Dealing with grape distillate in Greece began in about 1900. From 1900 to 1988 when the bill for the making of distillery and bottling was voted in Greece, the name that prevailed was Raki and Rakomelo when combined with the honey. With a resolution in the EEC in 1989 (No 1576/89) on alcoholic beverages, the […]
Cretan Tsikoudia
History of Tsikoudia
The history of distillation began seven to eight centuries ago. The predominant rumors indicate that everything began at a monastery on Mount Athos, trying to exploit nature to the fullest. So it happened with the vine, its exploitation began with its fruit the grapes, then with its leaves, shoots and its trunk. The varieties are […]