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Share the wine joy!

Share the wine joy!

Yiannis 28/06/2017 0
A lot has been written about the contribution of Ancient Greeks in wine spreading and trading leaving most contemporary Greeks feeling proud of our wi...
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A short story about Dionysus

A short story about Dionysus

Yiannis 09/06/2017 0
Who could ever think of Greece existing without grapes and vines, a country in which up to this day more than 300 different grape varieties are cultiv...
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Best Greek Wines - Robert Parker, April 2017

Best Greek Wines - Robert Parker, April 2017

konstantinos 02/05/2017 2
The new tastings from 2018 are in, head over to our recaps of the best greek red wines and top white wines (just in time for the summer!) from tasting...
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Visit at the Dougos Winery

Visit at the Dougos Winery

konstantinos 23/03/2017 0
It was an open invitation. We often stalled our visit s since daily pressure in Athens makes you sometimes to not even want to move a finger over the ...
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Greek White Wine Varietals

Greek White Wine Varietals

konstantinos 11/03/2017 0
Wine making in Greece has an amazingly long history (right back to the beginning of recorded history in fact!) and it follows that there are many whit...
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Wine Systems AG - Top Greek Wines of 2017

Wine Systems AG - Top Greek Wines of 2017

konstantinos 06/03/2017 0
One of the ratings that we mention for our web site products is Wine Systems AG based on PAR methodology (Product, Analysis and Rating). The reason is...
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Top Greek organic wines of 2017

Top Greek organic wines of 2017

konstantinos 01/03/2017 0
Consumer shifts to more "natural" products, i.e. organic, has understandably affected wine making. Organic wines (bio in Europe, organic in the United...
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Fi Cocktails

Fi Cocktails

Yiannis 14/02/2017 0
A journey from the Venetian traces of history in the island of Kythira: "Phi" is the modern expression in the old family recipe. The creation of "Phi"...
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Do white wines age well?

Do white wines age well?

Yiannis 18/12/2016 1
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 a...
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Malmsey Greek wine - recommended by Rick Stein!

Malmsey Greek wine - recommended by Rick Stein!

Yiannis 16/11/2016 3
 Top English chef Rick Stein was in Monemvasia in southern Greece recently filming with the BBC for his Venice to Istanbul series.   During his trip h...
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Greece and Grapes and Zacharias Diamantakis invite you!

Greece and Grapes and Zacharias Diamantakis invite you!

Yiannis 07/11/2016 0
On Novemver 16th 2016, at "a Liar Man" bar at 21:00, we will be honored to have with us Zacharias Diamantakis from the Diamantakis winery from Crete, ...
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New Greek Wine Ratings from Robert Parker Wine Advocate

New Greek Wine Ratings from Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Yiannis 01/11/2016 0
The latest Issue 227 of Robert Parker Wine Advocate was just released with some excellent ratings for selected Greek wines. Beyond the personal opinio...
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Yiannis Papargyriou and the King of the Mountains

Yiannis Papargyriou and the King of the Mountains

Yiannis 18/10/2016 1
On Saturday the 8th we visited a winemaker and a partner of ours and to be honest we had been waiting a long time for this encounter. We visited Yiann...
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Biodynamic wines

Biodynamic wines

panagiotis 05/09/2016 0
Is it a trend, a type of uniqueness or an extreme form of cultivation? First and foremost, Biodynamic farming is a philosophy concerning world percept...
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Wine tips and tricks

Wine tips and tricks

Yiannis 05/08/2016 0
For maximum enjoyment of our wine and the use of all our senses, we insist that things are much simpler compared to what we think. To try and drink a ...
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