
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It is regarded by some as the variety with most potential to become Bulgaria’s signature grape and is currently very much in demand.
It is distinctively Bulgarian crossing of Nebbiolo and Syrah developed around 1944.
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What kind of variety is Rkatsiteli and where is found?
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Still the most planted vine variety in the ex-Soviet republics; providing a base for a wide range of wine styles; including fortified wines and brandy.
The wine is distinguished by a keen level of acidity; easily 9 g/l even when picked as late as October; and by good sugar levels too.
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What kind of variety is Saperavi and where is found?
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Saperavi is distinctive Georgian red wine grape variety notable for the colour and acidity it can bring to a blend.
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What kind of variety is Tsolikouri and where is found?
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It is relatively important white wine grape of Georgia; although only about a tenth as widely planted there as the popular Rkatsiteli.
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What kind of variety is Argaman and where is found?
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Israeli crossing of Carignan and the Portuguese Sousão which produces relatively ordinary wine.
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What kind of variety is Obaideh and where is found?
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Obaideh is hardy; vigorous; workmanlike indigenous grape of Lebanon; high in sugar; low in acidity; used extensively in the making of arak (local spirit); sacramental wines; and white Chateau Musar.
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What kind of variety is Prokupac and where is found?
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Red grape variety grown all over Serbia; where the strong wine it produces is often blended with more international vine varieties. Its stronghold is just south of Belgrade; where some argue it is identical to Syrah.
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What kind of variety is Neoplanta and where is found?
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Smederevka × Traminer crossing with very perfumed aroma and oily texture not unlike a concentrated Pinot Gris grown in Fruska Gora; Serbia.
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What kind of variety is Smederevka and where is found?
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Serbia. As a varietal wine; it is usually dry and relatively high in both alcohol and acidity; but it is often blended with other varieties; notably Laški Rizling.
It is the same as Bulgaria’s Dimiat.
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What kind of variety is Vranac and where is found?
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Red grape variety that is a speciality of Montenegro and Macedonia. The wines produced are deeply coloured and can be rich in extract; responding unusually well to oak ageing.
DNA profiling at Zagreb in 2001 suggested a parent-offspring relationship with Primitivo; better known in California as Zinfandel.
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What kind of variety is Kratosija and where is found?
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Relatively important grape in Macedonia and Montenegro that is the same as Zinfandel.
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What are most important Lebanon Regions?
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Overwhelming majority of wine grapes are grown in the western Bekaa and Zahleh; where; at an impressive altitude of around 1;000 m/3;280 ft. between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountain ranges; they enjoy dry summers; cool nights; and consistent rainfall so that the grapes rarely ripen before the middle of September.
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What are most important Bulgarian White Varieties?
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Bulgaria grows a curious mix of white grape varieties; showing evidence of Serbian influence in its everyday Dimiat (9;500 ha; Smederevka) and Georgian influence in its plantings of Rkatsiteli (11;700 ha).
Central European influence is evident in its Welschriesling; Muscat Ottonel and a local pink-skinned variety called Misket Cherven.
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Name Bulgarian Wine Regions?
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The country has generally been divided into five distinct wine regions: Danubian Plain; Rose Valley or Sub-Balkan region; Thracian Lowlands region; Black Sea region; and South West or Struma Valley region.
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In the mid-2000s; the EU accepted just two wine regions for Bulgaria; name them?
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Danubian Plain (the northern half of the country) and the Thracian Lowlands (the southern half).
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Name Bulgarian Big Wineries?
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Suhindol; Khan Krum; Russe; Sliven; Preslav; Magura; Festa Holdings; Stork Nest Estates and Burgas.
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Name Bulgarian Boutique Wineries?
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Ch de Val; Santa Sarah; Todoroff; Bessa Valley project (Enira label) and Maxxima (ambitious négociant operation).
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Name two Czech Republic Regions?
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Two distinct regions: the tiny; touristy vineyards of Bohemia near Prague or on the banks of the river Labe (Germany’s Elbe) in the north; and; quantitatively much more important; Moravia to the south along the Austrian and Slovakian borders.
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Name Georgia Viticultural Zones?
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Georgia has five viticultural zones: Kakheti; Kartli; Imereti; Racha-Lechkhumi; and the humid subtropical zone.
