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Retsina

white wine flavoured with Aleppo pine resin, sharply aromatic

Greece Wine & spirit Vegetarian

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

Pine resin sealed amphorae in antiquity and flavoured the wine inside; the taste was kept deliberately and now has its own appellation.

Frequently asked questions

What is Retsina?

Retsina is a wine & spirit from Greece: white wine flavoured with Aleppo pine resin, sharply aromatic. Pine resin sealed amphorae in antiquity and flavoured the wine inside; the taste was kept deliberately and now has its own appellation.

Made with

grapesherbs

Cooked

fermented

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The atlas would have to match every ingredient to a food-composition database before it could publish a figure, and an estimate is not worth having if someone is counting on it.

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