Greek wine info

Wine has been an important part of Greek culture for over 4000 years.

In recent years, the Greek wine industry has undergone tremendous improvements with serious investments in modern wine making technology. The new generation of native winemakers is being trained in the best wine schools around the world.

What makes Greek wine so unique are the more than 300 indigenous grape varieties grown there, some of which have been cultivated since ancient times.

Appellations

Lowest Standard	Epitrapezios Oenos	Greek Table Wine
Second Standard	Topikos Oenos	Equivalent to Vin de Pays in France
Highest Standard	VQPRD Vin de Qualité Produit dans des Regions Déterminée	OPAP Appellation of Origin of Superior Quality Equivalent to a French AOC. OPE - Controlled Appellation of Origin Comparable to a VDQS of France.

Main Wine Regions & their Appellations

Main Region	Appellations
Macedonia - Thrace	OPAP Naoussa / Goumenissa / Amindeo / Chalkidiki Topikoi Oenoi (Vin De Pays) Makedonikos / Epanomitikos / Mesimvriotikos/ Agioritikos / Dramas / Siatistinos / Playies Vertiskou
Thessaly	OPAP Anhialos / Rapsani / Mesenikola Topikoi Oenoi (Vin De Pays) Thessalikos / Kraniotikos / Tirnavou
Epirus	VQPRD Zitsa
Central Greece & Euboea	Topikoi Oenoi (Vin De Pays) Thevaikos / Ritsonas Avlidos / Peanitkos / Attikis / Vilitsas / Attikos / Pallinitikos / Playies Kitherona / Vorion Playion Pentelikou
Ionian Islands	OPAP & OPE Cephalinias
Peloponnese	VQPRD Patra / Mantinia / Nemea OPE Patron Topikoi Oenoi (Vin De Pays) Peloponnesiakos / Playies Petrotou / Trifylias / Pylias / Playies Orynis / Korinthias / Letrinon
Aegean Islands	OPAP & OPE Limnos / Rhodes OPAP Paros / Santorini OPE Samos Topikoi Oenoi (Vin De Pays) Syrianos
Crete	OPAP Archanes / Dafnes / Peza / Sitia