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Welcoming the natural wines of Sant’Or Winery!  The wines of Sant'Or Winery are among our new additions here in Greece and Grapes. We are thrilled to welcome these singular wines that try to express terroir with honesty and authenticity. Thes..

Cyprus moves forwardby Yiannis Karakasis MW      Cyprus is not unknown to the world of wine. Contrarily, its history and wine-making tradition dates back thousands of years, to the legend of the sweet Koumandaria; the oldest wine in..

  Gerovassiliou Syrah 2001: A very rare and singular Syrah, available exclusively from Greece and Grapes! Syrah is undoubtedly the most successful international variety in the Greek wine territory. Many good examples exist all over the countr..

Μarkou Kleftes 2017, an eye - opening Savatiano!   Kleftes (meaning thieves in Greek) from Markou family winery in Spata, Attica is a double challenge and a big bet placed in 2009. On the one hand, Savatiano is a variety that reached its limit ..

This very common ancient Greek saying is one of the most frequently wrongly used, as it is often misinterpreted.  We often tend to believe, that to reap and to harvest is the same as to go to war, a chaotic situation where the danger of defeat is a..

 How hard can it be for modern Greeks, as well as foreign scholars, to solve an almost 3000 years old riddle? For those who have chosen to cross the seas by boat to get to their vacation destination this summer, this riddle will show up on the waves’..

A lot has been written about the contribution of Ancient Greeks in wine spreading and trading leaving most contemporary Greeks feeling proud of our wine heritage. On the other hand if we contemplate on how our everyday life has evolved how many of us..

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 cultivated. It is no coincidence then that the worshiping of Dionysus emerged here and wine crop was re-ev..

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 weekend. However on the first Saturday of March we overcame our procrastination having the weather..