Greek legends: Chatting with Thanasis Parparousis

I truly respect the fact that great people are often humble and unpretentious. Especially in the era of Social Media, where everyone else is trying to show off and state their presence. They could even be described as ‘antisocial’. Thanasis Parparousis is such a rare case. He belongs to the historic first group of Greeks, who were trained (DNO) as oenologists in Bordeaux, together with Gerovassiliou, Voyiatzis, Fakorellis and others, and whο transformed the Greek wine scene in the 70s. He is a quiet man with a lot of hidden power.

The following chat took place last week in Κatakolo in the Peloponnese after I initially ran into him by chance in a local fish tavern. He was having dinner with another iconic Greek producer, Christos Kokkalis (pictured below). The next morning, when I came down to breakfast, there he was again. As I say, I never plan my posts. Posts find me on the way.