retsina

Examples

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• We played cards in bed and drank a Greek wine called retsina that smelled like cut pine.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Menelaus was getting queasy, pushing aside his dolmades, chugging retsina.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Hand me that bottle of Retsina, Harry.

  Retribution (1987)

• "Retsina is bitter," I say.

  Fiction book (1994)

• He could taste the wine too, the bitterly resinous heaviness of retsina.

  Fiction book (1994)

• They ate a piece of hot goat meat on a slab of grey bread and shared a glass of the worst retsina Rydal had ever put in his mouth.

  Blog text (12)

• Barker limped ashore to a taverna, where he had grilled fish and a couple of glasses of retsina, and for the first time truly sensed where he was.

  Fiction book (1997)

• At dinner, we enjoyed a chilled bottle of retsina, which paired well with the grilled fish.

• The distinct flavor of retsina comes from the pine resin used during its production.

• During the summer, it's common to drink retsina while sitting outside at a café in Greece.

Synonyms

M

Madeira

vsretsina

3 5.6

A strong sweet wine from the Madeira Islands often served with dessert

is a Greek white or rosé uniquely flavored with pine resin rather than fortified sweetness

B

Barbera

vsretsina

1 7.5

A red grape from Italy and the wine made from it

is a Greek white or rosé characterized by pine resin flavor rather than Italian red origin

R

Rhenish

vsretsina

1 8.0

A white wine from the Rhine valley in Germany

is made in Greece and distinguished by pine resin flavoring

M

malmsey

vsretsina

1 9.9

A sweet wine from Madeira made from Malvasia grapes

is a Greek resin flavored white or rosé rather than a sweet fortified variety

M

mavrodaphne

vsretsina

• Specialized

1 9.9

A sweet dark red dessert wine from Greece

is Greek too but is white or rosé flavored with pine resin

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Etymology