Greece Archives | Palate Press

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The nose is marvelously sweet and fruity, with dark cherry, plums, and strawberries, with a darker herbal and balsamic background. Dryer than expected from the nose, with unsettled tannins, darker flavors come to the fore. Black cherries and plums are joined by licorice and tomato leaf. Cherries linger with dusty Read More

Diodoros: Wine Among the Ruins

Michelle Locke

Features Wine Spotlight

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In Sicily, the Diodoros Project focuses on really old world wine. On a day that trembles between sunshine and showers, shafts of early morning sun slice through the clouds to light up the vineyard of Nero d’Avola grapes growing in this quiet corner of Sicily. It’s not a particularly unusual Read More

Best of 2014: The X factor or, how I learned to love big reds in Northern Greece

Michelle Locke

Features Wine Spotlight

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In this piece, originally published in September, columnist Michelle Locke tackles tongue twisters and tongue pleasers in Northern Greece. I knew going in that Xinomavro was going to be a challenge. After all, you know you’re tasting something a little bit different when you have to start with a pronunciation Read More

Grape Revival: A sip-and-save approach to Thanksgiving

Michelle Locke

Features

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Thanksgiving is upon us, that glorious chaos of flavors that can defy even the savviest somm. Unless you sidestep the food issue and make it a mood pairing instead. Last year I felt traditional and drank like a Founding Mother: Madeira, sherry, cider, applejack, whiskey. Not all in one sitting. Read More

The X factor or, how I learned to love big reds in Northern Greece

Michelle Locke

Features Wine Spotlight

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I knew going in that Xinomavro was going to be a challenge. After all, you know you’re tasting something a little bit different when you have to start with a pronunciation lesson (it’s ksee-NOH-mah-vroh). Throw in the fact that typical tasting notes include phrases like “lingering notes of tomato (tomato!) Read More

To Your Health! How to Drink on the Greek Island of Rhodes

Elisabetta Tosi

Features Wine Spotlight

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They may have mischievous names: Sex on the Beach or Sexy Lady. They may be fanciful like Faliraky by Night or world-famous: Caipirinha, Cosmopolitan, Tequila Sunrise, Tom Collins. But they are all colorful, fun, fresh: a glass in hand, good company, a bit of music and the warm breeze from Read More

The (Very) Slow Rise of the Wines of Crete

Michael Cervin

Wine Spotlight

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The Greeks may have been the architects of democracy, but they seem to have taken more time to build reputable wine. The wine history on the island of Crete stretches 3,500 years, but it has only been since 2003 that Crete has achieved a modicum of success. To comprehend this Read More

Boutari 2011 Santorini

Remy Charest

Wine Reviews

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There is much to be said for the wonders of assyrtiko grown on the volcanic soils of Santorini. (Just ask W. Blake Gray.) Wines made from that grape variety have roundness and crispness, all at once, and this example from the 2011 vintage is no exception. There is a fruitiness Read More

What We’re Drinking – 2013 Katsaros “Valos”

Diodoros: Wine Among the Ruins

Best of 2014: The X factor or, how I learned to love big reds in Northern Greece

Grape Revival: A sip-and-save approach to Thanksgiving

The X factor or, how I learned to love big reds in Northern Greece

To Your Health! How to Drink on the Greek Island of Rhodes

The (Very) Slow Rise of the Wines of Crete

Boutari 2011 Santorini

2018 Notturno Drei Donà Romagna DOC Predappio Sangiovese

2019 Jordan Chardonnay, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County

2018 Ghost of a Chance Wines “Gangster of Love” Red, Sierra Foothills

2020 One Flock Sauvignon Blanc

2020 One Flock Red Wine, California