How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love Agiorgitiko
Boy was I biased. Downright prejudiced really. 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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
PERSEPHONE, AND WINES FOR HER JOURNEY TO THE UNDERWORLD
Fall is certainly upon us, and winter will be arriving in due time. This time of year always reminds me of the story of Persephone, reluctant wife of Hades and Queen of the Underworld. Her tale and how it explained the change of the seasons has always possesed me and seemed a perfect way to […]
THE SPARKLING ROSE FOR FALL: KIR YIANNI ‘SCARPEDES FRERES’
I love sparkling wine, you probably love sparkling wine, your crazy aunt Delores definitely loves sparkling wine. So with all this love for sparkling wine going around, I thought I would key you into a new sparkling rose that is one of the best wines I have had this year, a sparkling rose by Kir […]
I KNOW WHAT YOU DRANK LAST SUMMER……AND IT WASN’T ENOUGH GREEK WINE
Ah, the slasher film. Actors in their 30’s playing teenagers getting gruesomely whacked one by one all while trying to have sex with each other. It is a formula that, just like killer in those movies, just won’t die. So I thought in the spirit of one the great slasher films “I Know What You […]
A Public Service Announcement for Northern Greece
So, although the season is not nearly over, as the 95-degree temps here in Boston will quickly inform you, I feel a lot like my summer has already wrapped up nicely. You see, I had the pleasure of going to Greece not once, but twice this summer. Once in June and again in July. I […]
IF THE SCOOBY-DOO CAST WERE GREEK GRAPES (OR IS OENOFILOS ON MORE THAN WINE?)
Truly the greatest mystery Scooby and the gang ever investigated was, if they were Greek wine grapes, which Greek wine grapes would they be? Well because I am an intrepid and fearless author, I am taking this case head on. So, without further ado…… Fred: Agiorgitiko. This one is so simple as to be […]
DON’T PANIC!!! IT’S JUST RETSINA
Ah Retsina, the wine your parents warned you about. Yes, Retsina is wine that has added pine resin for flavor and yes, that sounds scary. But hold on a second, think about all the flavored alcohol you drink: Vermouth, a zillion Vodkas, Rum, White Claw. So stop being afraid. Retsina has a history tracing back […]
SO MILLENNIALS DON’T DRINK WINE. LET’S NOT BLAME THEM.
A recent article in The New York Times (read here) lamented that Millennials are not drinking wine and what can possibly be done to fix that problem. Oh, the pearl-clutching that must be going on by the massive Death Star of a company that owns The Prisoner, what panic-stricken moans must be emanating from the halls […]
THE GREAT GRAPES OF GREECE: A VIEW FROM MOUNT OLYMPUS
So, I was thinking, folks need a quick way to learn about Greek grapes. One that is easy yet will make you look like a Greek wine expert in no time flat. Because I am sweet, kind, and want to spread Greek grape love all over the world, (Except for West Virginia. They can stick […]
Wine Land Mine: The dangerous game of tiptoeing through a restaurant wine list
You’d think it was not physically possible but buying wine in a restaurant can both blow and suck at the same time. Lots of the wines are unrecognizable, your app on your phone says the wine is a far sight cheaper in a store, your server seems to know barely more than you do, you […]
A New Year’s resolution you can actually keep: drink more Greek wine
New Year’s resolutions are a joke. Yup, I said it. Of course, I’m only saying what you’re all thinking. “I’ll lose weight this year.” No, you won’t. “I resolve to be kinder.” You are already meaner than the Grinch and you will get meaner because as you age that’s what you do. “I’m going to […]
Agiorgitiko Crap Name, Great Wine
Agiorgitiko (pronounced AYE-yor-YEE-tee-ko, yes it is that hard to say) has the worst name of any wine grape in existence, even worse than Durif, which sounds like a skin condition. Agiorgitiko means “St. George” and that name sucks for two reasons. One, saints are boring. They are never making John Wick a saint even with […]
THE ALCOHOLIDAYS
It is the holiday season, and this year unlike last, we can socialize, attend parties, go to wine tastings, (ahem…shameless plug for Symposium Wednesday at Krasi) and in general have the kind of holiday fun that was taken from us last year. Now I want everyone to have a blast. Really feel the joy of […]
Give The Gift of Krasi: Holiday Wine Boxes are back!
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE Here is your mission should you choose to accept it: Stop buying boring wine as gifts for the holidays. Really, your friends, family, and neighbors are begging you. Instead, buy them Greek wine. Trust me, they will never forget it. The wines are delicious, they can play “Can You Pronounce This” […]
Wine Spotlight: Agiorgitiko Troupis PDO Nemea 2019
When Anya Taylor-Joy, Timothée Chalamet and I get together, lay by the fire, playing chess and reading “Dune”, this is what we drink. This wine has grace and class, just like the two of them. (I did get Timmy-boy drunk on Tsipouro once, it was not classy at all, no sir) Vinified entirely in amphorae, […]
