We may be just a little bit addicted to authenticity.

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Especially when it comes to wine and food.
Because food and wine are culture too. Old recipes, products that belong to a region, grape varieties you’ll hardly find anywhere else. Why is something made right here? Where does it come from? What goes with it?

That’s what we want to know. And yes, of course, we want to taste it too.

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🧿 Greek wine… we really have a thing for it 🍷

Agiorgitiko, Moschofilero, Assyrtiko, Malagousia… Greece has so many native grape varieties, and truly fantastic wines are being made here.

And then there are the stories behind them. Take Agiorgitiko from Nemea. Do you know a Greek called Yorgos? Of course you do. It’s probably the best-known Greek name for a man. And then it turns out that even a glass of wine has a link with Yorgos: Agiorgitiko – Saint George’s grape – takes its name from Agios Georgios, the old name of Nemea.

That’s exactly what I love. You start with a glass of wine, and before you know it, you’re talking about a region, its history and its traditions. Want to know more about Greek wines? Or perhaps about the wines of Messinia?

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🧿 Olive oil. Lots and lots of olive oil. 🫒

Talking about Greece and food without olive oil?

That’s simply impossible.

Greece has an estimated 170 million olive trees or more, and the average Greek uses around 15 litres of olive oil a year.
And then there’s the Koroneiki. That small olive you’ll find everywhere, especially in the Peloponnese, which makes a fantastic extra virgin olive oil. Here, olive oil is part of the kitchen, the old recipes, the landscape and life itself. And it’s healthy too.
So tasting a good, fresh olive oil at the producer’s is at least as interesting to us as visiting a beautiful winery.

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🧿 Wine & Food has been part of our journeys for years

And not only in Greece. For many years now, we have been organising special wine and culinary journeys in Greece and Italy. For our Italian wine journeys, we even have a separate website: Wijnreizen.it.

And there are all kinds of ways to do it. Join one of our own Wine & Food journeys, a wine journey entirely tailor-made, or a culinary tour with your own group.

Or a few days in Athens where, for once, we don’t just look at the Acropolis, but above all at what arrives on the table and in the glass.

By the way, it doesn’t have to be a wine journey at all. We can also simply add those few special addresses and experiences to your journey that make all the difference.

Because you can look at a country. But sometimes you only truly get to know it once you start tasting.

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