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With a food culture to match its status as Greece’s biggest island, Cretan cuisine is distinguished and traditional. Local cheese, famous olive oil and punchy liqueurs are just three of the treats on offer… Cretan Cheeses It seems that almost every Cretan village has its own signature cheese. They are usually made from sheep or […]
Greece is distinguished by its vast array of fashionably indigenous grape varieties, Financial Times‘Jancis Robinson writes. “When we compiled our 2012 record of all wine grapes in commercial production, we found that only Italy, France and Spain — the behemoths of world wine production — could boast more indigenous varieties than the 77 we found […]
Souvlaki Street in London is the place to be for a taste of Greece — and the lines that span down the roads where it is set up are proof! Started by Evi Peroulaki from Vatolakko who went to the UK to study in 1997, Souvlaki Street was never in her plans, but became a […]
There are many places in the Untied States where you can go to have a traditional home-cooked Greek meal, or as Greeks say “spitiko” food. What you might not realize is that there is much more to Greek cuisine than gyros (although they are yummy), such as a variety of meat and fish dishes, stuffed […]
Winemakers requested the abolition of an excise duty in wine on Thursday, during a meeting with Agricultural Development Minister Vangelis Apostolou, noting that it is disastrous for the sector. The president of the National Inter-Professional Organization of Vine and Wine of Greece Vangelis Argyris and other representatives participating in the meeting said the tax must […]