Cyprus wines and wine production is amongst the worlds oldest dating back to around 2000 BC. There are over 100 varieties of grapes cultivated in Cyprus, most of these are in Limassol and Paphos districts and on the foothills of Mount Olympus.
Probably the most famous wine is the dessert wine called Commandaria made from the Nama grape variety and dating back a few tens of hundreds of years:
Cyprus beer comes under one name, KEO, an extremely popular beer that is regularly a prize winner in world beer competitions.
Cyprus spirits include Zivania, a strong drink similar to Raki normally served cold and Cyprus Brandy which is again of high quality, probably the best known Cypriot brandy being Five Kings.
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