WELCOME TO GREEK WINES

Starting our series on Greek wineries with "Ktima Gerovassiliou" (pronounced: Yerovasilíu) makes sense on many levels. This is, without question, one of the most respected producers of Greek wine, and you could even say that modern Greek winemaking, now making waves internationally too, wouldn't exist without the contribution of Evangelos Gerovassiliou, born 1951. It's therefore no coincidence either that the TV documentary (in German) on Greek wines already discussed here op

Jancis Robinson, one of the world's most important wine critics, has just published a blog post in which she talks about dream (wine) travel destinations, suggesting that in pandemic times, selected bottles can keep memories alive. In it, she also talks about Greece. (Anyone who hasn't yet been to Greece can, of course, let the wine be exactly what first stirs up the wish to travel there…) She writes, specifically: Azure water, blindingly white walls, fresh fish, tiny churche