The Cinque Journal / The Greek Wine Journey
EVENT ARCHIVE · MARCH 2021
Virtual Assyrtiko Wine Tasting
A March 2021 tasting connecting eight countries through Assyrtiko, its producers and its places of origin.
Published 2021-03-29 · Cinque — The Greek Wine Journey
IN THIS ARTICLE
On 10 March 2021, during lockdown, Cinque organised an online Assyrtiko tasting for the international #winelover community. According to our account of the event, tasting kits reached participants in eight countries.
The selection connected the Atalanti Valley in Central Greece with Santorini, inviting participants to compare wines from the same variety across different origins and winemaking choices.
Three perspectives on Assyrtiko
The tasting featured a fresh mainland Assyrtiko from Domaine Hatzimichalis, a stainless-steel fermented expression from Gaia Wines and a barrel-aged Santorini wine from Avantis – Anhydrous.
These particular wines offered a starting point for discussing fruit, texture, acidity and the influence of maturation. Their differences belonged to the wines in the glasses, rather than to a fixed rule that every mainland or island Assyrtiko must follow.
A conversation with producers and educators
Our event archive records the participation of Leonidas Hatzimichalis of Domaine Hatzimichalis, Giannis Paraskevopoulos, oenologist and co-founder of Gaia Wines, and Giorgos Kotseridis, Professor of Oenology at the Agricultural University of Athens.
They brought the discussion closer to the vineyards and cellars, explaining origins and winemaking decisions. Participants could ask questions, exchange impressions and hear different perspectives on the same variety.
The tasting kit behind the meeting
Cinque handled the preparation of small-format samples, packaging and coordination of the international deliveries. The aim was to give participants the same selection and a shared tasting sequence.
That preparation was as important as the online connection itself. A guided tasting needed wines ready to serve, clear presentation and time for a conversation across countries.
A chapter from the lockdown years
This article records a completed event from March 2021. It does not announce a current shipment service or a new date for the same tasting.
What remains is the memory of a community exploring Greek wine together: producers, educators and guests finding a way to share knowledge when travel and physical gatherings were restricted.