The best wines from Ionian Islands in Greece

Corfu, Kefalonia, Zante and Lefkas... they are not only wonderful islands to go on holiday, they also produce wine. They are located on the west side of Greece, quite close to the heel of the Italian boot. The wine on the Ionian Islands is made from typical Greek grapes. The Ribolo from Kefalonia is the most famous.

Only in the steep vineyards of mountainous Kefalonia are quality wines made with the highest appellation: the white Robola and the white Muscat and the red Mavrodaphe from Kelafonia. It is responsible for the most important quality wine of the island: dry, powerful and mineral. It was long thought and still claimed in many wine books, but the Robola is not the same grape as the Ribolla Gialla that you find in Slovenia and in the Italian Friuli.

On the other islands, the wine may only be bottled under a regional appellation. These too are almost exclusively made from indigenous Greek grape varieties. Some have even been almost forgotten in Greece. They have beautiful, but not too easy names such as: Tsaoussi, Vostilidi, Zakinthino, Moscatella, Avgoustiatis, Skiadopoulo, Pavlos and Katsakoulias.