Complimentary Greek Wine Tasting Open House At Zaytinya

WHAT: Complimentary walk-around tasting of Greek wine at Zaytinya. These wines are low-production, high quality wines that are food-friendly and have a great ratio of price to quality. For those who want to buy these wines while dining at Zaytinya, the wines will be available to purchase at 25% the regular wine list price from major wine producing regions of Macedonia (Northern Greece) including Naoussa, Amyndeo, Halkidiki, Drama, Mt. Athos and Peloponnese plus (Southern Greece) covering the regions of Nemea, Metsovo, Mantinia, Patra Islands of Santorini, Cephalonia, Rhodes and Evia. There are 300 native grape varieties in Greece.


WHEN: Sunday, April 30, 2006 from 4- 6 PM, dinner reservations recommended
For after the tasting

WHERE: Zaytinya is located at 701 9th Street NW, phone (202) 638-0800

WHY: To meet the winemakers of Greece and taste approximately 25 to 30 wines
in conjunction with "All About Greek"
Winery/Winemaker/(Region)
Alpha Estate/Angelos Iatrides (Amydeo)
Emery Wines/Mary Triantafillou (Island of Rhodes)
Domaine Evharis/Eva Bohme (Attica)
Papantonis Winery/Kallie Papantonis (Nemea)
Ktima Pavlidis/Christophoros Pavlidis (Drama)
Semeli Wines/Anne Kokotou (Nemea)
Gaia Estate/Yiannis Paraskevopoulos (Nemea,Santorini)
Domaine Sigalas/Paris Sigalas (Santorini)
Domaine Skouras/George Skouras (Nemea)
Domaine Tselepos/Yiannis Tselepos (Mantinia,Nemea)
Strofilia-Averoff/ Maria Dimou (Nemea, Metsovo)

All About Greek Wine is a joint venture of 25 of the top wineries of Greece that have joined forces to present the modern face of Greek wine. Member wineries were chosen for their commitment to quality and represent all of the major Greek wine-producing regions. The wines feature the rich and unique indigenous grape heritage of Greece as well as a full range of international varieties and blends. For more details, please visit www.allaboutgreekwine.com. Contact: George Athanas, cell 404/545-2323