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Three Days Later: Masters of Wine Visit to Greece
October 6, 2019 5 min read

Three Days Later: Masters of Wine Visit to Greece

By Olga Antoniadou

I had to run the last 400m to get to Kir Aristos' tavern, as I had been stuck in traffic for the last hour. “Great,” I thought to myself, “talk about luck.” I had been invited to the souvlaki, and beer tasting with the 20 Masters of Wine who are visiting Greece and I had been hoping I could get a tiny idea of how it all went during their first three days. I was lucky as I got to sit near Taina Vilkuna MW from Finland, Lenka Sedlackova MW from the Czech Republic based in the UK, Jane Boyce MW from Ireland, and Madeleine Stenwreth MW from Sweden, who all looked as if they were thoroughly enjoying themselves (I can’t resist smiling faces!). Also, they were quite welcoming. Right next to me was Mr. George Papapanagiotou from Enterprise Greece, the organising body of the visit (Hellenic Investment and Foreign Trade Company), across from me Gregory Michailos and Mrs. Eva Milik again from Enterprise Greece.

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