Greek wine is ancient, and bottles made from the country’s 300-plus indigenous grapes are food-friendly with serious value for money. Why, then, aren’t more people drinking them? Some think the problem is linguistic: the names of Greek wine varieties intimidate many Anglophones. “If you look at the labels they can be quite confusing, and it’s hard to decipher what you’re looking at,” says John Stanley, founder of Stanley’s Wet Goods in Los Angeles. That’s understandable—no one likes to feel out of step when talking about wine—but it’s also hard to think of a country whose wine labels are totally transparent. Plus, one could argue that Greek grapes like Assyrtiko and Vidiano are more phonetic in English than, say, France’s Pouilly-Fuissé. Some Greek winemakers even label their bottles of Agiorgitiko, a native red grape planted throughout Greece, as “St. George” in English-speaking markets. You May Also Like: The Ancient Greek Varieties Making Thoroughly Modern Wines Regardless, Greek wines are ripe for discovery. The country’s winemakers produce everything from flinty white wines grown in volcanic soils to dynamic rosés to red wines with racy acidity and grippy tannins. They’re increasingly available, too. The U.S. is the world’s second-largest export market for Greek wine, and the caliber of bottles sent our way continues to climb. “There are more importers that are bringing in really high quality wines from both small and larger wineries, and it feels now that a good range of wines are being represented,” Stanley says. Caroline Navish, the buyer and manager of Sahadi Spirits in Brooklyn, New York, usually keeps a bottle of Greek wine in the $20 price range open for shoppers to try because “for those who are not yet familiar with Greek wines, tasting is believing.” There’s an education component to selling Greek wine, she adds. “One thing I wish people knew about Greek wines is that if it’s been a while since you’ve given them a go, the market has come a long way from the table wine at the Greek restaurants of the past.” Eager to dive in? Here are an array of Wine Enthusiast’s top-ranked Greek red, white and rosé wines. Most fall in the $20 range, plus a collection of splurge-worthy bottles if you’re feeling spendy. Affordability is relative, of course, so for the purposes of this collection, we defined a splurge as a wine that costs $40 or more. The Best Greek White Wines The Best Greek Red Wines The Best Greek Rosé Wines Splurge-Worthy Greek Wines Why You Should Trust Us All products featured here are independently selected by our team, which is comprised of experienced writers and wine tasters and overseen by editorial professionals at Wine Enthusiast headquarters. All ratings and reviews are performed blind in a controlled setting and reflect the parameters of our 100-point scale. Wine Enthusiast does not accept payment to conduct any product review, though we may earn a commission on purchases made through links on this site. Prices were accurate at the time of publication.