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The favourite wine event of Thessaloniki, with the excellent wines and spirits of the “Winemakers of Northern Greece” will take place this year on Monday, October 7, from 13:00-21:00, at Makedonia Palace Hotel. This is the annual wine tasting and wine tasting exhibition of the leading wineries of the Northern Greece vineyard, which is addressed to the general public, consumers and professionals from the catering and wine trade. At the exhibition, the public, receiving their wine tasting glass at the entrance, will be able to browse the winemakers’ tables to discover and taste the wealth of Northern Greece’s vineyards, from both indigenous and international varieties. White, rosé, red, red and even orange wines, dry, semi-dry, semi-sweet or sweet, calm and sparkling, in newly released or older favorite labels, are just the beginning to start one’s journey to knowledge and enjoyment of the magical world of quality branded Greek wine. What’s more, at the winemakers’ tables we will find experimental wines, old vintages, different bottle sizes and much much more.
From the Wine Road of the Gods of Olympus:
Katsarou Domaine – Krania Olympus
Kitrvs Winery, – Pydna, Pieria
From the Road of Epirus:
Zoinos Winery – Zitsa, Ioannina
Katogi Averoff – Metsovo, Ioannina, Ioannina.
From the Wine Road of the Lakes:
Kamkouti Vineyard – Velvento, Kozani
Ktima Vogiatzi – Velvento, Kozani, Greece
Ktima Stergiou – Kastoria
Domaine Pantou – Ydrousa, Florina
Alpha Estate – Amyndeon, Florina
From the Wine Road of Naoussa:
Domaine Taralas – Patrida
Argyrakis Wines – Tripotamos
Evstratia Tazoglidou – Naoussa
Diamantakos Estate – Mandemi
Kir-Yianni Estate – Giannakochori
Argatia – Rodochori
Vaeni Naoussa – Episkopi
From the Pella-Goumenissa Wine Road:
Zine Edeos Estate – Loutraki Almopia, Pella
Mikro Ktima Titos – Two Rivers, Peonia, Goumenissa,
From the Thessaloniki Wine Road:
Florian Estate – Trilofos
From the Wine Route of Halkidiki:
Porto Karras Domaine – Neos Marmaras, Sithonia
Mylopotamos Monastery – Holy Cell of Saint Eustathios, Mount Athos
Akrathos Newlands Winery – Megali Panagia
Domaine Livadiotis – Marathousa
From the Wine Road of Dionysus:
Ktima Biblia Chora – Kokkinochori Kavala
Vineyard Vineyards – Folia of N. Peramos, Kavala
Wine ArtEstate – Mikrochori Drama
Nico Lazaridi – Agora of Drama
Costa Lazaridi Domaine – Adrianis, Drama
Pavlidis Estate – Kokkinogeia, Drama
The Estate of Apostolis – Vineyards of Serres
The WineClub of Cava Kalomenidis organizes a harvest festival at Kappa Estate (Naoussa) on Sunday 15 September 2024!
“A great company gathering to celebrate the harvest and the distillation.”
A few words about Kappa Winery. It’s been 30 years since he planted the first varieties in Anggelochori Naoussa. The winery is a vision of Tasos Karagiozidis. A business executive in Germany, he felt a taste for his place and returned to complete his father’s vision. Wines had excited him on his travels. The 10-acre vineyard in Naoussa hospitably welcomed a very modern winery with high standards. There, together with his partner Eleni Charalambaki, now the winery’s sales and events manager, and oenologist Antonis Alifrangis, they bottle 30,000 bottles of wine a year! A winery open to visitors, with dining, tasting and meeting rooms, available for weddings, christenings and events. There, if you are lucky enough to visit, you will hear Taso play his bouzouki.
The favorite spring event of the wineries opens its doors again and invites wine lovers to visit vineyards and tasting rooms!
The Wine Club 2008 of Cava Kalomenidis follows this time the Wine Roads of Goumenissa and invites you to the excursion organized by the Wine Club to wineries of the region.
Another journey of tasty delights, aromas and why not… the famous brass instrumentshttps://www.cavakalomenidis.gr/en/product-category/wine?filters=poikilia[xinomavro-negkoska-en] of the region awaits old and new members of the Wine Club 2008.
- With the vineyards spreading on the south-eastern slopes of Mount Paikos and with Xinomavro and Negoska (PDO Goumenissa) as the dominant varieties, the zone yields colourful, elegant and soft red wines, but other Greek and cosmopolitan varieties such as Assyrtiko, Malagouzia and Roditis, Merlot, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, etc. are also cultivated here.
Anestis Kalomenidis
The Vinsanto of Santorini in 2nd place, Naoussa wines in 63rd place, but also Freddo Espresso (9th), Freddo Cappuccino (61st), and Frappe (79th) were included by TasteAtlas in the 100 best drinks in the world. TasteAtlas is an experiential travel online guide to traditional food that brings together authentic recipes, food reviews and research articles on popular ingredients and dishes.
https://www.tasteatlas.com/best-rated-beverages-in-the-world
Thessaloniki Wine & Spirits Trophy was held between 13 and 15 February 2024. 30 acknowledged wine tasters and judges from Greece and abroad, Masters of Wine, and Master Sommeliers, oenologists, winemakers, and wine journalists, and 6 Associate Judges divided in 6 committees, tasted 952 wine samples from Greece and Cyprus.
The Wine Producers Association of the Northern Greece Vineyard organized the 24th competition under the auspices and in cooperation of all bodies active in the industry throughout Greece, and under the authority of the Ministry of Rural Development and Food and the General Chemical State Laboratory.
Click on the link below to view the results.
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Love – Quality – Consistency
30+1 years ago, the invitation read:
“You don’t have to be an old soak to go to a winery opening.”
But on this Valentine’s Day, Lakis and Georgia Kalomenidis felt that they had to open a store out of their love for quality Greek wine and more.
In 1993, when the business opened, dozens of barrels (of the Kamba winery) full of Mediterranean retsina were to unite three generations – as the grandfather of the family was involved in viticulture as early as 1927 – to complete the identity of the business in bottled wine.
With the slogan “Small Estates of Large Producers”, contacts throughout Greece, expertise, and professional relationships with all partners that last to date, Cava Kalomenidis has become a reference point for the entire industry.
Ahead of their time, presentation events of wine producers started taking place in the Cava facilities on day one, bringing together wine lovers from different regions, to finally take flesh with the establishment of the Wine Club in 2008. Of course, hundreds of spirits have a special part in the Cava lists, along with a wide range of gift proposals that are constantly updated!
The path that brought us to this day, full of experiences and emotions, is the signpost to continue our beautiful journey of the senses.
Respectfully,
The new generation of the business
Anestis & Chrysoula
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International Xinomavro Day is celebrated on 1st November since 2019 at the initiative of
the “Winemakers of North Greece” association.
The noblest Greek red wine variety with the most extraordinary expressions, especially in
the zones of Naoussa and Amyntaio, allowing different styles of wine, has developed its own
devout both in Greece and abroad, even its own international day!
A glass of wine after a long day is multiply beneficial to your health. Many scientific studies have concluded that moderate wine drinking (especially red wine) protects from a number of diseases, including the coronary artery disease. Especially in Greece, where viticulture is very widespread, wine drinking is an essential part of our nutritional culture. Enjoy a glass of red wine every day for good health!
The 3rd Harvest Festival, organized by the Municipality of Naoussa, in cooperation with the Association of Naoussa Wine Producers and cultural associations, is bound to unfold a plethora of cultural events and activities around wine and harvest. The festival will take place from August 30 until September 3.
