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>>> Grape Varieties

... It’s not only that wine enthusiasts around the world are discovering ancient varieties only grown in Greece, or that the new generation of Greek winemakers’ are creating sophisticated new wines.
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t’s more than that. It’s the Dionysian spirit on the move.

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 Enjoy wine! and do not forget!  -  παν μετρον αριστον  - everything in moderation
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The first Crater is for the welcome

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The second Crater is for food accompaniment

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The third Crater is for relaxing and the nice atmosphere

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and the forth Crater is only for the not considerate ones

*Crater or Krater; an ancient ceramic, used to mix/keep the wine, before pouring into Oinohoi, the wine serving pot.

GREEK GRAPE VARIETIES

"It is easier to count the sand on the beach than the grape varieties grown in Greece"
                                  
Virgil, Roman Poet, 70~19 B.C.

"Είναι ευκολότερο να μετρήσει κανείς τους κόκκους της άμμου, παρά τις ποικιλίες σταφυλιού των ελληνικών αμπελώνων"
                    
Βιργίλιος, Ρωμαίος ποιητής, 70 - 19 π.Χ.

Red Grape Varieties
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the most widely used today white wine varieties

The Greek Wine Today
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some 300 indigenous grape varieties

White Grape Varieties
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the most widely used today white wine varieties

Greek Wine
the gift man received from Dionysos (Bacchus), fertilized the literature and arts of Ancient Greece. This divinity was one of the main elements in Greek civilization, any study of which shows that wine was an inseparable part of a way of life of the Greeks for the last few thousand years ...

 

 

 

 

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