All About Greek Wine, Spirits, & Food

"Nothing more excellent or valuable than wine was every granted by the gods to man."
--Plato

For over 4000 years, wine has been a significant element of Greek culture, something few other wine regions can say. The Greek word for wine, which can be traced back over 3000 years, is oenos. The ancient Greeks loved wine and it figured into much of their life with even their philosophers waxing poetically about wine. During the last twenty-five years, the Greek wine industry has undergone much renovation and change, bringing their production processes into the modern world. However, despite its lengthy history, Greek wine seems to lack the recognition it deserves.

A significant number of wine stores carry few, if any Greek wines, and I've been told by some shop owners that Greek wines don't sell. Too many consumers haven't tasted Greek wines and even a significant portion of wine lovers seem to have little experience with Greek wines. For years, I've been promoting Greek wines, as each time I attend a Greek wine tasting, I find more reasons to love their wines. And it's long overdue that Greek wines receive more attention.

Let's bring about that change.

"Where there is no wine there is no love."
--Euripides

To help bring more visibility to Greek wines and spirits, I compiled the links to my 58 Greek wine & spirit-related posts into this single article. This post will be a repository of those articles and I will update it when I write another article about Greek wines. To start, let me provide you some reasons why you should be drinking more Greek wines.

Greek Wines: Why Aren't You Drinking Them?
Ten Reasons To Drink Greek Wine

Greek wines also have a strong connection to food, and usually the two go hand-in-hand. Greek cuisine is diverse, exciting and delicious. In the Boston area, we are fortunate to have a number of excellent Greek restaurants, often with fascinating Greek wine lists, with more to come. So, I've also compiled links here to my articles about Greek cuisine and restaurants. 

"The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it."
--Pliny the Elder

Farm Grill & Rotisserie: New Bowl Menu, Same Excellent Food
2019 Karanika Amyndeon Cuvée Rosé Extra Brut: Tantalizing & Delicious
2019 Monemvasia Winery Tsimibidi Monemvasia: A Value Greek Wine From A Rare Grape
A Greek Wine Dinner with Domaine Costa Lazaridi at Ithaki Restaurant
Greek Breakfast at Ithaki: First Impressions

Kosmos: An Impressive Greek Restaurant in Walpole

2020 Apostolos Thymiopoulos Rosé de Xynomavro: "X" Marks the Spot

Tselepos Wines: Delicious Greek Wines, Indigenous Grapes

Bar Vlaha: A Preview, Greek Wines & A Superb Cocktail

Kontozisis A-Grafo Roditis Amber Wine: Another Greek Winner

Greek Cuisine Surging in Boston: Xenia Hospitality Group

Crazy For Krasi Meze & Wine: A Greek Paradise

2017 Sarris Vineyards "V for Vostilidi": A Compelling Greek White Wine

Stray Dog Wild Gin: A Treasure of Greek Botanicals

Committee Ouzeri + Bar: Greek Brunch & New Cocktails

Pairing Feta & Sake: Greece Meets Japan

2019 Oenops Apla Dry Rosé: The Beauty of Simplicity

Farm Grill & Rotisserie: First Impressions of a Greek Favorite in Newton 

Pastitsio: A Short History of a Greek Classic

Krasi: First Impressions of this New Greek Restaurant

Greek International Food Market: Great Destination For Greek Food & Wine

2019 Greek Wine Cellars Flowers Assyrtiko: Friend to Seafood

Early History of Greek Restaurants in Boston

GreCo: Gyros & Loukoumades at the Seaport

Grexico Coming To Committee For Cinco de Mayo

Committee: The Democratization Of Wine Pop-Up

All Greek, All Natural: New Wine Program At Committee

An Odyssey Greek Wine Tasting with Cava Spiliadis

Grexico at Committee: Fusion Cuisine At Its Best

2015 Ktima Tselepos Nemea Driopi: The Blood of Heracles
2014 Ktima Katsaros Valos: The Threshold of Acid-Black
2011 Ktima Biblia Chora Biblinos: A Mystery Grape
2013 Ktima Gerovassiliou Avaton: Reaching Back Thousands of Years
Alpha Estate: More Greek Wines For Summer
Sparkling Rosé from Kir-Yianni: Greece For The Win

Gre.co: Gyros & Loukoumades For The Win

A New Chef At Committee Makes His Mark

A Taste of Cyprus at Committee
Two Compelling Greek Wines At Committee

Happy Anniversary to Committee

Committee: Greek Inspired Brunch
2015 Kir Yianni Akakies Rosé: A Summery Greek Wine
Committee: New Greek Spirits To Explore
BISq: Parparoussis Winery & Greek Delights
Wines of Crete: A Taste of History & Terroir
Greek Wines: Specific Recommendations
T.W. Food: A Taste of Greece
Greek Wines: Athenee Importers-Part 2
Greek Wines: Athenee Importers-Part 1
Greek Wines: Katogi-Strofilia
Greek Wines: Tsantali
Greek Wines: Oinotheque Emery 
Greek Wines: Ktima Pavlidis winery
Greek Wines: Gai'a Wines
Boston Wine Expo: Greek Wines
2000 Lidakis Archanes