Posts Tagged ‘ Moschofilero ’

White wine and dark chocolate

Oct 29th, 2009 | By elloinos | Category: Food and Wine

One evening a short while ago I was overcome by a sudden urge for really dark chocolate. I only like chocolate with a minimum cocoa content of 70%, the higher the better. I also prefer to eat dark chocolate cold and store it in the fridge.
A few days before, my mother-in-law had given me some [...]



Moschofilero

Oct 1st, 2009 | By elloinos | Category: Grape varieties from Greece, Moschofilero

 

Part of a series of videos to bring 100 different Greek grape varieties to you.
Fact File Moschofilero
Area grown: Planted throughout the Peloponnese and also on many Ionian islands. It is at its best in Mantinia where the vineyards lie high. The cooler climate leads to grapes that are low in sugar, low in alcohol, and high in [...]



Obsession with Fruit Concentration at Domaine Skouras

Sep 24th, 2009 | By elloinos | Category: Skouras

“My philosophy is to have clean wines where everything falls into place. It is all about the fruit and freshness, your saliva should get going when you taste my wines”.
These words of George Skouras capture the style of his wines perfectly. He invited me to visit him at his Domaine in Malandreni at the Peloponnese, [...]