If you don’t know the wines from the island of Santorini in Greece, just remember two things: the white grape, Assyrtiko and the flavor, delicious. That delicious part is pretty easy to remember but Assyrtiko doesn’t roll off the tongue so easily, especially when it sounds quite similar to Agiorgitiko which is a red grape from Nemea. That aside, Assyrtiko is the breadwinner for Santorini in terms of wine. The top breadwinner for the island however is tourism which has been shrinking the vineyards little by little over the years […]
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