Restaurants: Balabaya, London, amazing flavours of the Levant
Website: https://balabaya.co.uk/ Lunched at Balabaya, a really impressive restaurant in the Israeli/middle eastern flavour space – a cuisine that I’m
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Greece
Dinner with friends including three interesting Chinese wines
Eddie McDougall was in town so a gathering of the new Canary Wharf Wine Club was convened to welcome him
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Makarounas Vineyards: fine wine from Cyprus
Website: www.makarounaswinery.com Makarounas Vineyards was started by Theodoros Makarounas in 2016, although his family does have a history of grape
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Visiting Gaia wines in Greece, who make interesting wines in both Nemea and Santorini
Website: https://gaiawines.gr/en/ktima-gaias-en/ Gaia Estate is one of Greece’s leading wineries. They are based in two places: Nemea, in the Peloponnese,
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Exploring Greece (6) Skouras
Website: https://skouras.gr/en-gb Skouras is another important winery that helped put modern Greek wine on the map in the 1990s. The
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Exploring Greece (5) Tselepos
Website: https://tselepos.gr/?lang=en Many of the foundations of what’s happening in Greek wine circles have their origin in a quiet revolution
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Exploring Greece (4) Mega Spileo Estate
Website: https://megaspileo.gr/en/ Mega Spileo Estate is a dynamic producer based in the mountains of Aigialeia, on the Peloponnese. It’s an
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Exploring Greece (3) Alpha Estate, Amydeon
Website: https://alpha-estate.com/ Alpha Estate is one of Greece’s most ambitious wine estates. It’s based in Amydeon, a region that’s a
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Exploring Greece (2) Rouvalis Winery, Aigialeia
Website: https://www.rouvaliswinery.gr/en/ This was a great visit to a winery making excellent wines from some spectacular terroirs. We are in
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Exploring Greece (1) Parparoussis Winery, Patra
Parparoussis Winery, Patras, Peloponnese Parparoussis Winery, based in Patras in Western Achaia, was founded back in 1974 by Athanasios (Thanassis)
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