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Name Israel regions?
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Galilee (best quality); Sharon Plain (the largest); Shomron; Samson; and Negev.
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Name three biggest Israel Producers?
The dominant and historic producer remains Carmel; with nearly 50 per cent of production; followed by Barkan Wine Cellars and Golan Heights Winery.
These three wineries control over 80 per cent of the domestic market and they are also the biggest exporters.
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Name quality Israel Producers found on export market?
Smaller wineries exporting high-quality wines include Dalton; Galil Mountain; Recanati; and Tishbi and the finest of the boutique wineries Domaine du Castel; Flam; Margalit; Saslove; and Yatir.
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What is Kosher (meaning 'pure') wine?
To be considered kosher; a wine must be handled by orthodox religious Jews only. Oenologists who are not themselves Sabbath-observing may instruct observant Jews to carry out the necessary physical operations in the winery.
All substances used in the process must be kosher. Examples of forbidden fining agents include gelatin; casein; and isinglass.
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What is 'Kosher for Passover'?
Wines described as 'kosher for Passover' have not come into contact with bread; dough; or grain.
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Name most famous wine from Lebanon?
Chateau Musar is still Lebanon's most celebrated wine; a gamey blend of 50 to 80 per cent Cabernet Sauvignon fleshed out with Cinsaut and Carignan.
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Who is Lebanon's biggest producer?
Chateau Ksara is Lebanon's biggest producer; most notably wine is it`s top Bordeaux blend Cuvée du Troisième Millenaire.
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Name Moldova Regions?
Romanesht; Chumai; Khinchesh; Krikova; Mileshtii Mich; and Purkar.
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Name some Moldova Notable Producers?
Successful exporters include Acorex; Cricova; DK Intertrade/Aur Vin; and Lion Gris. The old Purkhar Estate is also being restored.
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What kind of wine is Cagor?
Moldova continues to make some fortified wines notably Cagor; a 16 per cent; partially fermented red; often based on Cabernet.
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Name most important Romanian Varieties?
most planted varieties by far are two white Feteasca Alba and Feteasca Regala, Merlot is the most planted red wine variety followed by Cabernet Sauvignon.
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Chateau Kefraya is located in which country?
Chateau Kefraya is the Lebanon's second biggest winery; its Cabernet-Syrah blend Comte de M 1996 convinced the outside world that there was more to Lebanese wine than Chateau Musar.
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Name Romanian wine regions?
plateau of Transylvania in the middle of the country; the Pannonian Plain on the Hungarian border in the old province of Crisana and Maramures; the Moldovan hills on the eastern slopes of the Carpathians; the warm, central Muntenia and Oltenia region in the southern Carpathians; Banat towards the borders with Hungary and Serbia; the knolls of Dobrogea between the Danube and the Black Sea; and the flatter Danube Terrace
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What kind of wine is Cotnari?
Moldova (Romania) whose golden nectar was at one time almost as sought after as those of Tokaji and Constantia. Made in various styles from dry to semi sweet; and an alcoholic strength of at least 11 per cent. Unlike Tokaji; it is aged in wood for no more than a year; and is carefully protected from oxygen.
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Where is found Dealul Mare region?
Romania, best known for its red wines produced from Cabernet Sauvignon; Merlot; some Pinot Noir; and Feteasca Neagra.
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Name Russian Regions?
Krasnodar is the most important Russian wine region followed by Dagestan; The rest are Stavropol; Rostov; Chechnya and Kabardino-Balkariya.
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Name Turkey Regions?
Thrace region (home to the country's first 'boutique' winery Sarafin) and Anatolia (wineries Tekel and Kavaklidere). Buzba? is the most memorable brand of Tekel.
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Where is winery Massandra located?
Winery built to extremely high specifications on the outskirts of Yalta in the Crimea in the 1890s to supply Livadia; the tsars' summer palace. The most successful wines are strong and sweet; many of them Vins Doux Naturels as well as fortified.
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What is Magarach?
Wine research institute at Yalta in the Crimea; founded in 1828; more than 50 years before Davis or the Institute of Oenology at the University of Bordeaux.
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What kind of variety is Žilavka and where is found?
Relatively successful white grape variety planted in Herzegovina.
