Ioannina & Zagori
Epirus, Greece№ 06
Back to the family table.
Time with our cousins, a tavern Yanni has known since childhood, and the villages and views of northern Greece.
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Latest entry№ 07 · Sardinia & Greece
What we brought home.
Unexpected lunches, gifts from friends, and music in a silversmith’s workshop. A closing note about the people who welcomed us.
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6 more stopsCosta Lazaridi
Attica, Greece№ 05
Our first visit to Costa Lazaridi.
We’ve carried their wines for 25 years. At last, a visit to the estate, a look through the cellar, and a stop at Marathon.
Read the storyPeskesi
Crete, Greece№ 04
A little starstruck in Crete.
A day at Peskesi Farm brought a surprise meeting with Irini Tzortzoglou. At our hotel’s cooking class, Yanni had one question: when was the wine coming?
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Alagni, Crete№ 03
The whole village was bringing grapes.
We came for a tasting and arrived in the middle of harvest, where the Karapidakis family made room for us anyway.
Read the storyFragospito
Crete, Greece№ 02
An unexpected table at Fragospito.
Harvest had kept them working until 5:30 a.m. At 1 p.m., they were welcoming us with wine. Then someone started making lunch.
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Sardinia, Italy№ 01
The Wine Adventure.
Two wineries, long lunches, and ten days of what Yanni insists was very serious work.
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A note from us
At Yanni’s, we’re usually the ones welcoming people to the table. These are a few of the many people who have welcomed us to theirs.
Yanni & Denise