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in Northern Greece<\/p>\n\t<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_content_width=”grid”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1627315037281{margin-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 16px !important;padding-left: 25% !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6″ column_responsive_padding_680=”0 15px 0 15px” column_responsive_padding_1024=”0 16px 0 0″ column_responsive_padding_768=”0 15px 0 15px”]
he land or area from where a product comes is a key constituent of its identity. Wines bearing the marking \u201cPDO\u201d (Protected Designation of Origin\u201d or \u201cPGI\u201d (Protected Geographical Indication\u201d come from delimited geographical areas.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>[vc_column_text]When we talk of PDO wines, all of their production stages are carried out inside the designated area, while grapes must also originate exclusively from the same area. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1573571970678{padding-right: 25% !important;padding-left: 16px !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6″ column_responsive_padding_680=”30px 15px 0 15px” column_responsive_padding_1024=”0px 0 0 16px” column_responsive_padding_768=”30px 15px 0 15px”][vc_column_text]Correspondingly, with respect to PGI wines, the above relate to at least one of their production stages, while with respect to the grapes, at least 80% must originate from the particular area.<\/span><\/p>\n The geographical environment from where every grape originates is also reflected in the wine it will produce. The climate and microclimate of every region, the vineyard\u2019s orientation, the altitude, the variety selected and, of course, the entire vinification process which will then follow, are all combined in that we refer to as \u201cwine\u201d.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1627370541087{padding-bottom: 120px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1569940255517{padding-top: 85px !important;padding-right: 4.4% !important;padding-left: 4.4% !important;}” column_responsive_padding_1440=”95px 6%” column_responsive_padding_1366=”95px 6%” column_responsive_padding_1280=”95px 6%” column_responsive_padding_1024=”85px 0″ column_responsive_padding_768=”85px 0″ column_responsive_padding_680=”85px 0″][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1573051373319{padding-top: 94px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/aperitif.qodeinteractive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/pozadina-test.jpg?id=4284) !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1570610670656{padding-left: 23% !important;}” column_responsive_padding_1440=”32px 0 90px 15.5%” column_responsive_padding_1366=”32px 0 90px 12%” column_responsive_padding_1280=”32px 0 90px 10%” offset=”vc_col-lg-6″ column_responsive_padding_1024=”32px 14% 90px” column_responsive_padding_768=”32px 13.5% 90px” column_responsive_padding_680=”32px 15.5% 90px”] The 6 PDO Zones in Northern Greece<\/p>\n\t<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”34px”] Varietal composition:<\/strong> Xinomavro 100%<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div> Varietal composition:<\/strong> Debina 100%<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div> Varietal composition:<\/strong> Xinomavro 100%<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div> Varietal composition: <\/strong><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div> PGI Northern Greece<\/p>\n\t<\/div>[vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1626771691693{margin-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 10% !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1626772004381{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}” column_responsive_padding_1440=”32px 0 90px 15.5%” column_responsive_padding_1366=”32px 0 90px 12%” column_responsive_padding_1280=”32px 0 90px 10%” offset=”vc_col-lg-6″ column_responsive_padding_1024=”32px 14% 90px” column_responsive_padding_768=”32px 13.5% 90px” column_responsive_padding_680=”32px 15.5% 90px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ column_responsive_padding_1440=”0 15% 0 0″ column_responsive_padding_1366=”0 15% 0 0″ column_responsive_padding_1280=”0 10% 0 0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-6″ column_responsive_padding_680=”0 10% 0″ column_responsive_padding_1024=”0 20% 0 0″ column_responsive_padding_768=”0 10% 0 0″ css=”.vc_custom_1626771788585{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”25px”] [\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div> [\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div> [\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div> [\/vc_column_text]\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_content_width=”grid” css=”.vc_custom_1569414181451{padding-top: 125px !important;padding-bottom: 14px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”6113″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”] Northern Greece<\/p>\n\t<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_content_width=”grid”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1627317337638{padding-right: 16px !important;padding-left: 25% !