Cyprus in the spotlight
Amazing Xynisteris and Maratheftiko, from Greece and Grapes! In a recent article in The Master's Voice column, Yannis Karakasis MW
refers to the rising potential of Cypriot wine and the enthusiasmthat surrounds the is..
Enjoying a Vidiano 2013 (a white wine grape variety widely cultivated in Crete), suddenly I realized that it was not "fresh". My wine however looked alive in the glass, having started to slowly aromatically open and having lost neither its chromatic ..
While reading a very interesting point of view of Panos Deligiannis in an article in the FNL Guide, to mark the arrival of Santorini of Tselepos, we were given the opportunity to reflect once more on the prices of Greek wines. Obviously, we all..
A new entry on the Greek wineries list is the Syros winery, its owner a young oenologist, Nikos Hatzakis who took on the task of bringing out the unknown wine heritage of the Cycladic Capital. With two white wines ideal for summer gatherings bet on..
As for summer wines, from broken whites to sweet ambers, we prefer all shades of whites as they match the mood, the weather, and are served well with food. They usually have stronger acidities, contain almost no tannins which means they have no tar..
So what if she is not known abroad as the now international Assyrtiko and Moschofilero. So what if she is less widespread than the Savatiano and the Roditi. The Malagouzia has paved her own path rapidly and upwards. The Malagouzia is a variety th..
Both of producer's Stelios Kechris Retsinas conquered one more important distinction. The retsina called “The Pine's Tear” or "Tear of the Pine" in direct translation was awarded the gold medal at the official French contest “Vinalies International..
Do you know what flute, ballon and tulip have in common? They are all glasses, specially designed in order to bring out a wine' s advantages and graces. But not of the same wine. Since wine variety is great, shapes of glasses should vary as wel..
I remember in my early childhood years, when my grandmother 's sister would take me by the hand and we would walk to an underground tavern in Ag. Paraskeui with a plastic bottle in hand. The basement full of barrels and the characteristic scent of ..