What is the climate of Greece?
Hot Mediterranean
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Which seas bracket Greece?
Ionian Sea -- western side
Mediterranean Sea -- southern side
Aegean Sea -- eastern side
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Eastern continental Greece is in a rain shadow.
What weather event can happen due to the rain shadow combined with the hot Mediterranean
climate and lack of rainfall?
Drought can be a problem in eastern Greece due to the lack of rainfall, all the sunshine from the
rain shadow, and the hot Mediterranean climate.
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What is the name of the mountain range that creates the rain shadow on Greece's mainland?
Pindos Oros
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Which countries abut Greece's northern border?
From west to east:
Albania
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Turkey
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What are the classification levels of wine in Greece?
1. PDO
2. PGI
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Sometimes you'll see Appellation d'origine de qualité supérieure on a bottle Greek wine.
What is this?
A subcategory within the PDO classification Greek winemakers can use for their dry wines
exported to other markets.
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What are the three Greek PDOs that have the highest international reputation (and that you need
to know for the exam)?
1. Naoussa PDO (Xinomavro)
2. Nemea PDO (Agiorgitiko)
3. Santorini PDO (Assyrtiko)
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In which region is Naoussa PDO?
Macedonia
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Altitude in Naoussa PDO goes about how high?
400 meters
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Naoussa PDO is best known for what style of wine made from which grape?
Dry, red wines made from Xinomavro.
Many compare this grape to Nebbiolo!
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The Peloponnese is best known for this PDO.
Nemea PDO
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What is the red grape in Nemea PDO?
Agiorgitiko
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What is the vineyard altitude range found in Nemea PDO?
230 - 900 meters
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In which sea is the Greek island of Santorini?
Aegean Sea
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What is the main soil type on Santorini?
Volcanic
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What is the principal white grape for Santorini PDO?
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Assyrtiko
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What are sweet wines known as on Santorini?
How are they made?
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Vinsanto
Late harvest grapes are dried in the sun for up to 14 days.
Aging takes place in old, neutral casks for at least 2 years, although many winemakers age
their vinsanto longer.
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Vines on Santorini are trained into a specific shape.
What is the shape into which the vines are trained?
What are the vines protected from?
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