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DRINKING WITH DOMINGO
Melinda Rodrigues Melinda Rodrigues

DRINKING WITH DOMINGO

We be drinkin’ krasi every night oh,

Greek wine be sweet, yes I know so

We never sleep, baby I know,

Drinkin’ wit Domingo....

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Krasi Finally Opens a Greek Restaurant!
Melinda Rodrigues Melinda Rodrigues

Krasi Finally Opens a Greek Restaurant!

Bet you that got your attention. “What do you mean Krasi finally opens a Greek restaurant?” Let me explain: Lots of folks have a very stereotypical view of Greece. When you ask someone to describe Greece to you, they tend to talk about blue seas, windswept islands, seafood, fishing boats bobbing in the water, whitewashed houses with blue doors… you know, that Greece. And let’s face it folks, Krasi is a DIFFERENT Greece. Krasi is about lesser-known regional dishes from across the Hellenic world and, of course, wine. Lots and lots of wine. Krasi means wine. Literally.

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love Agiorgitiko
Melinda Rodrigues Melinda Rodrigues

How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love Agiorgitiko

I had always been a lover of the Greek grape Xinomavro. It was the underdog, the plucky grape that could. Xinomavro is the second most widely planted red grape in Greece behind Agiorgitiko and I hated Agiorgitiko for it. Agiorgitiko was in first and in my mind did not deserve it.

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2023, A Year in Greek Wine.
Melinda Rodrigues Melinda Rodrigues

2023, A Year in Greek Wine.

So another year has run its course and this is the time of year to remember, give thanks, assess, and of course look forward to a new year with bright opportunities and new horizons. In general, it is a thrilling time of year. Here at Krasi, we had a wonderful year serving fabulous guests glorious

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THANKSGIVING AND TRADITION GO HAND IN HAND. TRY BREAKING ONE THIS YEAR
Melinda Rodrigues Melinda Rodrigues

THANKSGIVING AND TRADITION GO HAND IN HAND. TRY BREAKING ONE THIS YEAR

Thanksgiving is all about traditions: The food, the football, the family, the fighting with family, and unfortunately for a lot of us, the drinking of bland, bad, and boring wine all day. Well, I am here to propose we put a stop to that. STOP DRINKING THE SAME OLD WINE FOR THANKSGIVING. Now this is

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DRINK A LITTLE SUNSHINE & HAPPINESS: MOSCHOFILERO
Melinda Rodrigues Melinda Rodrigues

DRINK A LITTLE SUNSHINE & HAPPINESS: MOSCHOFILERO

If you want to feel like you are on the set of “Mamma Mia” while drinking wine, Moschofilero is the way to do it. This wine will put you on a beach with the sounds of ABBA soaring through your head. The fact that Moschofilero can do that is impressive seeing that it comes from

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Don’t Call It a Comeback. Greek Wine.
Melinda Rodrigues Melinda Rodrigues

Don’t Call It a Comeback. Greek Wine.

Don’t call it a comeback, I been here for years I’m rockin’ my peers, puttin’ suckers in fear -Mama Said Knock You Out, LL Cool J In 1986, there were seventy wineries in Greece. Seventy. The nation that created much of what we take for granted regarding the culture of wine had a mere seventy

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Alone On Valentine’s? You Always Have Wine!
Melinda Rodrigues Melinda Rodrigues

Alone On Valentine’s? You Always Have Wine!

For starters, Valentine’s Day is a fake, commercialized, over-hyped, and cynical holiday that should be banished by all of us. There, I said it. I love romance, I adore love, I think passion is what makes the world go round but Valentine’s Day is about none of that. One of worst things about Valentine’s Day

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