Greco

Greco is an Italian wine grape that may be of Greek origin. The name relates to both white (Greco bianco) and black (Greco nero) wine grape varieties.

Greco di Tufo, Fiano di Avellino and Taurasi: the three most famous wines of Campania, expression of three extraordinary white and red grapes, excellent representatives of an ancient wine culture ...

Greco (white)
Grape variety of Greek origin, hence the name, grown in Campania, the best examples of which are Greco di Tufo and Greco di Bianco.
Grenache/Garnacha (red) ...

GRECO-ROMAN CONTRIBUTIONS
Wine came to Europe with the spread of the Greek civilization around 1600 BC. Homer's Odyssey and Iliad both contain excellent and detailed descriptions of wine.

GRECO NERO: White wine grape of ancient origin, probably Greek, grown extensively in southern Italy. A sub-variety is known as the Greco Bianco.

Association with Greco-Roman tradition
Dionysus, son of Zeus, holding wine with a faun eating lionskin, portrayed by the great Michelangelo Buonarroti.

in the specific styles Spumante and Passito); Coda di Volpe (Bianco and in the specific styles Spumante and Passito); Falanghina (Bianco and in the specific styles Spumante and Passito); Fiano (Bianco also in the specific style(s) Spumante); Greco ...

Also known as, Ugni Blanc, Turbiano, Lugano, Greco, Rossola, Rossetto, Rusciola, Trebbianello, Perugino, Buzzetto, Spoletino, Albano, Procanico, Santoro, Bobiano, St Emilion, Clairette Ronde, Clairette de Vence, Clairette Rose, Gredelin, Roussan, ...

See also: Grape, Wine, Region, White, Italy