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Spotlight on Greece – the reds

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See also Greece is the word.

Julia writes  This is the second part of our review of Greek wines tasted recently in London, following yesterday's focus on whites (and a clutch of interesting retsinas). 

Although there are not quite as many reds as there were whites, they reveal as much diversity in terms of region of origin – from Macedonia in the north to Crete in the south – and grape varieties as the 152 whites, and as a group they show that Greece's red wines are increasingly worth seeking out. 

Hearteningly in a country still in deep economic...