Resinated wine
Resinated wine is a type of
Aleppo pine
resin. Wines thus sealed were flavored by the resin, and over time this became a feature of the wine itself rather than an unwanted side effect.
Though today mainly associated with Greece, resinated wine appears to have been widespread in the past. In his
The most common form of resinated wine today is Greek retsina (ρετσίνα), which for over 2000 years has been produced in and exported from Greece, particularly around Attica, Boeotia and Euboea. The European Union treats the name "retsina" as a protected designation of origin and a traditional appellation for Greece and parts of the southern regions of Cyprus. A South Australian wine style can be called "resinated wine" but not "retsina".[2]
References
- ISBN 0-19-860990-6
- ISBN 0-19-860990-6