podlist.gr

The Greek Current
The Greek Current

The success story of Greek wines

Over the last years we’ve seen a wave of creativity sweep across Greece - from art and culture to the country’s growing gastronomical scene. As this past year’s tourist numbers indicate, the world is also taking notice. An integral part of this success story are Greece’s wines, as Greek winemakers rediscover ancient cultural traditions and varieties to produce world-class wines again. Ted Diamantis, one of the leading importers of Greek wines in the United States who has been on the front lines of this transformation, joins Thanos Davelis to look into how these dynamic changes are not only boosting Greek products, but Greece’s overall image.

You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:

Getting To Know The Wines Of Greece

Greece the Honoured Country in China’s Largest Beverages Expo

In Athens, Creativity in Art, Food and More Rises

Athens assets most affordable among European capitals

Turkey using courts, laws to target dissent ahead of votes-Human Rights Watch

Turkey doctors' chief sentenced over call for chemical weapons inquiry

Πηγή

Περισσότερα επεισόδια

Russia's hybrid war and Europe's far right turn

On August 4, a drone struck the wing of a Ukrainian aircraft at Germany’s Leipzig Airport and fell onto the tarmac. It failed to explode. Two more drones were also found nearby over the next few days. All the evidence has pointed to Russia as the main culprit, with German officials highlighting how the Leipzig airport attack followed a “well-established pattern of Russian hybrid operations in...

Greece lures hedge funds and rebuilds market trust while NATO looks to put Greenland saga behind it

At the height of the last decade’s financial crisis, Greece was not only struggling to keep capital in the country, but its borrowing cost was also sky high. Today, Greece is wooing the world’s leading hedge funds with a new tax regime designed to lure investors to establish substantial operations in Athens, and we’ve already seen it persuade billionaire Chris Rokos and the hedge fund...

The Houthis and the Red Sea crisis, Turkish threats in the Aegean, and political turmoil in Serbia

This week we’re traveling around the region, moving from the Red Sea to the Balkans.While the Iran war has disrupted energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s attention shifted to another major global chokepoint at the mouth of the Red Sea this past week, the Bab-el Mandeb Strait, as Iran-backed Houthi rebels tighten their grip over this strategic maritime route and threaten Saudi...