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Cry for help for Melambes
July 25, 2022 2 min read

Cry for help for Melambes

By Yiannis Karakasis MW

I wouldn’t say I like writing about disasters, it honestly makes my heart ache, but the choice of turning a blind eye is (sometimes) not a choice at all. The recent wildfire caused a major catastrophe in the village of Melambes of Rethymnon, Crete. A village that had just recently re-entered the wine maps due to the efforts of a young producer, who decided to regenerate a forgotten vineyard with old Vidiano vines. Iliana Malihin managed to bring together a whole village, and she deserves much credit for that and for producing exciting wines.

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