Published: 18 August, 2025
Greek wine is experiencing a revolution. Two decades of relentless graft by ex-punk and one-time Mykonos beach bum Steve Daniel, of Hallgarten & Novum, and specialist Mary Pateras, of Eclectic Wines, are finally paying off. They and a whole host of highly educated Greek trade professionals have worked very hard to firmly cement Greek wine in the UK market – the likes of Yannos Hadjiioannou and Stefanos Kokotos of Maltby & Greek, Harry Georgiou of Amathus and Effi Tsournava, aided by Matthew Horsley at The Wine Society, spring to mind.
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Published: 15 August, 2025
Seasoned veterans of the trade know the phenomenon all too well: there are few tasks more daunting – or more critical – than the delicate management of family succession. With persistent inflation, shrinking margins and declining consumption, the long game of generational transfer has never felt more precarious. Some businesses may even face the uncomfortable reality that their children do not want to take over – or that the numbers simply no longer stack up.
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Published: 30 April, 2025
When Véronique Cochran first converted Château Falfas to biodynamic agriculture in 1989, it looked unconventional. Fast-forward to today and many of the methods she uses at her vineyard in Bordeaux’s Côtes de Bourg – not using chemical pesticides, growing cover crops between vines – seem mainstream. Such is the march of organics and biodynamics in Europe in recent decades. But today those shifts are part of a wider sea change towards more sustainable production.
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Published: 07 March, 2025
Leading Greek wine supplier Maltby&Greek has promoted Alexandra Badoi to head of wine.
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Prices for top Santorini wines have dramatically risen to the same heights as Chablis says Mary Pateras, director of Eclectic Wines, a specialist wholesaler established 20 years ago, and which now imports about half of the Greek wines sold in Britain.
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