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German| Date: 2005-04-03 12:47:12 |
| From: Gerhard Präsent |
Subject: Re: AW: GREEK WINES |
| Just a short story: in times when I had absolutely NO IDEA about wine (mid 80ties) I bought on my way back from Greece some bottles of red wine ... called Chateau Clauss. I knew "Chateau" is a French term, so I though it the be from FRANCE although there were Greece letters on it, too. At home I tasted it and like it, but after some research I found out that it was a Greece wine. Being a bit ashamed about my lack of knowledge I soon bought a book about French wines ... and that was the start of my interest in this matter. Gerhard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Utz Graafmann" <graafmann@wein-plus.de> To: <wineforum@wein-plus.com> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 3:13 PM Subject: [wineforum] AW: GREEK WINES > Dear Thanos, > > the image of Greek wines if influenced by some terrible > easy and cheap wines, which are usualy exported from greece to > most other countrys. Most known example is Retsina. 95% of > all people only know Retsina, Demestica and other examples > if you talk about greek wine. > > Indeed Greek has some very good and engaged wine makers. Those > which started about 15 years ago to make their own wines. > Those which did not wanted to sell their grapes to one > of the "big four", which are Kourtakis, Achaia Claus, > Tsantalis, Boutari. > > >From my point of view Greek has some very interesting > grape varieties, like Agiorgitiko (which does very good > in the region of Nemea) or Asyrtiko (best in Santorin). > > But a lot of wine makers also work with international > grapes like Cabernet sauvignon, chardonay etc. I don't know > if i like that trend or not. On one hand those international > grapes are a door opener for indigenous grapes. > On other hand i don't think that international grape > varieties are the right way for greek wines. > > OK, so far my short opinion. May be one day we will start > for a greek wine guide on Wein-Plus.com > For that reason we are looking for a representant > of Wein-Plus in Greek, who could keep the contact > between us and greek producers. > > Best, > Utz Graafmann > Wein-Plus.com > > > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: wineforum_owner@apris.de [mailto:wineforum_owner@apris.de]Im > > Auftrag von THANOS DOUGOS > > Gesendet: Samstag, 2. April 2005 14:44 > > An: wineforum@wein-plus.de > > Betreff: [wineforum] GREEK WINES > > > > > > > > Dear wine lovers, > > I am very interested in your opinion about Greek wines > > > > This message was created using the Web-based forum : > > www.wein-plus.com/forum/ More infos: www.wein-plus.com Unsubscribe: www.wein-plus.com/abmelden.htm |
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