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The basic Greek Varieties
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Variety: |
Growing area |
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Assyrtiko: |
a Cycladic island and mainly a
Santorini variety, nowadays planted all over Greece |
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Savatiano: |
distinct in the region of Attica, Evia and Viotia, today
all over
Greece |
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Roditis: |
All over
Greece. Roditis Alepou higher altitude Roditis are
gaining in popularity |
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Moschofilero: |
unique to Mantinia area,
Arcadia Peloponnese |
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Vilana: |
an island variety of
Crete, Paros and Rhodes |
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Aghiorgitiko: |
also called St. George, black of Nemea from the Nemea
area in
Peloponnese. The so called Hercules wine |
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Xynomavro: |
Naoussa,
Makedonia |
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Mandilaria: |
Isle of
Crete, Rhodes, Paros |
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Greek varieties • Wine Regions of Greece
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