Retsina: A 2,000-Year Legacy of Greece’s People’s Wine

Retsina: A 2,000-Year Legacy of Greece’s People’s Wine

Retsina. Credit: Yorick R/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 2.0 Retsina is a unique Greek wine, instantly recognizable for its bold, aromatic pine and resin flavor—a taste that tends to evoke strong reactions, with many either deeply adoring it or finding it less appealing. This distinctively flavored wine has a long and storied history, stretching back over two millennia, making it one of the oldest continuously produced wines in the world. Konstantin…