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Metsovone is a semi-hard smoked pasta filata cheese produced in the region of Metsovo (Epirus, Greece).

The wine of Meteora has been marketed nationally and internationally only in recent years.

Graviera Agrafon is a PDO hard table cheese produced traditionally in the Agrafa area, Karditsa, Thessaly.

Santorini has indigenous white grape varieties, the Assyrtiko, Athiri and Aidani. About 1.200 hectares are under cultivation.

In Kissavos, especially in Metaxohori village, there are many cherry cultivations. The cherries have a deep red color and a unique taste.

Komboloi is a string of beads played with one or two hands and used to relax and avoid thinking of stressful issues.

Basmas tobacco, especially the aromatic type cultivated in the Xanthi Highlands region, is considered one of the finest tobacco varieties.

Ouzo is a dry anise-flavoured aperitif with a taste close pastis and sambuca, traditionally produced in Lesbos.

Krokos Kozanis (Greek Macedonian Saffron) is one of the world's most intense and valuable varieties.

Malvasia is a list of wine grape varieties grown in the Mediterranean, the Balearic and the Canary Islands and the island of Madeira.

Chios island has a tradition in the ceramics art, which can be found in several villages of the island, Armolia being the center.

Kumquat, a local trademark product of Corfu, almost a century grown in the area, is used for the production of liquors and sweets.

Natural sponges are one of the most famous traditional products of Greece, Kalymnos having the longest history in sponge-fishing.

Mastic Chios is a resin obtained from the mastic tree of Chios. It is known as the "tears of Chios" and it has a bitter pine-like flavor.

Galotιri cheese is a soft PDO table cheese with a creamy texture produced traditionally from sheep's or goats' milk or from their mixture.

Mizithra cheese is made of milk and whey and it comes from sheep or goats or both.

Anthotyros is a traditional fresh cheese of Greece, either made dry or fresh.

Ladotiri Mytilinis is a PDO hard table cheese produced from sheeps’ milk or from a mixture of sheeps’ milk and goats’ milk.

Chestnuts of Melivia, famous for their quality, colour, size and taste, are met all over Kissavos.

Lupin beans are yellow beans, traditionally eaten as pickled snack food.

Greece is one of the most multi-varietal wine producing countries and its vineyard is one of the richest in the world, with 550 varieties.

It is salted pork smoked with green sage. A unique high quality traditional product of Greece.

The Giant Beans of Prespes (Fasolia Prespon in Greek) are famous because of the micro-climate of the lakes.

Feta is a brined curd white cheese made in Greece from sheep's milk, or from a mixture of sheep and goat's milk.