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Greek White Wine

In Greece there are two categories of white wine VQPRD: Wines with Appellation of Superior Quality and Wines with Appellation of Controlled Origin which is only used for dessert wines.   In order for a wine to be determined as an Appellation of Origin it has to follow certain rules regarding the delineated areas where the grapes are permitted to be cultivated, the variety of the grape, the method of cultivation, the maximum yield per acre, the percent of alcohol, the vinification method and the sensory characteristics of the wine produced.  

In the high altitudes of Mantinia the noble Moschofilero grape is cultivated producing elegant white Appellation wines. The continental climate together with the poor, but well drained soil, leads to the production of exciting aromatic white wines.  In the northwest of the Peloponnese the elegant Roditis grape is used to produce the Appellation wines of Patra. The Roditis grape cultivated in the mountainous vineyards of this region produces pleasant food-friendly dry white wines. The name Patra is also used for the production of 3 other AOC dessert wines including the whites Muscat of Patras and Muscat Rion of Patras, as well as the red Mavrodaphne of Patras.

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