A one page summary of the: climate, topography, growing hazards, wine law, grape varieties, wine growing and making practices and the main wine producing regions.

Greece has at the time of writing not come up as a country in the D3 tasting exam. However key wines have come up in the mixed bag and if it did wines to look out for include:

• Assyrtiko from Crete or Santorini
• Xinomavro from Naoussa (or Amynteo)
• Moschofilero from Mantinia
• Agiorgitiko from Nemea

And don’t forget Retsina!

For a deeper dive, beyond the Diploma curriculum, into the many Greek PDOs and IGTs Wines of Greece website has plenty of information.

Sources include: WSET Diploma Wines of the World, Wines of Greece & various producer wine maps and aerial photography.

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