Greek aged spirits, led by tsipouro, have made great strides in terms of quality, justifying in consumers’ heads that they can offer the same moments of pleasure as international well-established drinks.Aged samples excel in international competit..
Pairing classic Christmas dishes with the right wines. A brief guide to the sea of flavors!Christmas! The season of joy, laughter and good friends. But it is also a time when food and wine pairings take place.As families and friends gather around the..
We were taught to only pair meat with red wine. Let's forgive them!Some will talk about stereotypes, others about
"common sense", others simply don't drink red wine because it annoys
them, while there are also those who don't mind pouring white wine ..
The awards “50 Great Greek Wines” are the creation of
Yiannis Karakasis, Greece ‘s second Master of Wine. As he states, they started
as an idea to give Greek wine producers a recognizable identity to wine lovers all
over the world. Although
2023 is j..
The right glassware and their importance in wine: Necessity or show-off?In a world where size and shape matters, glassware should be in the top of this list.It is not a luxury, it is not a show-off, it is simply wine culture to seek the maximum possi..
Barrel and oak importance in wine: Necessity or exaggeration?Looking back on the writer's early days as a budding wine lover, I remember the atmosphere in the discussions and writing at the time, promoting the use of casks in wine as a necessity to u..
What wines will you try during Easter? Should you go classic or unconventional? Easter Sunday, a day of celebration and the festive end of fasting.Traditionally, in one way or another, (almost) everyone will eat mageiritsa, lamb, on the spit, in ..
How Do I Describe a Wine?Wine magazines, blogs, publications, and other sources many times use terms and sayings … incomprehensible to the uninformed. What do all these exotic terms really mean? If I was crazy about a wine, how would I describe it to..
Decanting: Essential or just a show-off?Most of us who read these lines have witnessed, in some fine restaurant, the sommelier decanting a wine with surgical precision and religious reverence wine into a stylish crystal decanter. Do we really need th..