This distinctive variety manages to combine high alcohol with high acidity and a certain nuttiness of flavour.
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What kind of variety is Malvazija Istarska and where is found?
Considered indigenous Croatian and makes full bodied; dry wines with some minerality and a bitter almond finish.
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What kind of variety is Teran and where is found?
Names for a subvariety of the Refosco group; used; respectively; in Croatia and the Kras district of Slovenia and the Carso DOC in the extreme east of Friuli.
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What kind of variety is Teran Bijeli and where is found?
Teran Bijeli was shown to be identical to Prosecco by DNA profiling at Zagreb.
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What kind of variety is Plavac Mali and where is found?
Producing dense red wines all along the Dalmatian coast and on many of the Adriatic islands in Croatia. Plavac Mali produces wines high in tannins; alcohol; and colour which can; unusually for red wines from what was Yugoslavia; age well.
Postup and Dingac are two of the better-known reds made from Plavac Mali.
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What kind of variety is Malvazija Istarska and where is found?
Considered indigenous Croatian and makes full bodied; dry wines with some minerality and a bitter almond finish.
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Name three Slovenia Regions?
Podravje in the north east of the country; Primorska in the west; close to Italian border and the Adriatic; and Posavje in the south east. It is further divided to 14 wine districts.
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Name two wine regions in Croatia?
Kontinentalna Hrvatska (Inland Croatia) and Primorska Hrvatska (Coastal Croatia).
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Most important Kontinentalna Hrvatska (Inland Croatia) varieties?
The dominant variety here is Laški Rizling or Welschriesling (here known by the more graceful name of Graševina). Other varieties planted include Gewürztraminer; various Pinots; Chardonnay; Riesling; Sauvignon Blanc; Furmint (known as Moslavac in Croatia); Blaufränkisch (known as Frankovka or Borgonja); some Portugieser (Portugizac;) and some Müller-Thurgau (Rizvanac).
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Name designations for Slovenian wine?
Designations are: Namizno vino (table wine); Deželno vino PGO ('country wine' coming from a single region); and Kakovostno vino ZGP (quality wine) and Vrhunsko vino ZGP (premium quality wine); both of which come from single district.
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In Slovenia what is Posebno tradicionalno poimenovanje (PTP)?
Designation reserved for traditional wines coming from a delimited origin. To date; Cvicek PTP from Dolenjska and Teran PTP from Kras are carrying this designation.
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What kind of variety is Crljenak Kaštelanski and where is found?
Zinfandel is the same as ancient and almost extinct variety on the island of Kaštela near Split called Crljenak Kaštelanski (literally 'red grape of Kaštela').
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What kind of variety is Liatiko and where is found?
The pale red Liatiko reaches high alcohol levels and ripens very early; sometimes as early as August. Greece.
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What kind of variety is Mandelaria and where is found?
Powerful; deep-coloured Mandelaria produces particularly robust red wines. Greece.
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What kind of variety is Assyrtiko and where is found?
Top-quality white grape variety; originally from Santorini; has ability to retain acidity in a hot climate; and its mineral profile has made it a successful blending partner for Malagousia; Sauvignon Blanc; and Sémillon.
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What kind of variety is Malagousia (Malagoussia) and where is found?
Elegant white grape variety that may be related to Malvasia and yields similarly full-bodied; perfumed wines in Greece.
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What kind of variety is Robola and where is found?
The distinctively powerful; lemony dry white are made from Robola grapes. The wine made from these early-ripening grapes is high in both acidity and extract and is much prized within Greece.
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What is Cvicek?
Highly popular; light; pale; ruby; highly acidic blend of red and white grapes; usually Žametovka and Kraljevina produced in Dolenjska. (Posavlje)
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Name four districts in Slovenian Primorska region?
The most appreciated Slovenian wine region and divided into four districts. Goriška Brda; Vipava valley; Kras and Koper.
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What Slovenian region is continuation of Italy's Collio DOC?
Goriška Brda, influenced by its Italian neighbours; boasts many good producers and is currently Slovenia's most esteemed wine district; many of best wines are matured white and red blends based on Rebula (Ribolla) and Merlot-Cabernet Sauvignon
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How are labeled Slovenia Sweet Wines?
