SC - Greek wine
LrdRas at aol.com
LrdRas at aol.com
Tue Apr 4 18:00:28 PDT 2000
In a message dated 4/4/00 8:54:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ChannonM at aol.com
writes:
<< I read somewhere that Greek wine was a sweet white wine made in a resin
lined
barrel, (pitch I believe) giving it a pine taste to some degree. Anyone have
any input to this?
Hauviette >>
The wine you are referring to is called 'Retsina.' It is still produced
today. it is white and has an unmistakable resin flavor. It is not sweet
though.
Ras
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