Athens is known for its rich history, food culture and Mediterranean atmosphere, but in recent years, Greek wine has quietly become one of the city’s most interesting discoveries. Many visitors arrive knowing very little about Greek wine. Some only associate Greece with Retsina, while others are surprised to learn that the country produces a wide range of high-quality indigenous wines found nowhere else in the world. Very often, the first reaction after a tasting is simple: “I had never tried...

There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold And she's buying a stairway to Heaven When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed With a word she can get what she came for My sixteen-year-old self could never have imagined quoting Led Zeppelin to describe the moment I met the grape that changed my life. Yet there I was, island-hopping under the blazing July sun across the Aegean, on assignment to write about native Greek varieties. And as the golden light bathed the path...

If you take Greece apart, you will be left with an olive tree, a grapevine and a boat. Odysseas Elytis (Nobel Prize for Literature, 1979)...