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Category Archives: wine
1968 – The miraculous vine of St. Simeon at Chilandariou by Cuville in 1918
This autochrome (1918) by Fernando Cuville shows a small part the Katholikon of Chilandariou on the left, the famous vine of St. Simeon is growing in the direction of the well. In the background the clock and the bell tower. … Continue reading
Posted in 04 Chilandariou, wine
Tagged cuville, grapes, katholikon, miracle, Saint Simeon, vines, well
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1870 – Mylopotamos and father Epifanios
The settlement of Mylopotamos in 1853. Again in 2013, now with the winery and the vineyards of father Epifanios. Father Epifanios or Epiphanios is one of the better-known monks of Mount Athos. A dedicated winemaker with exports from his vineyard … Continue reading
1762 – Into the cellar of Zografou. (Day one, part four)
In light rain we passed a church that is left to decay just as it was six years ago. Coming from the Chera crossing the church is the first building just before entering the monastic complex of Zografou. It is … Continue reading
1715 – Provata
Between Karakalou and Lakkou Skiti lies the area called Provata. It is a settlement of a few larger kellions, f.e. Panaghia, St. George and St Andreou, witch were founded by mainly Slavic monks. The settlemnet we visited is one of the … Continue reading
1396 – a visit to Chromitsa 2011 nr 5: wine tasting by Tsantali
The main goal to our visit to Chromitsa was a winetasting at the Tsantali winery. Mr Christos Bitsios, the Tsantali manager who kindly showed us around and explained us everything about the history of the Tsantali company and the Chromitsa … Continue reading
Posted in Chromitsa, trip 2011: Wim's group, wine
Tagged avaton, Kormelitsa, Kremlin, tsantali, Tsipourou, webmasters
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1367 – Chromitsa
Greek wine company Tsantali runs a large vineyard on Mount Athos. They renovated an old Russian hospital close to the border where they invite guests to taste wine. Tsanatali is the official supplier of the Moscow Kremlin with the wine … Continue reading
1224 – new wine from Mylopotamos, "The best red wine of Greece ever tasted"?
In post nr 2546 of the Agioritikes Mnimes (our fellow blogger Keliotes) shows us a Greek webshop with products from monasteries/Mount Athos. My special interest lies with the wines and to my surprize the vineyard of Mylopotamos came with a … Continue reading