The World Atlas of Wine map of Greece shows how geographically complicated is this country. Under the descriptive term central Greece, we have brought together not only the region officially known in Greek as Sterea Ellada (Central Greece) but also Attika, with Athens at its heart. Evvia is also included here because although it is a...
Wines of central Greece and the Peloponnese – mid-2024 collection
Friday 14 June 2024
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In this final part of our tour around Greece, we are in central Greece and the Peloponnese. See Greek island wines and wines of northern Greece for the rest of the country. Pictured here, Spiropoulos vineyards in Mantinia, in the centre of the Peloponnese.
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