🏷️ Nama

Nama (Greek Νάμα) is a Greek traditional term listed in the EU register of traditional terms. According to the register, it designates sweet wines used for Holy Communion. The term belongs to Greece and is allowed both for wines with a protected designation of origin (PDO) and for wines with a protected geographical indication (PGI). In the register it is assigned to the category "wine", not to liqueur wine.

So nama is neither a grape variety nor a region, but a term for the purpose of a wine: a sweet wine for the church sacrament. That is why on this site it sits under sacramental wine and is linked to sweet wine and to Greek wine. The detailed rules on varieties and production are set by the specification of the PDO or PGI concerned.

Why it matters to you. The word Nama on a label means a sweet Greek wine with geographical protection, intended for Communion. It is still an alcoholic drink: according to the WHO, there is no safe level of alcohol consumption.