This is certainly not our first Greek wine. But it is first one costing over $10. Ioannis Boutari, nice-grandfather of the current president, founded the winery carrying his name in northern Greece in 1879. Boutari bottled the primary crimson wines on the Greek market. The volcanic island of Santorini has produced fantastic wine since the Middle Ages. As a result of the phylloxera louse by no means made it to this island these vines aren’t grafted onto American rootstocks. The Assyrtiko variety is grown elsewhere in Greece and is remodeled into dry, candy, and Retsina wine. I really considered making our companion wine a Retsina however instead went for a Hungarian white at somewhat greater than half the Assyrtiko’s worth.
These are the most self contained of the options presented. There is basically little choice in taste since they are extra of a cake, shaped within the shape of a …