In the world history of winemaking, there is probably events equal to the "wine revolution", which has accomplished over the past 20 years in Greece. Until 1990, the concept of "Greek wine" was usually associated with the wine of poor quality and acidic recycling. However, the new generation, often the student profession of winemakers and then investing in Greek wine producing serious means, the root changed the picture. Today, Greek wines often conquer gold medals and Cups in international competitions around the world, Greek wine exports are growing in parallel rapid pace. There is no doubt that Greek vineyards give the highest quality wines and that Greek wine is definitely beautiful wine. However, on the wine market, long-failing and flooded grapes, like Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc, this is not enough, and Greece proves that success depends on how much grapes are not just good, but different.
In Greece, there are more than one hundred endemic grape varieties, that is, there are no longer cultivated by anywhere in the world and who give the Greek wines a unique taste and aroma. The climate and topography of the country are also unique, and this is the secret of the success of those wines, which are produced in Greece.
Greece is the country of ideal terrorists, a country that is famous for the most ancient traditions of the cultivation of vineyards and wine-made. Grapes here are cultivated almost everywhere, as the venues of unique natural beauty, amazing landscapes, picturesque bays are encountered everywhere. Thus, Greece is the country where guests can happily combine a pleasant relaxing holiday and shopping with a visit to the world famous winery plants.
In Crete, wine lovers can make an exciting journey from one end of the island to another, tasting fresh white wines from Villana varieties, Vidnano or Daphnia, red - from Cociful and Mandilar, sweets from Latiko.
In the Messinia, popular stores offer wines from the international grapes of Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon. In Northern Greece and on Chalkidiki in a motley carpet of golden beaches and thick vegetation, the oldest vineyards producing white grade of Malagazya or red Limno, Xinomavroo and Cabernet are woven.
In the Islands of Greece, wines are often produced, reminding their style of wines of Northern Europe, and not the famous Mediterranean resorts at all. Rhodes impresses with her noble white wines from Atiri's variety and pink sparkling - from Mandillia. Kos Island offers such exceptional samples such as Malaguses and Cabernet Sauvignon. It goes without saying that it is impossible to bypass the attention of Santorin and a magnificent variety of asirtic, from which there is an excellent white wine of high acidity and high exposure.
