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9 Feb 2009 by Julia Harding MW
Kir-Yianni (profiled here ) have estates in Naoussa, pictured left, and in Amyndeon in northern Greece. They sent the following report on the 2008 vintage, describing it as 'the vintage with...
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10 Sep 2008 by Jancis Robinson
In a nutshell: Distinctive indigenous varieties with great potential but hard to sell outside Greece.
Main grapes : Assyrtiko, Rhoditis, Muscat, Saviatiano, Moscophilero (white);...
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15 Jul 2008 by Julia Harding MW
When it comes to promoting Greek wines abroad, the producers of Macedonia (see The right road to northern Greece ) face many of the same dilemmas as those in the south of the country, in...
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14 Jul 2008 by Julia Harding MW
WRONG could hardly be a more unfortunate name for a young organisation, and not one that its members or promoters are likely to use. However, wine producers in northern Greece, large and small,...
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25 Sep 2007 by JR
Find this wine
What a delicious blend of Sauvignon and Assyrtiko this is! Ktima Biblia Chora 2006 Pangeon with its 60% Sauvignon most obvious on the nose is far from...
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20 Jul 2007 by JR
See this thread in the members' forum.
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10 Aug 2004 by JR
As we approach the Athens Olympics with more wonder than awe, it seems as though I am not the only one with enthusiasm for modern Greek wines. (See Where is Greek wine today? and My...
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9 Oct 2003 by JR
At a gigantic tasting of the current wares of Britain's most wine-minded supermarket Waitrose this week I was bowled over by an organic Greek red. Tsantali Cabernet Sauvignon 2000 Halkidiki is...
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20 Sep 2011 by Richard Hemming
The 2011 grape harvest across Europe has been a varied one, with grape health threatened in many areas thanks to an inclement summer - although there has recently been a hot spell in...
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9 Jul 2011 by Nick Lander/FT
The Greek financial crisis has at least reminded me of one of the country's growing assets: the modern, vibrant, fresh and healthy Greek food I have enjoyed in Athens, on the island of Santorini,...
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6 Jul 2010 by Jancis Robinson
From €10.95 and $18.98
Find this wine (and Ch Sigalas Rabaud 2009 Sauternes)
As I explained in my account of the recent Masters of Wine Symposium in Bordeaux, the...
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29 Apr 2010 by Julia Harding MW
The final stage on my semi-circular tour of the Peloponnese was the city of Patras in the Achaia prefecture, right up in the north, now joined by a bridge to the mainland of Central Greece. I...
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28 Apr 2010 by Julia Harding MW
See Greeks not resting on their laurels for my introduction to this trip around the Peloponnese and Welcome to Greek Week for links to related reports.
Now we are way down in the...
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27 Apr 2010 by Julia Harding MW
See Greeks not resting on their laurels for my introduction to this trip around the Peloponnese.
We visited just two producers here on the high plateau of Mantinia (roughly in the...
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26 Apr 2010 by Jancis Robinson
Julia Harding MW recently spent time in Greece, culminating in a whirlwind tour of that major part of mainland Greece that always requires, for me, a check on the spelling, the many-fingered...
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