Podravje is also where the country's best botrytized wines are made; and labelled; Germanly according to sugar level: pozna trgatev (Spätlese); izbor (Auslese); jagodni izbor (Beerenauslese); ledeno vino (Eiswein); and suhi jagodni izbor (Trockenbeerenauslese).
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Name varieties used for production of Slovenia Sweet Wines?
The best sweet wines are made from Šipon; Laški Rizling; and Renski Rizling. Typically they are expensive but some can be of world class quality.
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How big is the area planted with vines in Greece?
130;000 ha/321;000 acres are devoted to vines; only about half of them producing grapes for wine; about 70 per cent of production is white wine.
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Name Greece Indigenous White Varieties?
Assyrtiko; Rhoditis; Robola; Savatiano; Moscophilero; Vilana; Debina; and both Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains and the slightly less important Muscat of Alexandria. The Greek port of Monemvasia also gave its name to the Malvasia grape.
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Name Greece Indigenous Red Varieties?
Aghiorghitiko; Limnio; Mandelaria; and Xinomavro.
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What is mean "OPE" on the bottle of Greek wine?
OPE are the Greek initials for “Wines with Appellation of Controlled Origin”.
This designation is dedicated solely to sweet wines produced from the Muscat or Mavrodaphne grapes.
2 red and 6 white wines that come from 6 different regions are included. A light blue paper strip that is placed above the cork distinguishes the wine bottles.
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What is mean "OPAP" on the bottle of Greek wine?
Dry wine described as Appellation of Superior Quality (OPAP). The wines are named after a specific geographic location.
According to EU law; a specific grape variety must be used in making the appellation wine.
A pink seal over the cork signifies this.
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What is regulation for Greek wine to be called Reserva?
Within OPAP and OPE categories; the term Reserve can be used for white wines that have been aged for two years and red wines that have been aged for three years (with at least six months in barrel and six months in bottle in each case).
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What is regulation for Greek wine to be called Grand Reserva?
Within OPAP and OPE categories; the term Grand Reserve designates white wines that have been aged for at least three years (minimum one year in barrel and one year in bottle) and red wines that have been aged for at least four years (minimum two years in barrel and two years in bottle).
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In Greece what is mean Topikos Oinos?
Equivalent to the French Vin de Pays.
The name of the region can replace the word "Oinos" on the label.
Commercially the most important Vin de Pays areas are Attica; Drama; Epanomi; and Thívai (or Thebes).
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In Greece what is mean Epitrapezos Oinos Cava?
Still wine with minimum aging requirements.
Red wines require a minimum of three years in the cellar and a minimum of one year in the bottle.
White wines require two years of cellar aging with optional bottle aging.
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What is mean "EO" on the bottle of Greek wine?
EO are the Greek initials for “Table Wines“.
The French equivalent are the “Vins de Table”. Although this is the lowest quality category, many winemakers choose this to experiment with varieties.
A sub-category to the EO is the OKP (Wines of Appellation by Tradition) that includes only Retsina and Verdea.
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Name Greece's first wine region to be given its own official appellation title?
Náoussa in Macedonia became Greece's very first wine region to be given its own official appellation title in 1971.
Must be 100% Xinomavro; some producers adds Merlot and Syrah; but these must be sold under Macedonia PGI appellation.
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What is Náoussa Aging Requirement?
Náoussa must be aged for at least a year in oak; traditionally in old wooden casks; but there has been considerable experimentation with new; small barriques.
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What Náoussa Wine taste like?
The best examples inspire comparisons with the Nebbiolo-based reds of Piedmont. It is easy to see why: both are high-acid; age-worthy styles which are aggressively tannic in their youth; and whose vibrant purple-black coloring fades to brick-like garnet at a relatively early age.
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Where is Amyndaio (Amyndeo; Amyntaio) region located?
High-altitude vineyards in Macedonia; surrounding countryside is more Balkan than Greek; the climate is one of the most continental in Greece; with temperate summers and cold; rainy winters.
A range of wine styles are permitted from Xynomavro; from light; fruity reds to dry rosés that can be both still and sparkling.
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What are most important Amyndaio Varieties?
Must be 100% Xynomavro; however producers experimenting with intern. varieties and Syrah has proved a good blending partner.
