Tsipouro & Co
Rain at the wrong time of the year can ruin a harvest. It can also be a challenge if you have planned for a big outside event. Last Saturday the son of my sister-in-law was…
The Greek Le Pin
First hand practical experience in order to learn more about a subject is almost always something to strive for. Whenever I get the chance to become involved with the work that takes place in a…
Vatistas Vineyards
I recently spent one week of vacation in Laconia, which is located in the southern Peloponnese area in Greece. I took this as an opportunity to start my quest of tasting 100 Greek wines, each…
Tetramythos
I recently came across some wines of the Tetramythos Estate, and was captured by their personality. The winery is located at the stunning landscapes of Aegiala in the Peloponnese. The 14 ha vineyards are situated…
Wine lovers
Pretty much every adult in Greece consumes wine, often on a daily basis. When I moved to the country in 2003, I was therefore quite surprised by how hard it seemed to meet people who…
Alpha Estate
Eric Boissenot, one of the most famous oenologists of the winemaking world, was recently invited at the Alpha Estate in Amyndeo, Greece, by the vineyard’s oenologist Angelos Iatridis. Eric Boissenot maintains his wine laboratory…
At Ktima Tselepos
Yiannis Tselepos invited me for talk and food to his estate in Rizes, very close to Tripoli, on the 19th of May. It was a hot, but extremly windy day, I could not go…
Visiting Kokkalis
On the 15th May I made my way to Skafidia to pay another visit to Christos Kokkalis. It is always such a pleasure to spend some time with him! The car journey was very…
Kostis Dalamara
This morning I was visited at my home by Kostis Dalamara from the Dalamara Estate in Naoussa. The Dalamara Estate has been handed down from generation to generation since the 1840s. Kostis is the…
Articles by Squires
Mark Squires, who among other countries covers Greece for Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, kindly gave me permission to link two articles he published and that are well worth reading. Greece’s North: Xinomavro Santorini: Not just…