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6″ column_responsive_padding_680=”0 15px 0 15px” column_responsive_padding_1024=”0 16px 0 0″ column_responsive_padding_768=”0 15px 0 15px”][vc_column_text]Xinomavro<\/span><\/strong>, the <\/span>diva<\/span> of viticultural varieties in Greece, reigns supreme mostly in central-western Macedonia. It is a multidimensional variety offering a wide spectrum of wines and which can produce, besides red wines with the capacity for long-term aging, ros\u00e9, white, orange style, sparkling, sweet, even exquisite viticultural distillates. <\/span><\/p>\n November 1<\/span>st<\/span> is established as the International Xinomavro Day<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n A proud red variety grown in central-eastern Macedonia and Thrace and one of the <\/span>oldest<\/span> varieties in the world, <\/span>Limnio<\/span>, which has been cited by Homer, Hesiod and Pollux, offers elegant wines which are usually worth consuming while they are young. <\/span><\/p>\n Malagousia, the \u201cCinderella\u201d<\/span><\/strong> of the Greek vineyard, revived in Halkidiki and spread across the land. A white aromatic variety, full of liveliness and complexity, it is very popular and grown with notable success in Macedonia.<\/span><\/p>\n Asyrtiko<\/strong>, the variety from the Aegean and Santorini<\/span> which made Greece known as a wine producing country all over the world! It is worth noting that Asyrtiko found a home away from home in Northern Greece, since the soil and climate conditions favour it, boosting its aromatic characteristics.<\/span><\/p>\n Debina<\/strong> is the queen of Epirus<\/span>. A white variety, also producing a wide spectrum of wines, such as Xinomavro, while it is well known for the sparkling and semi-sparkling wines it produces. Debina is complemented <\/span>in Epirus<\/span> by two red varieties, Vlachiko and Bekari. All three of these varieties of Epirus cannot be found anywhere else save for Zitsa in Ioannina.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1573571970678{padding-right: 25% !important;padding-left: 16px !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6″ column_responsive_padding_680=”30px 15px 0 15px” column_responsive_padding_1024=”0px 0 0 16px” column_responsive_padding_768=”30px 15px 0 15px”][vc_column_text]The area of Drama <\/span>is renowned for the robust cultivation of international varieties, which include, besides the French ones, also Italian, Spanish and Portuguese varieties. Moreover, Drama has established a very distinctive style of white wine in the market, the blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Asyrtiko, combining the wealth of aromas of the first with the acidity and minerality of the second. <\/span><\/p>\n From Amynteo, Siatista, Holy Mt. Athos and Pangeo we get, besides the dry well-tempered wines, also sweet, sundried, late harvest wines and the monastic \u201cNama\u201d, all ideal recommendations for aperitif or dessert wine.<\/span><\/p>\n Many Greek white varieties are common in the vineyards of Norther Greece, such as Roditis, Moschomavro, Moschato, Athiri, Vidiano, while there are also red varieties, such as Negoska, Mavrodafni, Agioritiko, Mavroudi, Mavrotragano and several local varieties.<\/span><\/p>\n Besides, several international, mostly French, varieties are grown throughout Northern Greece. The first Cabernet Sauvignon in Greece was grown in Metsovo, at an altitude of 1,050 meters. Tsapournakos, a clone of Cabernet Franc in grown in Velvento near Kozani, while the altitude in Amynteo and Kastoria gives us a Sauvignon Blanc with distinctively high acidity. One of the most impressive Chardonnay in Greece can be found in Krania on Mt. Olympus and Grenache Rouge is cultivated in Halkidiki with great success. Of the red varieties, Syrah is very popular in Northern Greece, producing wines with a style that rivals the appellations of Northern Rhone. <\/span><\/p>\n Other international varieties we come across in the vineyards of Northern Greece are: Merlot, Tempranillo, Touriga Nacional, Aglianico, Verdichio, Montepoultsiano, Tanat, Gewurztraminer and Semillon.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_content_width=”grid” css=”.vc_custom_1627318687591{margin-top: 100px !important;padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 120px !important;background-color: #f5f5f5 !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1569940255517{padding-top: 85px !important;padding-right: 4.4% !important;padding-left: 4.4% !important;}” column_responsive_padding_1440=”95px 6%” column_responsive_padding_1366=”95px 6%” column_responsive_padding_1280=”95px 6%” column_responsive_padding_1024=”85px 0″ column_responsive_padding_768=”85px 0″ column_responsive_padding_680=”85px 0″] <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”110px”] <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”90px”] <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”90px”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1628239511467{padding-right: 10% !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}”]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1626771691693{margin-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 10% !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1626772004381{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}” column_responsive_padding_1440=”32px 0 90px 15.5%” column_responsive_padding_1366=”32px 0 90px 12%” column_responsive_padding_1280=”32px 0 90px 10%” offset=”vc_col-lg-6″ column_responsive_padding_1024=”32px 14% 90px” column_responsive_padding_768=”32px 13.5% 90px” column_responsive_padding_680=”32px 15.5% 90px”][vc_column_text]From all alcoholic drinks, this website focuses on wine, which, in sharp juxtaposition to the \u201cstrong liquor\u201d category is a traditional tabletop product. Moreover, it contains much less alcohol which, let it be noted, comes from the fruit producing it, namely the grape and relates to the alcoholic fermentation of its juice, a natural process converting sugars to alcohol. <\/span><\/p>\n Indeed, provided it regards a product with the PDO or PGI classification, then we can know the precise region from which it originates. <\/span><\/p>\n Vineyards and wine are inextricably tied to the history, morals and customs of our land, across all of Greece, where it is inconceivable for there to be a celebration, a toast or joy without wine. As a sealing wax of sorts, wine seals every joyous moment or any moment we wish to infuse with value and symbolism. <\/span><\/p>\n Moreover, the preference of consumers for wine has been ascertained in recent years in Greece, be it at restaurants, bars or even at home, where we are given the opportunity to familiarize ourselves with the product, to process its label, taste it in more comfort, by itself or combined with our food or some snack. