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Information provided in great part by the Greek Vitis Database
Photographs are from the Greek Vitis Database site, some of these from
Haroula Spiranthopou's
Wine Producing Varieties of the Greek Vineyard


 

Name:

  Skylopnichtis kokkinosa
       
 

Berry color:

  Red
 

 

   
 

Use:

  Red
       
 

Greek name:

 
 

 

   
 

GW.com Pronunciation:

  skee-lohp-neek-tees koh-kee-nohs
       
 

Synonyms, transliterations and transliterated synonyms:

  Skylopnichtra, Kasteliotiko, Mavros Arkadias
 

 

   
 

Locations:

  Peloponessos (Achaia, Messinia, Arkadia, Lakonia), Aitoloakarnania, Fokida, Viotia, Evrytania, Epirus, Ionian islands
       
 

Producers:

   
 

 

   
 

Etymology:

  "which smothers dog and red"
       
 

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