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    Unmythable wine tours

    Aug 26, 2022 5 minutes

    Greek wine is terribly misunderstood. Both by sailors and restauranteurs. For many years, every taverna owner would only serve cheap local village wine in jugs and any tourist would, knowing the price of a jug, cheerfully hold their nose and postulate “It’ll taste better after the first glass”! That wine would come in at least two, and sometimes three, varieties. Red, white and pink. And, if you were really unlucky, the ‘pink’ was actually just a mix of red and white. The hangovers in those days were legendary. Many a charterer would cut short the next day’s sailing.

    At least, I think this was just a misunderstanding. The taverna owner, being a local island bloke, believed that the tourist just wanted a cheap drink. Besides, the wine was made by his uncle and it was good to keep the family in business. And

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