Greek Wine

A country with thousands of years of winemaking experience behind it, Greece was one of the first countries to start producing wine, with evidence pointing back over 6,500 years ago.

It’s believed that wine was produced both on a household and communal basis back then. A Greek word, which they would use was ‘pigeage’ and that would refer to crushing grapes.

There is a 2,000-year-old white wine recipe that is still being produced today, so you can literally taste some of what the ancient Greeks would have enjoyed.

Greece has at least 1,200 wineries wineries, 64,000 ha of vineyards, with a production of 5 million litres a year.

The wine growing regions of Greece:

• Florina
• Kilkis
• Ηalkidiki
• Imathia
• Drama
• Κavala
• Corinthia
• Argolida
• Arcadia
• Laconia
• Achaia
• Ilia and Messinia
• Magnisia
• Larissa
• Karditsa
• Trikala
• Santorini
• Paros
• Samos
• Lemnos
• Rhodes
• Ikaria
• Kos
• Tinos
• Lasithi
• Heraklion
• EPIRUS
• Ioannina
• Attika
• Fthiotida
• Viotia
• Evia
• Cephalonia

Some of the main grape varieties used in the production of Greek Wines:

• Cabernet Sauvignon
• Chardonnay
• Merlot
• Sauvignon Blanc
• Syrah
• Viognier
• Agiorgitiko
• Aidani
• Assyrtiko
• Athiri
• Avgoustiatis
• Dafni
• Debina
• Fokiano
• Kidonitsa
• Kotsifali
• Liatiko
• Limnio
• Limniona
• Malagousia
• Mandelaria
• Mavrodaphne
• Mavrotragano
• Messenikola Black
• Monemvasia
• Moschofilero
• Muscat of Alexandria
• Negoska
• Plyto
• Robola
• Roditis
• Savatiano
• Sideritis
• Thrapsathiri
• Vidiano
• Vilana
• Vlahiko
• Vostilidi
• White Muscat
• Xinomavro