Wines of Greece: THRACE

Thrace is the smallest and least developed viticultural region of Greece. Its main winegrowing areas are Soufli and the northern part of Evros, Maronia in Rodopi and Avdira in Xanthi. Nevertheless, it has some very characteristic local varieties, such as the reddish Pamidi, the Mavroudi reds, Karlahanas and Bogialamas. Taking into account that the wines of regional PGIs must be produced from grapes within PDO or PGI zones and the fact that Thrace had, until recently, only two small zones (PGI Avdira, PGI Ismaros), it is understood why PGI Thrace wines are the least represented at a regional level and are currently produced by only two wineries. The establishment of PGI Evros (2010) shall probably improve its presence.