ΣΕ ΠΕΙΣΜΑ ΤΗΣ ΚΡΙΣΗΣ, ΤΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΚΡΑΣΙΑ ΣΚΟΠΕΥΟΥΝ ΨΗΛΟΤΕΡΑ
DESPITE CRISIS GREEK WINES AIM HIGHER
By DANIEL J. BERGER
« In the wine business the situation in Greece is serious but, I believe, ultimately promising » Ted Lelekas wrote in a post last July, posted again on Oct. 4. On the occasion of a Greek wine presentation I went at the OIV* in Paris to check how consistent his say-so was.
Yiannis Paraskevopoulos from Gaia Wines, which he founded together with Leon Karatsalos early in 1994, was in charge of a short Greek wines panorama on this Nov. 29 presentation handled by the Greek embassy in Paris. Both an agronomist graduated from Thessaloniki University and an œnologue from Bordeaux, he is currently one of the top Greek wine experts. (suite…)