Other varieties planted are Roditis and Malagousia and international grapes such as Sauvignon Blanc and Tannat but they are sold as Florina and Macedonia regional appellations.
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Where is Goumenissa region located; what grape varieties are used?
In Macedonia.
Xynomavro with a proportion of Negoska in the blend - at least 20%.
Two varieties are vinified together and wine is aged for at least 12 months in oak.
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Where is Côtes de Meliton (Playes Melitonos) located?
Appellation specially created by Domaine Carras on the slopes of Mount Meliton in Sithoniá in Macedonia with assistance of Professor Émile Peynaud of Bordeaux.
Reds are blend of Cabernet Sauvignon; Cabernet Franc and Limnio while white wines are blend of Athiri; Roditis; Assytiko.
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Where is located Drama; what kind of wine?
The wine appellation of Drama is one of the hot-beds of viticultural innovation in Greece. Centred in the eponymous region that spans in parts of East Macedonian and Thrace in North-East Greece, source of good-quality Vins de Pays made from a mixture of Greek (Assyrtico and Robola) and French grape varieties (Cabernet Sauvignon; Merlot and Syrah).
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Name of Greek appellation that produce only sparkling white wines?
Zitsa (Epirus) is the sole appellation in the country that deals in sparkling white wines. Dry or medium lightly sparkling white wine from the local Debina grape variety; near the border with Albania.
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What kind of wine is produced in Katoi?
Popular Vin de Pays Katoi from locally grown Cabernet Sauvignon grapes blended with Aghiorghitiko grapes grown in Neméa;
Greece's highest vineyards.
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What kind of wine is produced in Anchialos (Thessaly)?
Fresh; aromatic white wines are made here from the native Greek Roditis grape variety; with a smaller proportion of Savatiano (no more than 20%) in the blend.
The style is intended to be crisp and dry; and oak treatment is discouraged.
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What kind of wine is produced in Rapsani (Thessaly)?
Dense blend of Xynomavro together with Stavroto and Krasato.
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What kind of wine is produced in Mantinia (Peloponnese)?
Fresh; dry; floral; aromatic and little spice white wines with low alcohol and high acidity produced from Moschofilero grape variety.
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What kind of wine is produced in Nemea (Peloponnese)?
Arguably Greece's most important red wine produced from the Aghiorghitiko grape; grown on marl and deep red soil. Barriques are increasingly used for the maturation.
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What kind of wine is produced in Pátras (Peloponnese)?
Dry white wine made from Rhoditis grapes.
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What kind of wine is produced on Páros (Aegean Islands)?
Red wine is a powerful; quite tannic; made from a curious blend of grapes in which the deep colour of the Mandelaria is lightened by the addition of half as much of the white grape called Monemvasia which is also used for the white wine.
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What kind of wine is produced on Santorini (Aegean Islands)?
The Santorini appellation is for a fine; mineral-scented; dry white made from Assyrtiko grapes blended with a little Athiri and Aedani; but a sweet dried grape wine; Visanto; is also made.
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What kind of wine are produced on Island of Rhodes (Aegean Islands)?
Today there are three appellations: one for a sweet Muscat made in very limited quantities; one for a dry white from Athiri grapes; and another for a red from the Mandelaria; here known as Amorgiano.
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What kind of wine is Sámos Nectar?
Dried grape wine made from grapes dried in the sun so that they are capable of being fermented into a wine of 14 per cent alcohol; without fortification; which is then given three years in cask.
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What kind of wine is Mavrodaphne of Pátras?
Mavrodaphne makes up the majority but may be supplemented by the locally grown Korinthiaki grapes. Fermentation is arrested when alcoholic strength has reached about 4 per cent (as in making port) and the wine; like tawny port; is then aged in wood.
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What kind of wine is Muscat of Pátras?
Dessert wine made strong and sweet like a Vin Doux Naturel from Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains grapes as is Rion of Pátras; which is almost extinct.
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What kind of wine is Robola of Cephalonia (Ionian Islands)?
Powerful dry white produced from Robola variety.
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What kind of wine is produced on Lemnos (Aegean Islands)?
Appellation wines are both Muscats. The dry version is rarely seen off the island; but the Vin de Liqueur Muscat of Lemnos is widely admired.
