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Can I skip a wine if the winemaker is an ass***?
August 24, 2019 4 min read

Can I skip a wine if the winemaker is an ass***?

By Gregory Michailos

Seven years ago, Yiannis Karakasis, Stefanos Georgas, former export manager of Argyros Estate in Santorini, and I were sitting at a table in Paradiso - the restaurant that belonged to my parents - having dinner and discussing Greek wine. Much has changed since then; the restaurant has gone out of business, Yiannis received his Master of Wine title in 2015 and, quite recently, Stefanos broke his love-affair with the island of Santorini and relocated to Athens and the Papagiannakos winery. 

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