Greece- Presentation

September 13, 2025

Greece Climate

Warm Mediterranean in the islands and coastal areas
Continental with warm summers and cold winters in the mountainous areas

Greece in Numbers

Wine Production

1st. France- 48M HL

2nd. Italy- 38M HL

3rd. Spain- 28M HL

4th. United States- 24M HL

20th. Greece- 1.6M HL

Wine Consumption Per Capita

1st. Luxembourg- 67.2L

2nd. Portugal- 52.3L

3rd. France- 42.8L

4th. Italy- 39.2L

25th. Greece- 15.9L

Source: Greek Ministry of Agriculture

2020 Numbers	Area under vines (ha)	Vineyard holdings (number)	Average area under vines (ha per holding)
EU	3,194,614	2,227,672	1.43
Spain	910,859	483,749	1.88
France	792,565	75,153	10.55
Italy	688,985	302,686	2.28
Romania	180,683	844,015	0.21
Portugal	173,254	114,220	1.52
Germany	103,554	35,093	2.95
Greece	103,058	193,284	0.53
Hungary	62,108	26,279	2.36

Source: Eurostat

Greece produced about 5M HL in 1984, number decreased to 2.7M HL by 2011 and now hovering around 2M HL per annum.

2011 Production:

PDO: 280,000 HL | PGI: 470,000 HL | 1.7M HL | Traditional Designation: 194,050 HL

Red Wine: 919,800 | White Wine: 1,830,200

Source: Greek Ministry of Agriculture

There are about 180,000 growers and 12,000 commercial wineries. Average acreage per grower is a 0.1ha, meaning that there are a lot of part time growers or operate tiny family vineyards.

Most planted Grape Varieties

90% of Greece's plantings are devoted to indigenous grape varieties.

Savatiano
Roditis
Agiorgitiko
Liatiko
Xinomavro
Muscat of Hamburg
Assyrtiko

Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot account for the most planted International grape varieties.

Greek Wine Regions

PGI- 120 Total

Most important

Mount Athos
Attica
Chalkidiki
Epanomi
Pangeon
Crete
Cyclades

PDO- 33 Total

Many of the Greek PDOs are devoted to Sweet Wines
- Madrodaphne of Cephalonia
- Mavrodaphne of Patra
- Muscat of Cephalonia
- Muscat of Patra
- Muscat of Rio Patra
- Muscat of Lemnos
- Muscat of Rodos (Rhodes)
- Malvasia of Paros
- Malvasia [of] Sitia
- Candia (Malvasia of Chandakas)
- Monemvasia Malvasia

Nemea- only PDO based on Agiorgitiko
- Known as blood of Hercules
- Versatile grape
- Structured and fuller on higher elevations.

Mantinia- only PDO based on the aromatic Moschofilero
- Still wine and Sparkling Wine Production
- High elevation, cooler climate, producing delicate and floral wines

2 PDOs Devoted to International Grape Varieties
- Slopes of Meliton
  - 1982, First PDO based on International grape varieties
  - White Wines: Athiri, Roditis, Assyrtiko; 50%, 35% and 15% respectively
  - 70% Min Limnio; 30% Combined Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc
- Mesenikola
  - Established in 1994
  - 70% Min Mavro Mesenikola; 30% Combined Syrah and Carignan
    - Mesenikola, deeper color, red and black fruit with moderate tannins and medium body
The PDOs of Crete

	Candia	Dafnes	Archanes	Peza	Sitia
White Grapes	Vilana			Vilana	Vilana, Thrapsathiri
Red Grapes	Kotsifali, Mantilaria	Liatiko, Mantilaria	Kotsifali, Mantilaria	Kotsifali, Mantilaria	Liatiko, Mantilari

Santorini- only PDO devoted on Assyrtiko
- Hot, Mediterranean climate
- Salty and mineral wines
- Phylloxera never reached the island- one of the few in the world
- Old, un-grafted vines, incredibly low yields
- Kouloura trellising system

Caldera in Santorini (winter 2017)

Donkey in Santorini (winter 2017)

Vines in Santorini- Kouloura tresllishing (winter 2017)

4 PDOs Devoted to Xinomavro
- Naoussa (100% Xinomavro)
  - Structured, fuller bodied Xinomavro
- Amyntaio (100% Xinomavro)
  - Rosé production permitted
  - Sparkling Rosé production permitted
  - On the other side of Mount Vermion, cooler climate, with sandy soils, producing fresher, lighter style of Xinomavro
- Goumenissa (Min 20% Negkoska)
- Rapsani
  - 33% Xinomavro
  - 33% Krasato
  - 33% Stavroto