In his roundup of value in Greek wine for 2011, top Greek wine blogger Markus Stolz, author of Elloinos, picked Boutari’s 2007 Naoussa as his NUMBER ONE wine. Here’s what Markus had to say about this bottling, a great vintage from one of the most collectible appellations in Europe today: If I had to pick [...]
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2011 Harvest Naoussa
October 6, 2011Following a vast tradition since the first red wine (Naoussa Boutari) was bottled in Greece and after years of experience with the unique terroirs of Naoussa, the 2011 vintage for Xinomavro finished last week. Hand picking of the grapes and transport to the winery of Boutari began on the 26/9 and ended on the 30/9. [...]
Harvest Update Naoussa
September 16, 2011The following dispatch was filed today by Boutari’s Naoussa enologist Vasilis Georgiou (above). Whites are one step of finishing their alcoholic fermentation and the Naoussa winery is packed with fresh fermentation aromas. Visitors are blown away by intense aromas resembling the fleshy parts of apricots that dominate during the fermentation of Chardonnay and Malagouzia inside [...]
Harvest Update 2011: Xinomavro on the way!
August 31, 2011Above: Viticulturist Dr. Dimitris Taskos (right) inspects a Xinomavro vineyard on the foothills of mount Vermio. The follow dispatch was filed today by Boutari’s Naoussa enologist Vasilis Georgiou. Harvest has just begun in Naoussa with the arrival of some white varieties (mainly Chardonnay). The Xinomavro grapes are scheduled to be harvested in late September and [...]
Naoussa is Robert Parker’s “wine of the day”…
August 25, 2011David Lawrason on “Why Greek wines are about to become the next big thing”
August 9, 2011Top Canadian wine journalist, educator, and “tasting note collector” David Lawrason tells us “why Greek wines are about to become the next big thing” and offers tasting notes on Moschofilero and Naoussa. Click here to read his post.
Tasting Note: 1993 Boutari Naoussa Reserve, “Fascinating!”
July 19, 2011One of our favorite people in the wine business and top wine blogger, Alison “TexaCali” Smith, recently tagged the above photo on our Facebook. You’ll find her tasting note below (we also tasted this incredible wine recently in Santorini). Thanks, Alison! You’re the best! (Dio Deka looks AMAZING btw.) My superhero boyfriend Eric brought this [...]
A horizontal and vertical of Assyrtiko for top U.S. wine bloggers and wine writers
June 28, 2011Yesterday, Boutari chief enologist Dr. Yannis Voyatzis (above) led a horizontal and vertical tasting of Boutari’s bottlings of Santorini-raised Assyrtiko stretching back to 1989. The tasting was hosted at the winery’s Santorini estate in the village of Megalochori (Santorini, Greece). The tasting was attended by top U.S. wine bloggers, wine writers, and wine professionals including [...]
Greek wine basics: Naoussa II
June 13, 2011The following post is the fourth in a series of Greek wine basics. It’s been transcribed from Konstantinos Lazarakis MW’s The Wines of Greece (London, Mitchell Beazley, 2005, currently out of print). While Lazarakis’ book is difficult to find these days, it remains THE number-one resource for information — technical and historical — on the wines [...]
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