Greece

DRINKING METAXA IS LIKE KNOWING THE COOL CLUB NO-ONE ELSE DOES

It’s very hard to know how to answer certain invitations. “Mike, would you like to come to a breakfast to try an amazing Greek spirit?” Well, you can’t say no can you? Not sure I’ve ever tried to pair a wine with my cornflakes, let alone a spirit, but life’s full of these little mysteries …

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#NWTW Week 24: Winemaking in Greece, the Granddaddy of them all!

Well maybe not the Granddaddy of them all, but maybe it’s fair to say that wine making in Europe can claim to have got going in this gorgeous, hot, and rocky country.  These days money pumped in from the EU has revived what was a tough industry and the likes of Merlot and Chardonnay rub …

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#NWTW Week 24: Assyrtiko From Greece (Part Two)

Following up from a New World classic, we’re going straight to an Old World legend.  The more famous wine I guess from Greece is Retsina, made in a slightly funky way that makes it another of those “marmite” wines.  We’re not going down that road.  We’re heading to the island of Santorini for the beautiful …

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