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       Lately, visiting various groups of wine lovers on social media, I notice that the ancient question is often asked: is an aged wine better than a fresh one? Do I open it or hold it? Will it preserve?Is an aged wine better than a fresh one? Do I..

Their basic difference is measured in IBU (International Bittering Units) being the international betterness measuring unit of beer and results from the amount of hops used in their production. For the hard-core beer fans, bitterness in a beer is co..

Skouras Synoro: Read the full article of Konstantinos Lazarakis MW and enjoy the vintages of 2008, 2012, as well as the current one of 2015, with just a click!  The wine area for a few years now is the best wine area ever! A few decades ago t..

Wine Enjoyment Guide: Greek Orange WinesBy Yiannis Karakasis MWWe continue the Enjoyment Guide that we started in the previous months with a new style of wine, or to put it more correctly, with one of the oldest styles of wine that has made a dynam..

Santorini Wine Report: Earth, Wind & Fire  Dear wine lover,   We wanted to share with you the exciting news of the publication of the Terroir Report on Santorini by Yiannis Karakasis MW. It can be found on Yiannis’ site.   From 6 produ..

Continuing the Enjoyment Guide, always focusing on practical issues around the enjoyment of wine, I thought to address a topic that initially sounds quite simplistic. However, it has as many extensions as there are color shades of rosé wines.How to..

We continue the Enjoyment Guide we started last month, discussing the famed food and wine pairings, with a new topic that is at the heart of the season. How we can maximize the enjoyment of our wine during the summer months. It's a fact that heat and..

 One of the most peculiar characteristics of the wine industry is the difficulty of speaking simply and clearly. On the contrary, there's a significant effort to impress, either by presenting something as nuclear physics or oversimplifying it. Forgiv..

                                                                                  In my article “Next Big Thing after Santorini”, that you can read here in English, what is mentioned is that, in order to tell a wine story successfully, excell..