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What kind of wine is Muscat of Sámos (Aegean Islands)?
Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains. Comes in several forms: Sámos Doux is a mistela-type vin de liqueur; made by adding alcohol almost immediately after the grapes have been pressed; while Sámos Vin Doux Naturel is made by stopping the fermentation later.
Potentially finest of all; however; is Sámos Nectar.
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What kind of wine is Retsina?
Modern Retsina is made like any other white (or rosé) wine; except that small pieces of resin from the Pinus helepensis pine are added to the must and left with the wine until the first racking separates the finished wine from all solids.
Major producing areas are Attica; Euboea; and Boeotia; all in the southern part of central Greece close to Athens.
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What grape varieties are used for production of Retsina?
Savatiano is usually the principal grape; often enlivened with some Rhoditis or occasionally Assyrtiko; but a wide range of local grape varieties are also used.
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What kind of variety is Savatiano and where is found?
Greece's most common wine grape; the most common ingredient in Retsina; but on particularly suitable sites; Savatiano can produce well-balanced dry white wines.
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What kind of variety is Moscophilero and where is found?
Deep pink-skinned grapes used to make strongly perfumed white wine in Greece. There are strong flavour similarities with fine Muscat; small quantities of fruity light pink wine are also made from this spicy variety; which is also increasingly used for sparkling wines.
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What kind of variety is Aghiorghitiko (Agiorgitiko; St George) and where is found?
Greece most planted red variety producing fruity wines which can lack acidity.
It blends well with other varieties (notably with Cabernet Sauvignon) and can also produce good-quality rosé.
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What kind of variety is Xinomavro and where is found?
Its name means 'acid black' and the wines can indeed seem harsh in youth but they age well; as mature examples of Naoussa can demonstrate.
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What kind of variety is Athiri and where is found?
The name of the grape gets its name from Thira; which is the other name for Santorini.
The grapes mature early; have a thin skin and give sweet and juicy fruit that are qualities especially in demand for the production of sweet wines.
It produces wines slightly aromatic; having medium alcoholic content with low acidity.
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Name two Sparkling Wine Appellations in Greece?
Amyndaio and Zitsa.
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Name Best Producers in Macedonia?
Alpha Estate; Domaine Porto Carras; Domaine Wine Art; Ktima Kir Yianni; Ktima Pavlidis; and The Metohi Chomitsa - Mount Athos Vineyards.
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Katogi-Strofilia S.A.?
With more than 110 hectares of vineyards in its ownership; rented and cultivated jointly; at Metsovo; in Macedonia; in the Peloponnese and in Attica; and with wineries at Metsovo; Anavyssos; and Nemea;
Katogi & Strofilia SA is among the most dynamic Greek wine-producing companies.
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What is the Greek word for wine?
Oenos
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What is mean Ktima in Greek?
Ktima means Estate in Greece. It is a term used either for AOC or restricted Regional Wines.
The wine should be made from grapes cultivated in vineyards within the Estate and vinified by a winery within the Estate.
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What is mean Orinon Ampelonon in Greek?
Wine made with grapes from mountainous vineyards. The term is restricted to Appellation or Regional wines made with grapes cultivated at altitudes over 500 meters.
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What is mean Palaion Ambelonon or Palia Klimata in Greek?
A term used for wine produced from vines of original stock that are at least 40 years old.
Restricted to Appellation or Regional Wines.
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What is mean Apo Nisiotikous Ambelones in Greek?
A term used for Appellation or Regional Wines produced from vineyards located in the islands.
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What is a Vinsanto wine?
A term used since Byzantine time for dessert wines produced; as the name implies; on the island of Santorini.
The grapes used must be at least 51% Assyrtiko and the rest can be a combination of the aromatic Athiri and Aidani grapes as well as other white grapes typically grown on the island.
The Vinsanto wines should be aged at least 2 years in barrel.
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What is mean Mezzo in Greek?
The term Mezzo can only be used for wines made in Santorini; wines are made in the same way as Vinsanto wines but are not as sweet.
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What is mean Liastos in Greek?
The term Liastos can only be used for Regional or Appellation Wines that have been made from well ripened grapes that have been allowed to dry in the sun or shade.
