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Wine regions in Ionian islands / Νησιά Ιονίου 10 growing regions
Description to Ionian islands / Νησιά Ιονίου
A group of islands off the west coast of Greece in the Ionian Sea. The islands were settled in the 9th century B.C. by the Ionian tribe, which had been pushed away from the mainland by war and gave the islands their name (see also Attica). For four centuries, between 1386 and 1797, the islands were ruled by the city-state of Venice, and this Italian influence is still noticeable today. The mild climate of the islands makes them ideal for viticulture, and there is also sufficient rainfall. There are many autochthonous grape varieties such as Agiomavritiko, Areti, Asprouda, Avgoustiatis, Goustolidi, Katsakoulias, Korinthiaki, Pavlos (Malvasia Bianca Lunga), Robola, Skiadopoulo and Theiako Mavro. Vineyards can be found on Ithaca (where the Homeric mythical figure Odysseus was king), Kefallonia (the only one with POP appellation), Corfu, Lefkada, Kythera, Paxos and Zakynthos. The vineyards cover a total of around 8,700 hectares of vines. There are numerous other islands on the east coast of Greece; see Aegean.
Greece map: By Pitichinaccio - own work, CC BY 3.0, link
edited by Norbert F. J. Tischelmayer 2/2018
Classified wine producers in Ionian islands / Νησιά Ιονίου 2
find+buy for Ionian islands / Νησιά Ιονίου 5
Recent wines 30
The most important grape varieties
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