Metaxa 12 Star Greek Brandy 40% vol 70cl + 2 Tumbler Gift Set

An attractive mix of two local Cretan varieties. The naturally sweet ripe-tasting flavour is reminiscent of good village Rhône. Kotsifali, aromatic and generous, blends well with the smaller-berried mandilaria which contributes colour and backbone. It’s a great authentically Cretan match. Features From the prize-winning Karavitakis estate in Crete made with two local Cretan grape varieties […]

Metaxa uses distilled wines that have been aged for at least 7 years. The result is a high quality brandy that is full-bodied and rather sweet. Features Strength / ABV : 40% Size – 5cl / 50ml Packaging : Glass Country / Region : Greece

Wonderful full characterful white made from 100 year-old ungrafted assyrtiko vines in a monastery’s vineyard. Assyrtiko is Greece’s finest white with a seam of fruit acidity that gives it life and longevity. Cultivated organically since 1979. Features From the prize-winning, organic PDO Hatzidakis estate in Sanotrini full and characterful medium dry white assyrtiko grape – […]

Features Joe’s Tasting Note: “Anyone looking for the perfect steak-chips-wine combo should head here. The blend of ripe currants and vanilla, oaky spice is delicious, whilst there is a good heft of ripe tannin to work with your (ideally, rare) steak. On the finish look for all the mocha, coconut and vanilla aromas from the […]

Robola is an increasingly rare noble variety that thrives in the upper slopes of Kefalonia’s imposing Mount Ainos They vinify the perfectly ripe grapes at our family winnery, one of Greece’s first boutique wineries. This is an elegant , perfectly balanced dry wine that is crisp and fresh, full of terroir driven minerality and character, […]

The most awarded wine of the region: Decanter World Wine Awards awarded the 2013 vintage Silver and the 2011 vintage Silver; and the Bronze for 2014. Melon and ginger spice decorate this lively wine, along with notes of roses, blood oranges and bergamot; with the uplifting acidity cleansing the palate. Great with deserts, spicey foods. […]

A gentle fresh lightish-alcohol (12.5%) red made in the Peloponnese from local agiorgitiko (St George) grapes and some kalavrytino and syrah. The grapes are sourced from sub-mountainous zones of the Peloponnese at around 350 to 700 metres above sea level. The Ionos range is unoaked, fresh and gentle. Features From the prize-winning Caravino estate in […]

First produced in 1880 by the Kaloyannis brothers in Constantinople, the increasingly successful business moved to the Athenian port of Piraeus in 1919. The brothers produced various styles of ouzo, but the one preferred by connoisseurs came from barrel number 12. So, as the legend goes, No. 12 Ouzo was born. It became the best-known, […]