Agiorgitiko: Modern Greek wine from an ancient land (#WinePW)

Is Greek winemaking ancient? Is it new? If you answered “both,” you’d be correct. Greek winemaking dates back at least 4,000 years and left its mark throughout the Mediterranean world during ancient times. Greek wine was especially prized in Italy under the Roman Empire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_wine). In the Middle Ages, however, Ottoman rulers placed heavy taxes […]

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