[Overview] Our 2017 harvest started on Tuesday 17 August at our privately-owned vineyard in Agios Pavlos Halkidiki. This kick-off –later by at least a week than in 2016- was expected due to the climate conditions recorded throughout the year in Northern Greece. Overall: Very cold winter that led to a decrease of primary infections caused by insects and diseases Spring with average temperatures and cooler nights. Loca
Nikos Varvarigos, SantoWines Chief Oenologist and Head of Production, reports from Santorini: 2017 harvest started a week later than in 2016, meeting the average starting date of the last decade in Santorini. The grapes matured on time leading to the following calendar: BEGINNING OF HARVEST VARIETY (type) 2 August Assyrtiko (white) For the sparkling version from plots in Pyrgos village. 3 August Athiri (white) 7 Augu
95 was the highest score assigned by Mark Squires at much-awaited Greek wines tasting for the June issue of Robert Parker’s WINE ADVOCATE. And the impressive rating went to… Santorini! “… brilliant, delicious and impressively structured” for SANTORINI ASSYRTIKO GRANDE RESERVE, the only Grande Reserve version available in the market by SantoWines. The complexity of the wine made by 100+ y
It has been quite a hectic, yet fascinating month traveling around the globe and promoting #drinkgreekwine ! From Seoul to Honk Kong… from Toronto to Montreal… from NYC to Chicago and Houston… with a few stops in London. Our Tsantali team has been restless and eager to spread the word and offer some fantastic pours from our vineyards in Rapsani, Mount Athos, Halkidiki, Naoussa and Maronia, as well a
Talking about “bench strength”. 7 Golds, 8 Silvers and 3 Bronzes, indeed an impressive medal-winning sum for Tsantali team this year. The results so far prove not only the quality but also the fact that our wine portfolio has a really deep bench. Besides the “super stars” like Rapsani Grande Reserve that brings home 3 golds (Texsom IWA and Thessaloniki IWSC for 2010 vintage and Mundus Vini for
17th Thessaloniki International Wine and Spirits Competition 2017 SantoWines at the top of Gold Medalists’ list for Santorini SantoWines brings home three Gold medals from the 17th Thessaloniki International Wine and Spirits Competition, more than any other producer from Santorini, proving once more the Union’s dedication in high quality and consistency. The great results coincide with SantoWines 70th anniversary,
This year at DETROP OENOS in Thessaloniki, there will be a double participation for our winery. Our TSANTALI stand (#5) at Pavillion 15 will be providing the full range of our wines (TSANTALI and SANTO WINES) and distillates. At the same time, a TSANTALI sneak peak will be available at the stand of “Wines of Northern Greece” (stand #57 at Pavillion 8). DETROP OENOS 2017 TIMETABLE Friday 3 &#
The new vintage –2010– of Rapsani Grande Reserve is to be soon released and one could argue that it has mighty big shoes to fill. Indeed, 2009 had been an exceptional year for the flagship wine of the Tsantali Rapsani family; a spectacular 94 points rating and “Best Greek Red for 2015” distinction by WINE AND SPIRITS “Top 100 Wines” in November was to be followed by WINE ADVOCATE&#
It was all about salt, grit and power last night in Athens as John Szabo MS presented his book “Volcanic Wines”. Having spent years researching, the Canadian author argued that there was plenty of sensory data that could prove a link between wines from volcanic soils from all around the world -regardless of the vast differentiations met in different volcanic regions. Naturally, the “M” word (
Care for a sip that will make you feel like an Olympian god? Super excited to be a part of London Greek Wine Festival organized by The Greek Larder team for the second consecutive year. More than 130 wines from around Greece will be offered at a walk-around tasting held in West Handyside Canopy in Kings Cross. Olly Smith -a multi-award winning wine expert, TV personality, author and columnist- will be the host. Our
