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August 10, 2020

Rizes2  Vidiano Assyrtiko 2019

The dawn of the next generation is upon us.   As the Covid-19 lockdown was lifted, my renewed travels gave me the opportunity to scout new […]
November 14, 2019

Artémis Karamolegos Winery Louroi-Platià Santorini 2017

Borderline There are quite a lot of things that have shifted on Santorini, not always in the right direction. As I write these lines the number […]
September 23, 2019

Katogi Averoff Inima Athiri Assyrtiko 2018

Serendipity Due to price hikes on Santorini interest for better value expressions had savvy buyers looking elsewhere. On the export markets Crete’s Assyrtiko was the first […]
December 16, 2017

Intriguingly different

Santorini is an improbable vineyard. My esteemed colleague Andrew Jefford succinctly puts it ‘the world’s most pronounced terroir wines’. There are numerous reasons why and not […]
May 24, 2016
Alexakis Kariki (Assyrtiko-Athiri)

A find

Stelios Alexakis has for decades been a towering standardsetting figure in wine Nationwide colleagues hold him in high esteem for his longlasting professionalism If you are […]
September 21, 2015
Athinà PDO Santorini

Stuff of daydreams

The investment on Santorini is not about to stop any time soon Joint ventures have recently been set up by Avantis and Tselepos The ambitiously named […]
August 19, 2015
Gaia Thalassitis Submerged

Uncharted territory

This unusual review comes from a different address of sorts It has aged for four years and a few months at a depth of 20m Temperature […]
July 23, 2015
Estate Argyros

Jurassic Santorini and the French

Santorinis geology puzzle is breathtaking While researching my forthcoming book with Chef Vassilis Zacharakis I have been fortunate to broaden my scope beyond vineyards and wine […]
July 4, 2015
Diamantakis  Diamantopetra  Vidiano-Assyrtiko

Place or grape?

Fifteen years ago Zacharias Diamantakis was a distiller His fragrant textured Liatiko tsikoudia sets the standards Its properties present this misunderstood gifted Cretan specialty in the […]
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