Wine: Other regions:
Greece
The Next New Region… Greece!
Wine has been an important part of Greek culture for over 4000 years. However many people associate Greek wines with the high volume, low quality wines of old. In recent years, the Greek wine industry has undergone tremendous improvements with serious investments in modern wine making technology and a revitalized commitment to quality. The new generation of native winemakers have been trained in the best wine schools around the world and their efforts are paying off. Greek wines are receiving numerous international awards, high marks from the trade press and are now being discovered by forward thinking wine buyers across the country.
What makes Greek wine so unique?
- The more than 300 indigenous grape varieties, most of which are naturally high in acidity. Higher acidity wines are typically more food friendly.
- The moderate Greek climate -plentiful sunshine, low average rainfall and soils of moderate fertility. This hot, arid climate would be too harsh for most commonly found international grape varieties, producing flat wines with no character. With their naturally high acidity levels, Greece’s indigenous grapes are uniquely suited to the country’s climate – “they are used to the heat!”. This allows the winemakers to fully ripen the fruit before harvesting and thus producing complex, yet elegant high quality wines.
- The use of wood in the aging process is kept to a minimum – especially in Greece’s crisp, white wines. Aging white wines in oak often adds elements to the wine which can mask the true expression of the grape – you taste the oak, butter, or vanilla. But white wines that are not wood aged allow you to experience the fruit – to truly see what the grape variety is suppose to taste like. Therefore, when served with a meal, they can be enjoyed equally with almost any type of food.
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