Greek Wines

Sigalas & the Santorini harvest 2025

by  |  15-09-2025

It’s no secret that the 2025 harvest on the Greek island of Santorini has been exceedingly difficult. In the harvest report of Domaine Sigalas, they readily acknowledge this by leading with the line, “…the situation... more »

Artemis Karamolegos – Nykteri 2018

by  |  03-07-2025

In an older season of The Simpsons, we learned about Homer’s past fame in a barbershop quartet. When first starting up and coming up with a name the group said, “We need a name that’s... more »

Talking about “Great Greek Wines” 2025

by  |  19-06-2025

I was fortunate to attend a tasting in April led by Yiannis Karakasis which looked at a sample from the Great Greek Wines competition that he founded. It was exciting to me as a) it’s... more »

Ten fine examples of Great Greek Wines

by  |  01-04-2025

Back in 2019, Master of Wine, Yiannis Karakasis did something that many others have done in the past, he started a wine competition. He did things very, very differently though. First, it was just for... more »

Dalamára – Kapnistos 2019

by  |  02-10-2024

It goes without saying that some days are just bad days, but for those days, thankfully there’s Assyrtiko. Much like a Dirty Martini on a muggy day, Assyrtiko just changes the energy in the room.... more »

A book review of, “Greek Wine Explained”

by  |  11-03-2024

Various wine personalities will often tell you that one region or another is “underrated” or that they don’t understand why people don’t like it more? There’s a great deal of debate on this front, but... more »

Xinomavro Day & Kelesidis – Merhali 2016

by  |  01-11-2022

Admittedly, I’m not often a fan of these “International ________ Days” that celebrate a specific variety… unless of course I happen to really love that variety. So, with that out of the way, let’s all... more »

In The Glass: Artemis Karamolegos – Santorini 34 2019

by  |  23-05-2022

This wine came my way via my Big Fat Greek Wine Shipment last fall. It’s one of the benefits of getting white wines from Santorini in that they can sit in the cellar and actually... more »

In The Glass: Apostolos Thymiopoulos – Alta 2018

by  |  01-11-2021

This came to me via my “Big Fat Greek Wine Shipment” back in June. It wasn’t at random that we’d ordered it as we’d had the Atma at the start of the year (during an... more »

In The Glass: Dalamára Naoussa 2018

by  |  29-09-2021

In the fall of 2015 I was at a wine dinner in Athens, Greece that was unsurprisingly, showcasing Greek wines. Both the food and the wine were stupendous and I’ve sadly yet to return to... more »