We're here with Yiannis Karakasis in athens greece Yiannis it's great to be with you
Yiannis is a wine master and we're talking about all things wine here in greece we're
hoping that our readers and our audience will be able to sort of broaden their understanding and
their opportunities to try different greek wines and better understand the greek wine
so i had a question for you which had to i wanted you to tell me a little bit about about asyrtiko
it seems like the most common variety that people may experience or be exposed to if they're in the
Cyclades if they're in santorini or mykonos or maybe other islands tell me a little bit
about asyrtiko why is it so popular what what should we know about that type of wine
here in greece asyrtiko probably originates from santorini it is planted in 1,900 hectares half of this
in santorini so santorini is like you know the home of the variety it's a very unique variety
you know very very powerful very mineral you know salty high acidity full body
usually are knocked but you can find some oat exams as well called nectar
some of them are called nectarine very food friendly and it goes with everything that has
lemons so if you have oysters a little bit of lemon on top acidic a perfect match
even if you have you know slow cooked lump and you add a little bit of lemon juice another perfect
pairing for me you know asyrtiko seems to have all the answers and yeah it does to be honest great
and what has made it so you know you talked about it as a flagship variety what has made
it so dominant here in greece these days yeah the story the connection with a place like santorini
and how the wine tastes so this create an unbeatable story and because if you hear
the story of santorini compared to other wine stores you will say wow this this um
these wines come from a place that has a vine growing history of 35 centuries volcanic soils
no phylloxera for ureads phylloxera is a louce that created a lot of problems in europe and
all over the world but in santorini this insect cannot survive so these vines are very very old
planted in their own roots how old they can be 200 years old it can be 300 years old
actually no one really knows how old they are and they are planted in a unique training system that
is called kulura the basket and planted on the slopes of one of the most aggressive volcanoes
in the history of humanity which is still active so this is the story that santorini presents
i think at least it is impressive you know great so i would love to encourage our readers asyrtiko
is a grape and a variety that you are going to definitely come in contact with if you're
traveling here in greece yeah go ahead give it a try please do that but you can
you need to taste other varieties as well we talked about varieties from crit like this
you know from kefalonia like robola malagus yeah plowed it all over the place mosul files
i can go on and on same varieties and you know this variety some of them are really rare so if
someone gets his hands her hands into a greek wine they need to understand that this is something
which is really precious it's not made in huge quantities every bottle is unique
great oh yeah yeah definitely means nice nice and greek and it's one of the probably the 10
most common expressions that you will hear in an infinite number of situations as a traveler here
in greece if you want to learn some greek oreo is a really good one we are here with Yiannis
Karakasis who's a wine master in athens greece and we're talking about all things greek wines
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