Greece makes more wine than it can reasonably drink, in more styles than any single guide can carry. This almanac is our reading of it. 124 regions, ranked the way we'd visit them; the houses our critics keep returning to; and a short list of restaurants where we'd spend the evening.
Greece
Greece
124
1,122
415
The country, in numbers and adjectives.
The terroirs, by hand.
9 regions worth the trip first — chosen by the Femente desk for the houses we’d open with, the variety of styles within each, and the cooking that grew up around them.
Peloponnesos
Greece's largest region pulls as many directions as it has microclimates: mineral whites from the limestone hills, structured reds built…
Macedonia
Macedonia's reds run cool and mineral—Xinomavro from the north cuts like slate, while southern slopes coax riper fruit from Syrah and…
Continental Greece
The mountains that ring these vineyards are as much their character as the grapes—cool nights and limestone soils push reds toward bright…
Aegean Sea
Volcanic soils and Cycladic wind shape wines of mineral intensity—whites that crackle with salinity, reds that hold their grip across…
Crete
Cretan winemakers fight the island's heat with skin contact and oxidative aging, coaxing mineral tension and saline grip from grapes that…
Cyclades
Volcanic stone and salt air shape whites of mineral intensity here, where producers chase restraint over extraction—Assyrtiko stripped to…
Attiki
Attiki's white wines carry the mineral imprint of Athens' surrounding hills—lean, saline, structured—while its reds show restraint over…
Argolida
Argolida's red wines—built on Agiorgitiko and Cabernet Franc—swing between earthy restraint and dark fruit intensity, while its whites…
Thessalia
Thessalia pulls between old-vine reds of mineral intensity and whites of surprising freshness—a region still learning what its slopes…
The country’s house grammar.
The 8 styles Greece makes most of, ranked by bottle count on Femente. The bar beneath each cell shows that style’s share of greece’s production.
2,873
Greek Red — the country’s most numerous bottle.
276
215
184
128
16
13
11
The houses that keep showing up.
9 Greece estates the prestige critics have agreed on — ordered by the count of 95+ scores across Vinous, Decanter, Wine Advocate and Wine Spectator.
Where to spend the evening.
12 rooms across Greece our editors keep coming back to — chosen for the cooking and the wine list, in that order.
Delta Restaurant
Grill · Seafood · Traditional — Municipality of Palaio Faliro
96
Tudor Hall Restaurant at King George, Athens
Grill · Modern · European — Athens
93
Pelagos Restaurant at Four Seasons Astir Palace Athens
Grill · Seafood · Mediterranean — Vouliagmeni Municipal Unit
93
Hytra Restaurant & Bar
Seafood · Breakfast · Mediterranean — Athens
92
Spondi Restaurant
Grill · Modern · Greek Style — Athens
92
Patio
Seafood · Grill · Traditional — Vouliagmeni Municipal Unit
92
Botrini's Restaurant
Mediterranean · Modern — Municipality of Chalandri
92
Neon Restaurant
Grill · Traditional · Mediterranean — Municipal Unit of Rhodes
92
Revithia
Mediterranean · Traditional — Thira Municipal Unit
92
CTC Urban Gastronomy
Mediterranean · Creative — Athens
92
Soil restaurant
Grill · Mediterranean · Modern — Athens
92
Selene Restaurant
Street Food · Traditional · Mediterranean — Thira Municipal Unit
89
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