The contrasting approaches to wine in Athens and Sparta offer a metaphor for their broader cultural differences and ultimate historical trajectories. Athens' balanced approach to wine consumption - enjoying its pleasures while tempering them with moderation and using them as a catalyst for intellectual exchange - created a legacy that transcended its political decline. Sparta's rigid control of wine consumption paralleled a societal inflexibility that brought short-term military success but long-term cultural stagnation.
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March 15, 2025We sat down with Vasso Ligdopoulos and winemaker Panayiotis Papagiannopoulos to explore their family's wine journey.
October 26, 2024Leon Karatsalos, co-founder of Gaia Winery, is a pioneer in the modern revival of Greek wine, with a vision that draws deeply from Ancient Greece’s rich viticultural history. Established in 1994 by Karatsalos and fellow winemaker Yiannis Paraskevopoulos, Gaia Winery has become a leader in e...
Grape Collective talks to Dimitris Skouras about the evolution of wine production in Greece.
