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Great Greeks – Palivou Estate; a Nemea star.

On August 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Greece’s most famous wine region? Hardly a million dollar question considering there’s no correct answer, but likely it would end up in a battle between Santorini and Nemea, where the lava island probably would stand as the “winner” in the end. However, this post is all about the region of Nemea in Peloponnese, one of [...]

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Great Greeks – Time for some Drama

On July 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment

“Mmmmm…this is good! I like it a lot. Sweet plums and licorice.”

The Greek terroir hunt continues. Discovering and learning about Greek wines has so far been this year’s eye opener for me. Never would I have thought Cephalonia could produce such great wines as the Robola and Eclipse from Gentilini. Or that [...]

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Christos Kokkalis; Checking out the 2008 vintage

On February 21, 2011 · 2 Comments

It can’t be that fun being Greek. Not at the moment that is. Greece’s economy is the villain of the piece and wherever you read there’s someone demanding the country to speed up its reform making. Do you want to support the Greeks? Then start reforming the way you look at Greek wines and buy [...]

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Guest blogger Markus Stolz: Presenting Greece

On November 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment

 

Imagine the following. You’re standing there in the wineshop. The shelves are filled with French, German, Italian and Spanish wines. American wines, Aussie’s, Kiwi’s and South African’s. You name it. But Greek wines? Probably none. If there were any, how many of you would pick up an Agiorgitiko or a Xinomavro prior to the [...]

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