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ column_responsive_padding_1440=”0 15% 0 0″ column_responsive_padding_1366=”0 15% 0 0″ column_responsive_padding_1280=”0 10% 0 0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-6″ column_responsive_padding_680=”0 10% 0″ column_responsive_padding_1024=”0 20% 0 0″ column_responsive_padding_768=”0 10% 0 0″ css=”.vc_custom_1626771788585{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text]We, of course, refer to branded wine, the wine bearing the producer\u2019s signature, which underpin responsibility, lawfulness and safety.<\/span><\/p>\n There are frequent references to laboratory research on the benefits of wine for our health, such as for cardiovascular diseases, memory, oxidative stress, blood pressure and more.<\/p>\n However, the consumption of alcohol is not recommended for minors, pregnant women, people with a personal or family alcoholism history, those suffering from liver and pancreas ailments, heart failure or other heart-related diseases and cannot be combined with medicines (consultation with a doctor).<\/span><\/p>\n At any event, the safe consumption of wine improves our mood and our quality of life in general, thus improving our overall health. <\/span><\/p>\n One should not drink more than 4 glasses of wine on any occasion (going out, dining, to celebrate or to mourn).<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_content_width=”grid” css=”.vc_custom_1627320409043{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 120px !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1569940255517{padding-top: 85px !important;padding-right: 4.4% !important;padding-left: 4.4% !important;}” column_responsive_padding_1440=”95px 6%” column_responsive_padding_1366=”95px 6%” column_responsive_padding_1280=”95px 6%” column_responsive_padding_1024=”85px 0″ column_responsive_padding_768=”85px 0″ column_responsive_padding_680=”85px 0″][vc_single_image image=”6011″ img_size=”” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1627320321878{margin-bottom: 15px !important;}”]\n\t\tPDO Zones\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t
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\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\u201cDrink in moderation\u201d<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t
\u201cDon\u2019t drink and drive\u201d<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t
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\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\u201cBecome the driver for your group\u201d<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t
\u201cAlcohol & Alcoholism \u2013 Use & Abuse\u201d<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t
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\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\u201cThe imprudent consumption of alcohol is a silent threat\u201d<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t
\u201cAlcohol beneath the desk\u201d<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t
These are just some of the news titles or advertising messages relating to responsible alcohol consumption, in order to prevent the detrimental effects in health and in the safety of human lives. <\/span><\/h6>\n
In compliance with the basic guidelines for safe wine consumption and based on a serving of about 100ml:<\/h6>\n
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\n\t\tWine Culture\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div>[vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1627320461294{padding-right: 10% !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]By selecting a bottled, branded wine we can stir clear of the increased alcohol content of hard liquor, but also of accidentally consuming a adulterated product, while we support legal distribution against the illegal, no-name and hazardous for our health bulk or jug wine, thus benefiting in terms of safety, quality and delight. From then on, it is up to the consumer to choose the style, category and price for the selected wine\/label.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Wine has now become a trend, a fashionable and safe choice, leading to real pleasure. The more we come to know wine, the greater this pleasure becomes, since, as our ancestors proclaimed \u201cwine gladdens the heart\u201d, lest, however, we forget another noteworthy saying, \u201call in good measure\u201d.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1627369738603{margin-bottom: 80px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 120px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/winemakersofnorthgreece.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/h1-bckg-img-6.jpg?id=3858) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1569940255517{padding-top: 85px !important;padding-right: 4.4% !important;padding-left: 4.4% !important;}” column_responsive_padding_1440=”95px 6%” column_responsive_padding_1366=”95px 6%” column_responsive_padding_1280=”95px 6%” column_responsive_padding_1024=”85px 0″ column_responsive_padding_768=”85px 0″ column_responsive_padding_680=”85px 0″][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1627367239759{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-right: 10% !important;padding-left: 10% !important;}”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
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