Greek Wine (V) - A Brief Defence of Retsina
The final episode on Greek wine features a brief defence of Retsina, a style of wine made since antiquity. When Greece opened up to tourists in the 1960s onwards, Greek wine unfortunately became synon...
20 Nov 20205min
Greek Wine (IV): Other Black Grape Varieties
The fourth episode on Greek wine focuses on other black grape varieties such as Mavrodaphne and Limniona, as well as trends for natural and biodynamic winemaking. So much has changed in Greece over th...
16 Nov 202016min
Greek Wine (III): Agiorgitiko & Xinomavro
Continuing the focus on Greece, this episode looks in detail at two of the country's major black varieties: Agiorgitiko and Xinomavro. Quality and styles vary, but there's some exceptional wine being ...
3 Nov 202016min
Greek Wine (II): Other Whites
In the second episode focusing on Greek wine with importer Dionysi Grevenitis, we discuss the country's white wines. Following on from the first episode's focus on Assyrtiko, the conversation moves to...
26 Okt 202015min
Greek Wine: Introduction + Assyrtiko
Greece's wine history goes back thousands of years but it's only over the last 40 years that the industry has got back on track, with the production of outstanding white wine as well as very good red,...
15 Okt 202020min
Climate Change & Biodynamics in Germany
The third and final episode of my interview with Jérôme Hainz of www.bottlestops.com continues to focus on changes in German wine, in this instance the effect of climate change, the rise of organic an...
20 Aug 202016min
Not Just Riesling: The Different Wine Styles of Germany
Germany is most famous for Riesling - and rightly so - but there's a lot more to the country than just Riesling. This second part of my interview with Jérôme Hainz of BottleStops (www.bottlestops.com)...
29 Juli 202031min
Changes in Germany
First of a three-part series focusing on Germany, with the help of with of Jérôme Hainz of BottleStops (www.bottlestops.com) who runs a tour company in German wine country. As travel is difficult righ...
22 Juli 202031min
