Merry Christmas 2015
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR! Christmas is about sharing and spending time with family and friends. It’s about creating happy memories with those you love. It's about time...
20 December, 2015
Visiting Athens and seeking to feel like a Greek for a while?
If you want to feel like a Greek for a while, Greeking.me is the answer. In the last few years, the number of people who visited Greece in order to get a close look at its beauties, history and cultural background has increased. Undoubtedly, there is...
11 December, 2015
A protestant-like work ethic
Tasting 2013 Gentilini Eclipse At a time when white wines used to be flat and oily, a small clutch of boutique wineries were bottling as nature made them: refreshingly crisp. South African oenologist André Van Wyk at Gentilini was one of them. It is a different...
08 December, 2015
Robola is the next Assyrtiko
One of the advantages in clocking the mileage I manage through the vineyards is meeting people who make wine to share with friends. Most of this wine gets bottled. No label, apart from chalk or felt-pen codes. It does not enter the marketplace. There is...
29 November, 2015
Strange Greek Foods and Aphrodisiacs
There are many proverbs in Greece and many are related to food. For example there is one that says “Love goes first through the stomach”. It seems our ancestors new something indeed. While many people outside of Greece have heard a lot about roasted octopus, souvlaki...
21 November, 2015
Top 3 things to do in Kefalonia
With its almost year-round sunny weather, beautiful bays sporting Loggerhead turtles, stunning countryside walks and photogenic whitewashed villages perched upon the hillsides; it is easy to understand why the Greek island of Kefalonia has been cited as being the ‘island of dreams’. If you are lucky...
17 November, 2015
Robola Wine Festival on Kefalonia
The beautiful Greek island of Kefalonia certainly knows how to party. All year round many festivals and cultural and religious events take place. Towns and villages across the island host their own festivities to honour the patron saints. Even the smallest of villages will see...
15 November, 2015
PDO, PGI, IDO – What is this?
PDO Wines of Greece (“Protected Designation of Origin”) include the Greek wine category of “Designation of Origin Wines” (AOQS and AOC). The areas where AOQS wines are produced – “Designation of Origin of Superior Quality” (part of the PDO Wines of Greece) are in essence the...
04 November, 2015
When Wine Bottle Sizes matters!
Here is the list of wine bottle sizes and names as they relate to wine: Wine Bottle Sizes Chart 187.5 ml Piccolo or Split: Typically used for a single serving of Champagne. 375 ml Demi or Half: Holds one-half of the standard 750 ml size. 750 ml Standard: Common...
29 October, 2015