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Liastos

Greek sweet wine made from dried grapes in the style of a straw wine. The name is derived from the Greek sun god Helios (Helios = sun). The grapes are slowly dried on straw mats in the sun before pressing, which gives them an extremely high content of sugar and extractives. However, the term may only be used for sweet wines that have not been spritzed. Examples are versions of Samos and Vinsanto from the island of Santorini.

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