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Lesbos wine

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led to the stagnation of Lesbian wine production. After this point in time, wine was only privately produced on the island by farmers, until 1997, when Methymnaeos, the first winery producing bottled wine in the history of Lesbos, began operations in the village of
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way to refer to any dark, long lived wine of good quality. Athenaeus's description also paints a different description than of a Tokay-like wine, instead of a wine that is dry and very strong. The resulting grape
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to flourish. While the exact grapes for the Pramnian are not known, its method of production was recorded . The grapes were allowed to hang on the vine, like that of a
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While Lesbos is considered by some scholars to be the main source of Pramnian, there is association of the name with wines from
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dating back to at least the 7th century BC when it was mentioned in the works of
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grape variety of the island. This variety, saved from extinction by
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as a merchant trading Lesbos wine with the Greek colony of
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because of its use by the winery, is cultivated on the
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to Lesbos as well as the island's specialization in
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Methymneos winery. Methymneos is spelled in Greek letters above the building's awning-covered, opened door.
Chidira
wine
Greek
Lesbos
Aegean Sea
history
winemaking
Homer
area
wines
Chios
apocryphal
Sappho
Naucratis
Egypt
Hungarian wine
Eszencia
Roman times
wines
Thasos
Kos
Mediterranean climate
viticulture
late harvest wine
harvest
free run juice
wine press
nectar
Smyrna

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