In order to write about one of the most perplexing wine regions in the world, it seems appropriate that the author started his adult life as a guitarist, with ambitions to be a rock star, while studying mechanical engineering at the National Technical University of Athens. He is not even sure how he got into wine, but somehow, by the time he’d graduated, career prospects had veered off course. Konstantinos Lazarakis became the first Greek MW in 2002. He co-founded the Wine & Spirits Professional Center in Greece...
The Wines of Greece – book review
Wednesday 26 December 2018
The Wines of Greece
Konstantinos Lazarakis MW
Infinite Ideas
ISBN 97819089847222
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