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Hard cheese: Tough times for Greece's Naxos Graviera cheese as production falters

Naxos Graviera, the hard cheese of the Greek Cycladic island was named the world’s best cheese in 2025 by the food guide TasteAtlas, but its makers are now facing increasing production problems.

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00:02Naxos Graviera is one of Greece's most famous and important hard cheese's. It has held protected
00:08designation of origin status since 1996 and its popularity has long extended beyond
00:13Greece's borders with exports reaching 20 countries. In 2025 it was named the world's best cheese
00:19by the international gastronomy platform Taste Atlas. This hard cheese is considered one
00:24of Greece's leading export products and it's suitable for a wide range of culinary uses.
00:30The beauty of the Graviera Naxos is a combination that can't be difficult in the area.
00:37First of all, the Graviera Naxos has a very healthy taste and it is combined with a very high elasticity.
00:42I have arrived at the same time that the Graviera Naxos is associated with the Graviera
00:47that is produced in the Gulf and the Gulf. The Naxos is a paradise of aromatic fruit.
00:52So here, in Naxos, we have the first ones with the peteries.
00:57In the Gulf, we have the peteries. The peteries are filled with the flavor of the peteries.
01:05The peteries are filled with the peteries and with the peteries.
01:10The Naxos is also filled with the peteries.
01:13The Naxos union produces this premium cheese using milk exclusively from animals raised and kept on the island,
01:19following traditional cheese making practices at every stage of the process.
01:24The first one is the gala and it is located in close temperatures.
01:29Therefore, we have the ability to combine it. It is a time to come to the peteries.
01:35We have to see if it is okay to see the peteries of the peteries.
01:41Then, it is a thermal operation so that it will be the final product, the peteries of the peteries.
01:47Sales could double or even triple the recurrent levels, but declining milk production is limiting the quantities available,
01:54with exports also running below the levels recorded in the past.
01:57Even so, the cheese remains the flagship of the island's export products.
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