Greek wine did not contain alcohol as its sole intoxicant but was ordinarily a mixture of various inebriants.
Greek wines are produced from reportedly 300 plus native grape varietals grown in Greece’s many landscape and various microclimates. Many of the local wines perfectly complement the flavorful regional food.
The Greek wine that almost every visitor has heard of is the one that almost no foreigner loves: retsina. It’s pine resin that’s ended to the brew to preserve the wine that gives the pungent taste.
It is probably the most recognizable Greek wine. Many other wines also produce in Greece and some of them are excellent.
Good retsina, although an acquired taste, can be delicious. It should be young, fresh and tangibly aromatic, with only a hint of pine, ideally it should also come from Attica, source of the best Aleppo pine.
Greek Wines
