2008 Metron Ariston white - VdP Peloponnese, 65% Roditis, 35 % Chardonnay 15Medium deep silver colour. Quite an expressive nose of fresh summer fruits. Very good on palate, rich and buttery, lots of exotic fruits. Good. 6500 bottles produced. AVIN0879210551950
2006 Miden Agan red - VdP Peloponnese, 100% Agiorgitiko 18Bright medium deep strawberry colour. Tpypical Agiorgitiko nose of red fruits and sweet spices. This has been aged for 1 year in partially new (30%) barrels. The palate is rich and the wine is full bodied, the fruits are explosive and the spices make this very interesting. AVIN6741710102755
Yesterday I had the great pleasure of welcoming a number of Greek winemakers at my home. Apostolos Thimiopoulos flew in from Thessaloniki, Christos Kokkalis and Thanassis Parparoussis shared a taxi from Pyrgos/Patras, Antonis Papantonis came from Nemea and Dimitris Gouravas from Athens. The first person arrived at 09:30 am, the last left at 08:00 pm - we used the whole day to discuss the promotion of Greek wines abroad. It was a very fruitful meeting, as many issues were tackled in great detail. My wife and my sister-in-law prepared great food, and I served the following wines from my cellar: A magnum of Zwalu 2003 Neil Ellis/Werner Naekel, single bottles of Masseto 2001, Casanova di Neri Pietradopice 2001, Casanova di Neri Brunello 2001, and for dessert Parparoussis Mavrodaphne 2003. This was a superb meeting and an important step to make Greek wines better known abroad. It is extremly important to work together as a team and I am very greatful for all the support I received. And of course it is always extremly useful to get the insights and honest thoughts of the people who spend their lifetime making the fascinating product called wine!
