Parparoussis

Meeting with Joanna Locke, MW, at the Wine Society UK

May 27th, 2009 | By | Category: Christos Kokkalis, Joanna Locke MW, Kokkalis, Parparoussis, The Wine Society

On the 26th of May I had the great pleasure of presenting some Greek wines to Joanna Locke, Master of Wine, at the Wine Society in Stevenage, UK. I woke up at 04:30 am and made my way to the Athens airport. I arrived in London Stansted at 09:30 am local time, boarded the Stansted [...]



Meeting with Greek winemakers

Apr 30th, 2009 | By | Category: Christos Kokkalis, Dimitris Gouravas, Kokkalis, Michalakis, Papantonis, Parparoussis, Thimiopoulos

  Yesterday I had the great pleasure of welcoming a number of Greek winemakers at my home. Apostolos Thimiopoulos flew in from Thessaloniki, Christos Kokkalis and Thanassis Parparoussis shared a taxi from Pyrgos/Patras, Antonis Papantonis came from Nemea and Dimitris Gouravas from Athens. The first person arrived at 09:30 am, the last left at 08:00 [...]



Meeting with Julia Harding, Master of Wine, in London

Apr 17th, 2009 | By | Category: Christos Kokkalis, Dalamara, Hyatt Andaz, Jancis Robinson, Joris Beijn, Julia Harding, Kokkalis, Palivou, Papayianni Claudia, Parparoussis, Thimiopoulos

I just came back from a 5-day trip to London, where I took my three eldest children for a Easter treat. We stayed with different friends and I took my kids to all the tourist attractions – a double-decker bus tour, Tower of London, Natural History Museum, London Aquarium, London Eye, Science Museum, Musical (Joseph [...]



Greek wines – a busy start of the new year

Feb 18th, 2009 | By | Category: Alpha Estate, Arvantidi, Christos Kokkalis, Driopi, Gerovassiliou, Kokkalis, Mercouri Estate, Palivou, Parparoussis, Stavropoulos, Trilogia, Tselepos

My first trip of the year (22.01.) took me to Nemea where I spent a couple of hours with the very generous Mr. George Palivos of the Palivou Estate. We tasted the full range of wines, starting with the basic Anemos white (Roditis), Anemos red (Agiorgitiko), and Vissino rose (Agiorgitiko/Syrah). Next came the Estate wines: [...]