WELCOME TO GREEK WINES

While bitter cold reigns outside, we want to take another look back at a tasting we held at the end of October - in glorious sunshine and summery temperatures. They allowed us to fire up the grill one more time and, after several great white-wine tastings during this outdoor season (with Assyrtiko (in German), Malagousia (in German), and Moschofilero (in German), for example), to hold a lovely red-wine tasting outdoors as well. Single-varietal Cabernet Sauvignon was to take c

Moschofilero from the Arcadian plateau: how it tastes, what PDO Mantinia requires and what it pairs with – plus 23 of our own tasting notes and our best-of list.

That the Ktima Kokotos 2017 from Kokotos Estate (PGI Attica) can't be a bad wine has been clear at the latest since it placed 15th in the "50 Great Greek Wines" competition, making it the best international cuvée among the wines tasted. But even before that, Greece lovers should already have had this wine on their radar. It comes, after all, from an estate with decades of tradition. Anne and Jorgos Kokotos founded the estate near Stamata, not far from Athens, as a refuge, and

The weather forecast had promised a few last warming rays of sunshine, so we wanted to seize the opportunity to drink white wine once more. For it we lined up a few bottles that had accumulated and that at first glance do not have much in common. As the title shows, however, there is a common thread after all - namely the shared idea of combining grape varieties classically considered aromatic varieties with Chardonnay. We wanted to see how bouquet and elegance actually come

This dessert wine, Ktima Montofoli from the estate of the same name (known internationally as Montofoli Estate) in the small PGI Karystos (where only two wineries produce wine under this appellation), is a powerhouse! That the 2013 vintage, which we too got to taste, was recently awarded gold at the Decanter with a corresponding 95 points comes as no surprise whatsoever. In the cuvée of sun-dried grapes, Assyrtiko dominates at 60%. You can make very good dessert wine from thi

Alongside Xinomavro, Agiorgitiko is surely the best-known Greek red grape variety. Through the PDO Nemea it has achieved international fame. We've already discussed several notable Agiorgitikos from Nemea and the rest of Greece here on the blog (see, for instance, here (in German)). When it comes to cuvées, though, one can't shake the impression that the Agiorgitiko grape lags well behind Xinomavro. You don't get the sense that many winemakers place a great deal of trust in i