Messiniaki Microbrewery (NEMA) · Kalamata · Peloponnisos

In Kalamata, whose black olives have conquered delicatessens worldwide, Messiniaki Mikrozythopoiia brews the NEMA range — fresh Messenian beer made for the Mediterranean table that built the region's reputation. The city also hosts the Peloponnese Beer Festival, where microbreweries from across the peninsula come to measure up, proof that the Messenian capital takes beer seriously. Between the old quarter and its castle, the long urban beach, the Rindomo gorge and the sumptuous coastal road running towards the Mani, NEMA gives the south-west Peloponnese its hopped signature — the logical pairing for the salad that bears the city's name.