The Peloponnese, a peninsula and geographic region in Southern Greece is wine country and a beautiful place with hills dropping into turquoise waters folded into a pleasing Mediterranean climate. As the “cradle of western civilization,” Greece has been making wine, well, forever. The wines have come a long way recently along with the ability to get our hands on the traditional and smaller-production wines.
The wines of Burgundy are often a mystery to many wine drinkers. The information offered on the labels as well as the detailed manner in which the wines are classified in this famous region can often add to the confusion. Volumes of books have been written about the special terroir and how and what makes these wines and the Burgundy region so special. If you haven’t tried them, don’t shy away from the unknown.