Posts Tagged ‘ Christos Kokkalis ’

The Greek Le Pin – Harvest and winemaking at the Kokkalis Estate

Sep 3rd, 2009 | By elloinos | Category: Brandford, Christos Kokkalis

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 vineyard or at a winery, I jump at it. The story of Christos Kokkalis is well known – he is [...]

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Working week in Germany Part 3

Jun 30th, 2009 | By elloinos | Category: Carls, Christos Kokkalis, Dagmar Willich, Kokkalis, Rene Baumgart

  On Thursday, I had a leisure day in Hamburg. I met with Christos Kokkalis at lunch time and we strolled around the city, had coffee, and as always talked a lot about Greek wines. Late afternoon I received a call from Mario Scheuermann, who asked if I could provide him with some more Greek [...]

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Working week in Germany Part 2: Meeting the big guys

Jun 29th, 2009 | By elloinos | Category: Christos Kokkalis, Eckhard Supp, Enoworldwine, Kokkalis, Mario Scheuermann, Michael Pleitgen, Odorfa, Tschebull, Weinakademie Berlin, Weinreporter

On Wednesday morning I woke up at 5:00 am and drove 5 hours to Hamburg. I arrived at the Hotel Baseler Hof around 11:30 am. A Twitter meeting was planned for the afternoon. This was organised by Mario Scheuermann alas weinreporter, who is a very well known wine critic and journalist. The agenda was for [...]

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

May 27th, 2009 | By elloinos | 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 [...]

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Visit at Christos Kokkalis

May 18th, 2009 | By elloinos | Category: Christos Kokkalis, Kokkalis, Skafidia, Trilogia

  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 pleasant. May is such a nice month, as everything is in full bloom, the landscapes are beautiful to look at. [...]

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Lunch with Kokkalis at the Codice Blu in Kolonaki

May 2nd, 2009 | By elloinos | Category: Boutopoulos, Christos Kokkalis, Codice Blu, Kokkalis, Kolonaki

 On the 1st May I met Christos Kokkalis for a late afternoon lunch at the Codice Blu Restaurant in the trendy Kolonaki area in Athens. Christos was still in town, and we decided to get together for some more discussions about Greek wines. One of his two lucky agents who distribute tiny quantities of his [...]

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Meeting with Greek winemakers

Apr 30th, 2009 | By elloinos | 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 [...]

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Meeting with Julia Harding, Master of Wine, in London

Apr 17th, 2009 | By elloinos | 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 [...]

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Lunch with Christos Kokkalis at Grada Nuevo Thessaloniki

Mar 17th, 2009 | By elloinos | Category: Christos Kokkalis, Grada Nuevo, Kokkalis

On the 6th March I met Christos Kokkalis first for a coffee, then for a 5 hour lunch at the Grada Nuevo restaurant in Thessaloniki. The restaurant has its own wine cellar and the wine list has a great selection. The owner brought us small plates of different food, everything was extremly delicious. We did [...]

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Greek wines – a busy start of the new year

Feb 18th, 2009 | By elloinos | 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: [...]

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