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15 Mar Markou Kleftes 2017: An eye-opening Savatiano!
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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 ..
21 Feb Comfort Fine Dining and Wine
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Comfort Fine Dining and Wine. Greece and Grapes and Yiannis Karakasis meet Aleria's chef, Gikas Xenakis, and talk in loose tones about gastronomy and wine.  Yiannis: How did you become a wine afficionado?Gikas: Basically, with my involvem..
19 Jan Greek wines beyond the age of innocence: A Fine Wines Question
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Greek wines beyond the age of innocence: A Fine Wines Question  As Greek wine emerges from its age of innocence, more and more people will speculate about the potential the country has to produce fine wines. Can this happen? Ιs it achievable, and..
13 Dec Greek wines to try x3
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By Yiannis Karakasis In case you happened to read my article on the double delight of wine, which I had originally named x2, but had to have it retitled due to the Search Engine Optimization protocol – life has really changed, hasn’t it? - you ma..
21 Nov Wine Ratings and the scale of....1000!
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When you pick up your keyboard and start writing about, as important an issue as, wine rating, it is very probable that you might need a few thousand words. Those who know me well enough, know that I always try to be concise and purposeful when I d..
20 Oct Tasting with the Master: #1 Agiorgitiko
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If you love wine and the enjoyment that it can generously and  without great effort or thought offer,  then a wine from Agiorgitiko grape variety would be the perfect choice. You must be wondering what the explanation is.  Simple! It has the..
21 Sep Combining and comparing wines for double delight
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All of the people who are involved in the wonderful world of wine are constantly debating which is the best way to magnify the perception and enjoyment of the wine they are drinking. As a matter of fact, there are no strict rules pertaining to this..
21 Aug Reap, Harvest, War
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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..
24 Jul Sailing down the wine dark sea
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 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’..
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