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40 Cards in this Set
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Areas of Greek Mainland
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Macedonia, Epirus, Peloponnese, Thessalia, Thrace, and Central Greece (Sterea Ellada)
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Two Areas of Greek Islands
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Aegean and Ionian Islands
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Four PDO's in Macedonia
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Amynteo, Goumenissa, Naoussa, Slopes of Meliton (Single appelation for Dme. Carras)
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Style of Wine in Amynteo
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Coolest regions. only PDO allowed to produce Rose, which may be dry to semi-sweet, still or sparkling.
Also, dry tannic xinomavro |
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Style of Wine in Goumenissa
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80% Xinomavro/ 20% Negoska. Lighter in style
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Style of Wine in Naoussa
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Dry tannic Xinomavro
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Style of Wine in Slopes of Meliton
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Red Blend - Cab, Cab Franc, Limnio
White Blend - Assyrtiko, Athiri, Rhoditis |
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South of Macedonia, Rhapsani PDO produces what style of wine
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Xinomavro grape, wherein the grape's tannins and acid structure are softened by the warmer climate and mandatory blending with the lighter Krasato and Stavroto grapes
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The region of Epirus produces what?
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PDO: Zitsa. Dry, semisweet, and sparkling wines are produced from the Debina grape
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PDO's of Peloponnese
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Nemea, Mantinia, and Patras.
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Grapes and style in Nemea
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Both dry and sweet Nemean wines are produced exclusively from the Agiorgitiko (St. George) grape, a softly tannic, intensely fruity black grape
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Subzones of Nemea
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Koutsi, The sobriquet “blood of Hercules” (or “blood of the lion”) is sometimes attached to the wines of Nemea, commemorating the first of Hercules’ twelve legendary labors.
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Grape and style of Mantinia
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the white Moschofilero, a red-skinned grape with an aromatic resemblance to Muscat
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Grapes Style of Wine of Patras
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Patras itself produces 100% dry Rhoditis, but also produces 3 PDO for dessert
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3 PDO and style for Patras dessert wine
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Muscat of Patras - vin doux naturel or naturally sweet in style, and are produced from Muscat Blanc à Petits Grain
Muscat of Rio Patras - Same as above Mavrodaphne of Patras - sweet, fortified red produced from Mavrodaphne and Mavri Korinthiaki, a currant grape useful for enriching the sugar content of the wine. |
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Only Ionian Island of substance
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Cephalonia - dry white wines produced from Robola
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Aegean Islands?
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Crete, Samos, Paros, Santorini, Lemnos, Rhodes, Muscat of Samos/Lemnos/Rhodes
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Cyclaedes islands?
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Crete and Paros
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PDO of Crete
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PDO zones Archanes and Dafnes - Red
PDO zones Sitia and Peza - W and R 2012 - Candia, Malvasia Candia, and Malvasia Sitia |
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Style of wine in Crete
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Most producers tend to blend Kotsifali with Syrah
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Santorini grapes
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Assyrtiko, sometimes blended with Athiri and Aidani
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What is Stefani
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Round baskets trained close to ground to protect vines from wind and helps collect moisture from morning dew
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Soil type in Santorini
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Volcanic Soil
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Top Assyrtiko producer?
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Dme. Sigalas.
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Paros grapes?
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Mandilaria and white Monemvassia
Paros is only appellation that mandates use of white grapes in red blends |
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Island of Samos PDO?
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Muscat of Samos
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Muscat of Samos grapes
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Muscat blanc a petite grains
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Style of Muscat of Samos
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vin de liqueur, vin doux naturel and naturally sweet version (Samos Nectar)
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Island of Lemnos grape
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Muscat, dry or sweet
Dme. Carras makes red Lemnio |
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Island of Rhodes
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red and white varietal wines from Mandilaria and Athiri
Muscat of Rhodes rarely encountered |
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Rivers in Hungary
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Tisza and Bodrog. Tokaj begins at the confluence of the two
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Mountains in Hungary
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Carpathian Mts
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What is a gonc
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136L Hungarian oak cask
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What is a puttony
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The actual containers that aszu grapes are gathered in
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What is Esszensia
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The aszu grapes are vinified as this
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Minimum ageing for Tokay
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two years in barrel/one in bottle... But most take much longer and up to 15 years.
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Puttonyos levels?
3, 4, 5, 6 Aszu, nature |
3 Puttonyos 60 g/l
4 Puttonyos 90 g/l 5 Puttonyos 120 g/l 6 Puttonyos 150 g/l Aszúesszencia (7-9 Puttonyos) 180 g/l Natúresszencia 450 g/l (formerly 250 g/l) |
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Tokaj Smarodni
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"As it Comes" Mixture of both Aszu and Non-Aszu
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Regions of Hungary
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Northern Hungary, Southern Great Plains, Transdanube in West
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Where and what is Bulls blood of Eger
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Produced by Egri Bikaver with Kadarka, Kekfrancos (Blaufrankisch) grape in Northern Hungary in Eger Region
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