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Ancient Greece: Specific wines

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Oxford Companion to Wine

By Jancis Robinson

Published 2006

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Some idea of the leading wines of classical Greece can be obtained from references in literature, particularly lyric poetry and the Athenian comic poets; these make it clear that in Athens, at least, there was a degree of connoisseurship, different poets singing the praises of different wines while disparaging their rivals. The most frequently praised wines are those of Thásos, Lésvos, Mende, and Khíos (especially one called Ariousian), while those of Ismaros (in Thrace), Náxos, Peparethos (modern Skópelos), Acanthos and, from the 4th century, Kós were also admired.

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