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•LOCATION:
Greece is located halfway between southern Italy, and Turkey. Vines grow throughout the mainland and its many islands, but most are in Macedonia and Peloponnesus.
•CLIMATE:
Mild winters followed by subtropical summers, during which the heat in many vineyards its tempered by sea breezes called meltemi and there are bathed in around 3000 hours of sunshine. Extremes are mountain vineyards, in Macedonia where grapes sometimes fail to ripen, and on Crete, where the summer brings 5 months of intense heat and drought.
•SOIL:
Mainland soils are mostly limestone, while those on the islands are rocky and volcanic.
•VITICULTURE AND VINIFICATION:
The Greek cooperatives have long been in possession of thermostatically controlled stainless-steel vats as well as other modern equipment, but they have only started to take advantage of this technology since mid-1990's. The majority of the best Greek wines on the market today are made by small, high tech, boutique wineries.
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