When I was 20, Jimmy Carter was President and I summered in Greece, sleeping on the beaches, drinking Retsina wine, gobbling Moussaka.  Retsina has been around for 2000 years, evolving from the practice of sealing wine casks with pine resin.  It is, to say the least, an acquired taste.  In the 1970s, Retsina was synonymous with Greek wine, and remains the EU’s name for the Greek Appellation.  Greek vintner Alexander Megapanos  says wine is a product of its civilization, and should “represent its area, terrain, and people.”  When I was 20, retsina certainly filled that bill...  

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