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What does Fehér mean on a label?
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White wine, Hungary.
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What does Bikavér mean on a label?
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"Bull's blood" —traditionally of Eger, also allowed to be used in Szekszárd.
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What does Vörös mean on a label?
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Red wine, Hungary.
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What do száraz and édes mean on a wine label?
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Dry and sweet, in Tokaji.
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What is the minimum residual sugar level for 3, 4, 5, and 6 Puttonyos Tokaji Aszú?
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60, 90, 120, and 150 g/l.
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What is the minimum residual sugar of Natúresszencia, or Esszencia?
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450 g/l (formerly 250).
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What is Tokaji Szamorodni?
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"As it comes"—a mixture of aszú and non-aszú grapes that is aged in cask for at least two years, sometimes under a yeast veil as in sherry, which may be sweet or dry, and is often oxidative.
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What are Tokaiji Forditás and Tokaji Máslás?
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Refermenting wine with the pressed paste or spent lees, respectively, of Tokaji Aszú.
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What is a gönci?
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The traditional Hungarian oak cask, approx. 136 L, to which puttony are added to determine the final sweetness of Tokaji Aszú.
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Where is Kunság?
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Mass production region, and the largest in Hungary, on the Great Plain, to the east of Transdanubia.
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Where is Badacsony?
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Hungary, in Transdanubia. Mostly white grapes.
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Where is Balatonfüred-Csopak?
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Hungary, on the shores of the largest lake in Europe, Lake Balaton. Mostly white grapes.
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Where is Somió?
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Northwestern Transdanubia in Hungary, on the slopes of an extinct volcano.
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Where is Villány?
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In Hungary, along the southern border with Croatia, hottest region in the country and good-quality producer of reds (Bordeaux varietals, Kékfrankos, Kékoportó.
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Where is Sopron?
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Northern Hungary, on the border with Austria and contiguous with Burgenland; Kékfrankos (Blaufränkisch) is grown there.
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What is Controliran?
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A superior controlled appellation within a Bulgarian DGO.
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What is Melnik?
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An indigenous Bulgarian grape grown exclusively in the Struma River Valley.
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What is Demiat?
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One of the two most-planted white varietals in Bulgaria.
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What is Sungulare?
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A Controliran appellation in the DGO of Rose Valley, Bulgaria, where Red Misket is a specialty.
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What is Red Misket/Misket Cherven?
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An aromatic white grape with pinkish skin, of no relation to Muscat, specialty of the Sungulare Controliran appellation in the DGO of Rose Valley, Bulgaria.
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What are the five main wine-producing regions of Bulgaria?
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Struma River Valley (bordering Macedonia, south-east)
Valley of the Roses (center of the country) Thracian Lowlands (south, bordering Turkey) Danubian Plain (North, bordering Romania) Cherno More, Black Sea, Region (Western coast of Black Sea) |
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Where is Tarnave?
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Transylvania, Romania—the DOC is one of Romania's coolest and most important wine regions, producing high-acid white wines from several varieties, including the Feteasca grapes and Traminer Rosé.
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Where is the Ararat Valley?
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Armenia—the most important wine zone in the country.
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Where is Kakheti?
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Georgia.
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Where is Kartli?
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Georgia
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Where is Imereti?
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Georgia
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Where is Racha Lechkhumi?
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Georgia
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What are the most cultivated grapes in Georgia?
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Saperavi (red) and Rkatsiteli (white)
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Where is Nikolayev-Kherson?
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The Ukraine.
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What is Massandra, in the Crimean, famous for?
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Wines produced in the style of Sherry and Madeira (Ukraine).
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What are the three permitted grapes in Tokaji?
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Furmint
Harslevelu Sarga Muscotaly (Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains) |
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What is Sarga Muscotaly?
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Hungarian synonym for Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains; permitted grape in Tokaji.
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What is Irsai Olivér?
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Native Hungarian white grape, crossed in 1930. Aromatic, similar to Muscat.
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What are Bodrog and Tisza?
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The two rivers that run through Hungary and allow for the botrytis-favorable conditions in Tokaji.
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