meet the importer greek wine dinner
thursday october 18th
6:30pm dinner begins at 7
4 courses & 4 wines
$75 per person
greek wine dinner “meet the importer” with Aris Soultanos of Eklekticon Naturally Greek. The opportunity to sit at the table with natural greek wine importer Aris and learn while tasting the history of these old vines and greek winemaking. A special dinner to introduce wines of Greece to guests at deadhorse hill.
arrival wine
sant’or roditis nature
first
mezze
hummus, taziki, cucumber salad, feta, honey & sesame
pairing: georgas family retsina blk label
second
pastitilos | lamb, feta, herbs
pairing: garalis terra amber
third
mediterranean grilled fish | olive oil, lemon, leeks, skordalio potatoes
pairing: sant’or krasis red
fourth
baklava
olive oil ice cream & pistachio jam caramel
Pairing: pastbuildings sambuca milk punch
About Eklektikon:
“Eklektikon was launched in 2011 with the vision of creating a bridge between “Greek tradition” and the US market, expressed through handcrafted natural Greek wines.
To achieve this, we work with small-batch artisanal growers around the country, who manually farm their own grapes, using organic and biodynamic practices. We stress that vinification is of minimal intervention, using old and time-tested methods of local tradition. This results in wines of true integrity, authenticity, tradition, and honest expression of the local terroir and ancient DNA of the Greek vines.
We like idiosyncratic wines that feel energetic and alive, full of texture and complex secondary aromas, which adhere to and express local traditions.
Of equal importance is our commitment to working with genuinely kind and ethical human beings, who are concerned for others, the environment, and the footprint they leave behind.”
Greek Wine:
“Greece boasts the world’s longest recorded history of winemaking (6,500 years) and is credited with being the first area to develop sophisticated techniques* for the cultivation and production of grapes. Those, along with Greek indigenous grapes, were the seed that spread to the rest of Europe and ultimately led to today’s development of the art and science of winemaking.
Ancient Greeks had a rich wine culture not found anywhere else, centered around Dionysus, the God of the grape harvest, wine and love for life.
Today, Greece is re-emerging as an oenological world player due to its state-of-the-art facilities and its innovative production techniques, adapted to its over 300 globally-unique indigenous varieties (2nd largest in the world) and fascinating terroir (mountainous, alluvial and volcanic). Greece is reviving its glorious wine culture and proudly offers rare wines of the finest quality to the rest of the world.
* The Greek 4th-century BC writer Theophrastus left a detailed record of some of the Greek influences and innovation in the realm of viticulture and grape growing. One important technique was study of vineyard soils and matching them with specific grapevines. Homer wrote that Laertes, father of Odysseus, had over 50 varieties planted in different parts of his vineyard. Another way to control yields for the better concentration of flavors and quality, rather than increased quantity; contemporary economics favored high yields for most crops, and intentionally limiting agricultural output was far from common practice in the ancient world. Theophrastus also detailed the practice of using suckering and plant cuttings for new vineyard plantings. The Greeks also practiced vine training with stacked plants for easier cultivation and harvesting, rather than letting the grapevines grow untrained in bushed or up trees.”
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