How To Use Retsina In A Sentence
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It played Guantanamera and had plastic awningsseparating us from the road, but served the most delicious fried courgettes, pork souvlaki and local Robola white wine (no need for retsina here: Kefalonia produces Greece's best wine, a legacy of the Venetians).
Empty beaches and great deals in Greece
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If a glass of dry white retsina transports you and your palate back to the sun-kissed beaches of Greece, well, okay.
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Tucked into a small bay and backed by steep hills, it is as tranquil as it is picturesque; even the food seems finer and the retsina crisper.
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He seemed on the verge of explaining this, when the busboy arrived with the retsina and three glasses.
SURE OF YOU
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We're told that the Greeks have only themselves to blame: They retire too early, drink too much retsina and often break into dance without warning .... all on borrowed money.
Les Leopold: Help! What's the Cure for Financial Insanity?
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A popular Greek wine, retsina, is produced only in Greece and is imported to the United States.
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She had become accustomed to retsina but she really preferred raki, the homemade firewater of mountain villages.
THE QUEST FOR K
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I plan to drink a little Santorini Sigala, the dry Greek white, and imbibe my small annual quota of pine-pitch-flavored retsina from a convenient half-bottle.
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The juice from Roditis is often included in Greek's famous resinated white wine, Retsina, which I have to admit is a work in process for me.
Archive 2008-03-01
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Another popular beverage, retsina, is a white wine.
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Stroganoffs in white hot sour cream, chops soaked in olive oil, surrounded by olives, salty feta cheese, followed by Roquefort & Bleu & Stilton thirsty for wine, beer Coca-Cola Fanta Champagne Pepsi retsina arrak whiskey vodka
Point/Counterpoint: Paul Krugman , Allen Ginsberg, and Wendy's on obesity
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Our days in Corfu were spent in swimming and sunbathing and the evenings in the nearby taverna, eating and drinking vast quantities of retsina.
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Maybe if you didn't stuff your fat face so full of keftedes and retsina Mark, you might be able to run around and score a few more goals.
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We ordered the Meze all round several bottles of Retsina and some Ouzo slammers.
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He seemed on the verge of explaining this, when the busboy arrived with the retsina and three glasses.
SURE OF YOU
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Small cups of freshly made Turkish-style coffee are the national drink, as are ouzo - the aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink - and retsina, the resinated wine, which are kept mostly for the evening and always accompanied by food.
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She had become accustomed to retsina but she really preferred raki, the homemade firewater of mountain villages.
THE QUEST FOR K
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The food wasn't bad and the wine was OK, though I abandoned my experiment with retsina after a single glass.
CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD
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Known as dolmades in Greece and simply as vine leaves elsewhere, it's probably no accident that leaves of the grape vine are used in this manner in a region not noted for the quality of its wines; quality sometimes so poor that the Greeks came to add pine resin to certain wines retsina and thought it an improvement!
At My Table
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They have already laid aside their other laughter, that of mothers braiding their daughters 'hair, or of the dance steps of the plump-faced girls tumbling to their first retsina at the age of three.
The Dance Begins
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Certain foods are emblematic of the national identity, including moussaka, baklava, thick coffee, and resinated wine (retsina).
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Costa set the retsina down at the next table, then swung past her again on his way to the kitchen.
SURE OF YOU
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For example, many cultures pride themselves on their foul-tasting local drinks, such as white lightning, pulque, chong, retsina, and so on.
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Retsina, or resinated wine, has a distinctive flavor and tastes better when chilled.
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She had become accustomed to retsina but she really preferred raki, the homemade firewater of mountain villages.
THE QUEST FOR K
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I stayed with a Greek family in Athens for a few weeks, where I learned that besides lemon juice, garlic and retsina oh yum!
Because everyone is doing it...
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Certain foods are emblematic of the national identity, including moussaka, baklava, thick coffee, and resinated wine (retsina).
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CHICKEN RETSINA Kotpoulo Retsinto meh Staflia page 224—Golden-brown pieces of sautéed chicken smothered in a sauce of resinated white wine and halved green grapes.
The Summer of My Greek Tavérna
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She had become accustomed to retsina but she really preferred raki, the homemade firewater of mountain villages.
THE QUEST FOR K
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Here are largish beachfront hotels, and restaurants serving ubiquitous feta salad or deep-fried calamari drenched in lemon juice, washed down with retsina.
Insiders' guide to Greece
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Looks like YouTube got their caca together and fixed itself right on time; if it had been otherwise, I could never have brought you the following unique treasure, this retsina for your retinas, this Everclear for your eyeballs, this sulphuric acid for your synapses.
2007 January 14 « raincoaster
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Small cups of freshly made Turkish-style coffee are the national drink, as are ouzo - the aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink - and retsina, the resinated wine, which are kept mostly for the evening and always accompanied by food.