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Macedonia

Macedonia is a wine region in Greece, home to 31 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines.

Macedonia at a glance: roughly split red/white; wines range from PGI to PDO.
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Macedonia's 31 wineries make roughly equal red and white wine; Assyrtiko is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry PDO, PGI designation.

Most common single-grape wines

When Macedonia wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:

Wine profile

Macedonia is roughly split, making substantial red (50%) and white (40%) wine.

146 distinct Macedonia wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.

  • Red73 · 50%
  • White58 · 40%
  • Rose15 · 10%

Types: Sparkling, Still.

Representative Macedonia wines

Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.

  • Ktima Ligas — Pata Trava Rose
  • Diamantis — Magoutes Xinomavro
  • Biblia Chora — Plagios Sideways Chardonnay
  • Ktima Ligas — Roditis White
  • Dalamara — Xinomavro
  • Oenogenesis — Mataroa Nautical
  • Thymiopoulos — Alta
  • Pavlidis — Thema Red

Sub-regions & appellations

Within Macedonia, these appellationsA legally-defined smaller growing area within a wine region, often with its own grapes and rules. are smaller growing areas, often with their own character:

  • Naoussa
  • Pangeon
  • Drama
  • Florina
  • Amyndaio
  • Epanomi
  • Mount Athos
  • Pella
  • Siatista
  • Imathia
  • Pieria
  • Serres

Quality designations

Wines here span quality tiers from everyday PGI to the strictly-controlled PDO — you'll find both accessible and prestige bottles.

  • PDOEU Protected Designation of Origin — guarantees a wine comes from and is made in a specific place.
  • PGIEU Protected Geographical Indication — a broader regional label than PDO.

Greece wine designations

IGP
IGP denotes the EU protected geographical indication scheme for food and wine, linking a product’s quality, reputation or other characteristic to geographical origin.
PDO
PDO is the European Union protected designation of origin category.
PGI
PGI is the European Union protected geographical indication category.
Understanding the wine data
Designation
The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built

Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.

Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.

How to choose a good Macedonia wine

For everyday drinking, PGI bottles are the accessible choice; for something special, PDO signals the region's most tightly-controlled, prestige wines.

FAQs

What do the designation terms on Macedonia wines mean?
PDO: PDO is the European Union protected designation of origin category. PGI: PGI is the European Union protected geographical indication category. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
How are wineries and producers selected for Macedonia?
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
How are representative Macedonia wines selected?
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Macedonia?
The current regional catalogue contains 146 linked wines from 31 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.

Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.