by Jessica Langham | Jun 15, 2023 | GAIA, NEW RELEASE, PRODUCERS, STORIES
Since 2009, every year Gaia wines submerge around 500 bottles of the current vintage of “Thalassitis” just off the east coast of Santorini. Down there, under ideal conditions of stable temperature, they let them age, away from the light and unaffected by oxygen....
by Caroline Clarkson | May 25, 2023 | ARGYROS, DOULOUFAKIS, GAIA, GEROVASSILIOU, NEW RELEASE, PAPAGIANNAKOS, PRODUCERS, REVIEWS, SAMOS, STORIES, THYMIOPOULOS, ZAFEIRAKIS
GREECE IS THE WORD Winemakers weaving culture, history and modernity through 54 Greek wines ranging from A to X, sculpted across Greece and the Aegean archipelago. A vinescape vast in scope, condensed into some of most exciting varietals and innovative wines,...
by Caroline Clarkson | Apr 26, 2023 | GAIA, NEW RELEASE, PRODUCERS, REVIEWS, STORIES
As Greek wines have emerged onto the world stage in the past decades, few businesses have been as integral, or as influential as Gaia(pronounced Yeah-Ah). Holding vineyards in both Santorini and Nemea, they produce some of the country’s most sought after wines. They...
by Caroline Clarkson | Mar 20, 2023 | ARGYROS, DOULOUFAKIS, GAIA, NEW RELEASE, PAPAGIANNAKOS, PRODUCERS, REVIEWS, SAMOS, STORIES, THYMIOPOULOS, ZAFEIRAKIS
“If it were possible to give an entire country an award, our Rising Star would in all likelihood be named as Greece. The country’s winemaking has made enormous strides, and it is now producing truly world-class wines.”Sarah Jane-Evans MWDecanter Deja Vu...
by Jessica Langham | Mar 9, 2023 | GAIA, NEW RELEASE, PRODUCERS, STORIES
The new creation from GAIA WINES Is a higher expression of the Assyrtiko variety, created exclusively from the harvest of a rare, century-old vineyard on the island of Santorini. Its name is inspired by the company’s emblem, the ammonite, a fossil of a marine...
by Caroline Clarkson | Dec 6, 2022 | BADIOLA, BODEGAS VALDERIZ, CA DI ALTE, DOMAINES PAUL JABOULET AÎNÉ, GAIA, IN PRAISE OF SHADOWS, KALLESKE, MESTA, MOUNTAIN WINE PROJECT, PENINSULA VINICULTORES, PRODUCERS, REVIEWS, ROCK OF WISDOM, SHERRAH, STORIES, THYMIOPOULOS, VOYAGER ESTATE, ZAFEIRAKIS
Try these lightly chilled as the summer heat descends…. 2020 Côtes du Rhône Rouge Parallèle 45ORGANICRhone Valley, France “Lifted bouquet of bright cherry hints of garrigue. Lively and fresh and juicy on the palate, offering red cherry and undertones of earthy...
by Jessica Langham | Mar 17, 2022 | GAIA, NEW RELEASE, PRODUCERS, STORIES
The story behind Gaia Submerged Since 2009, every year Gaia wines submerge around 500 bottles of the current vintage of “Thalassitis” just off the east coast of Santorini. Down there, under ideal conditions of stable temperature, they let them age, away from the...
by Caroline Clarkson | Nov 20, 2021 | GAIA, PRODUCERS, STORIES
Gaia wines was launched in 1994 by agronomist Leon Karatsalos and oenologist Yiannis Paraskevopoulos with the release of their firstwine: Thalassitis, a modern and racy expression of Santorini Assyrtiko that took the world by surprise. To this day they are still...
