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The History

Greek tradition describes retsina as a popular full strong mouth taste barrel wine of rich amber color. Basic menu options available in most Athens tavernas of 60’s and 70’s, to accompany greek know “mesedes” - small piece assortments of deep fried fish or meet, feta cheese and greek salad.

Resin, stands for the natural fresh pine juice which is originated from the trunk of local pine tree species (Pinus halepensis). It is early known to pharmacology of it’s excellent natural characteristics, and more rarely to oenology as an excellent natural preserver.
It was initially used as a natural preserver, originally introduced by the Cretans (1700 BC) to extent the wine’s live. It was the first discovered archeological artifacts from the chemical analysis on the organic remnants on the walls of ancient containers and cooking tools. Dr. Martlew describes that Minoans they do not only cultivate grapes and produce wine with resin but they use in cooking. They use also smoked oak to enreach the wine taste. Taste through centuries Article by Diane Shugart, National GeographicVol 4 /No 2 Feb 2000 Natioanal Georgaphic (Greek) p.144-149

Carrying the tradition and the request of light and fresh white wine character, we blend top mild organic Sabbatiano must with the drops fresh pine resin. The result gives a fine light dry taste of Georga’s Family Retsina of Mesogaia Traditional origin.
Retsina has strong friends and bad enemies. The dry character definitely can not keep you inert !
It’s a rather table white wine, accompanying the Mediterranean style of dinner food, where eating and drinking is a long endless process. It stands with excessive honor to all typical rich taste fried or oily cooked food, spicy or not, and definitely barbeques.
When is sparkling fresh, most of the sabbatiano fruit flavor is present, whereas in the mature resine dryness is more predominant in mouth character.
Best serving conditions when chilled at 5-7oC

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Retsina is a style of wine that is thousands of years old, and even in modern Greece still represents the classical ubiquitous style of wine. No taverna in Greece could afford not to stock retsina, and it can be found on the wine lists of even the most upper-class restaurants... Read more...