Greek wines

For Greeks, wine is not just a simple consumer product, but reveals the way and quality of their life, traditions and culture. About this "cultural product with history and roots that stretch back thousands of years" and the efforts made...

The Greek Wine Awards 2013 Contest was held on Feb. 9 - 10 in Bad Dürkheim, Germany. Wines from Crete were especially distinguished with 21 medals for quality and presence. As noted at an event held in a winery in...

Lovers of somewhat mysterious phrases please take note - the Otago Museum in New Zealand has just taken delivery of its second Gnathian oinochoe. Prof. Robert Hannah, the honorary curator of the museum's classics collection, explained that an oinochoe...

Greek wine is among the best in the world, but has failed to crack international markets because of a lack of promotion, and now the country’s crushing economic crisis has made pre-tax profits fall by 17.65 percent this year,...

Drinking alcoholic beverages has a symposium-like and festive quality abundant at celeberations in Greece, especially on name days, birthdays, holidays, weddings, gatherings, graduations and christenings. It's part of everyday life and drinking in moderation proves healthy for the human...

The Chinese community in Greece has decreased over the past 15 years by 10,000 people while Chinese stores, that have mushroomed all around the country, are struggling now with financial crisis. President of the Chinese Trade and Cultural Association...

Famous French wine collector François Audouze found out about a wine sale in Drouot, France, including different samples of the first half of the 19th century and many bottles of a 1845 grape variety from Cyprus. As noted by Diaspora...

Greek businessmen in the wine production sector are making many efforts to promote Greek wines abroad. A new decision made by the EU facilitates such efforts, since the European Commission approved funding for ad campaigns to to promote Greek...

This year has proven successful for Samos wines which have already received significant distinctions according to an announcement made by the Union of Winery Cooperatives of Samos. Samos Anthemis 500 ml 2006 and Samos Nectar 2008 500 ml won the...

Its funny where a taste or smell can transport you. Thirty-five years ago waiting for the "big lunch" bell filled my heart with dread. Trying to find a quiet corner to open my brown square school bag to discover what concoction my Greek mother...