Botanic: A Unique Sparkling Retsina!

Retsina is a famous wine style coming from Greece, where pine resin gets added to the wine so more herbaceous aromas can develop. One innovative winery took this old traditional method a step further. A coincidental twist of fate led to the production of a sparkling Retsina, the very first in Greece, and therefore in…

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Uncovering The Greeks – Domaine Karanika

Retsina (Greek: Ρετσίνα) is a Greek white (or rosé) resinated wine, which has been made for at least 2,000 years. Its unique flavor is said to have originated from the practice of sealing wine vessels, particularly amphorae, with Aleppo pine resin in ancient times. In 1977, I was traveling on the Sicily to Greece Mediterranean…

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