Greece

Question 1

What is the Greek equivalent of PDO? How many are there, and how much of production do they account for?

Answer 1

POP (Prostatevmeni Onomasia Proelefsis).
33 throughout Greece, accounting for 20% of production.

Question 2

What rules do POP stipulate?

Answer 2

Stipulate grape growing and winemaking regulations, such as yields and which varieties can be grown.
POP Naoussa is unusual in also having ageing requirements.
With the exception of Muscat for sweet wines, POPs are usually restricted to native varieties.

Question 3

What is the Greek equivalent of PGI? How many are there, and how much of production do they account for?

Answer 3

PGE (Prostatevmeni Geografiki Endiksi).
Currently over 120, with several being added each year and they account for 62%

Question 4

What rules do PGE wines allow?

Answer 4

Less strict for growing and winemaking, and importantly allow international varieties.

Question 5

What are wines without a GI labelled as? What styles of wine are produced from within?

Answer 5

‘Wines from Greece’.
Mainly used for high volume brands, blended from grapes of more than one region and accounts for nearly 18% of production.

Question 6

What other category does Greece have? What is it used for?

Answer 6

OKP, or ‘wine of appellation by tradition’, for traditional products such as Retsina.