Not a beach umbrella in sight: Mountainous vineyards in northern Greece. 

Xinomavro from Greece: Sourblack Charms

Peter Pharos, 12.07.2022

Meet Xinomavro, Greece's noble black grape. As our author notes, it is a grape that makes wines to delight wine lovers rather than casual drinkers.

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In the collective European imagination, Greece comes in one flavour: the salt of the summer sea. It is a land where sun burns bright year round, and no one is ever more than a few kilometres away from a beach. Its wine fits the same theme: white, maybe resinated, drunk cold and soon after release, there to accompany summer vegetables and fresh seafood.

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