Where did all the Santorini White Wine Go?
I recently attended a tasting of impressive Santorini white wine. The Assyrtiko grape had fallen...
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Tag: Greek wine
Talking Natural Wine With Dimitrios & Stavroula Kioutsoukis, Kamara Estate, Greece
A few weeks back we spoke with Winemakers Dimitrios & Stavroula Kioutsoukis of...
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Try This : A Young Vines Xinomavro
2013 Thymiopoulos “Young Vines” Xinomavro, Macedonia, Greece (Alcohol 13.5%) LCBO...
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Young Blood Sommelier : Terry Kandylis
In the second of an thirteenth (and wildly popular) series, we interview some of the most talented...
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Nemea’s G Spot: Seek It Out
Andreas Lantides is the son and heir of visionary Greek Vigneron Panos Lantides of Lantides...
Read MoreThe Grape Hunter: Athiri
The Athiri (Pronounced Ah thee’ ree) grape is another varietal that often flies under the radar, and in typical Greek fashion, just to confuse one even further, it is also known variously as Asprathiri, Asprathiro, Athiri...
Read MoreThe Grape Hunter: Vidiano
Forever giving props to the underdog, I felt particularly sorry to discover that the lowly Vidiano varietal didn’t even warrant a Wikipedia page or inclusion within the very back pages of my older edition of Jancis...
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The Grape Hunter: Roditis or Rhoditis
Once Greece’s most planted white grape (actually a rather appealing pink hue) Roditis...
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The Grape Hunter: Xinomavro
By Jamie Drummond Wherever one reads about the Greek Xinomavro varietal, native to the uplands of...
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Toronto Goes Greek
On Tuesday the 15th of May a plethora of Ontario winelovers descended upon Toronto’s Metropolitan Hotel for a chance to discover The New Wines of Greece. Many of the shining stars of the Greek wine world were present to pour their vinous treats.
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Christina Boutari
A couple of months ago I was given a last minute opportunity to record an interview with Christina Boutari of the enormous Boutari Grecian wine empire.
Having visited Boutari’s historic Nemea winery back in the Summer of 2010, and having been a great fan of their myriad bottlings over the years since, it was a delight to get to share a couple of drinks with Christina Boutari and discuss her thoughts on the future of her family’s wine business.
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Try This Wine: Sigalas Assyrtico
I was shocked by the greatness of the 2006 vintage, so intense and with mind-blowing extract, mineral with extraordinary structure, brilliant acidity and overall complexity. Aromas and flavours of lime, apples, stone fruit and even spicy floral nuances, but what struck me was the textural strength and vividness, almost salty mineral and brisk acid composure of the wine.
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