Lunch and Red Wine Tasting

Sunday was the most glorious day , so after a morning tasting Red wines at Dionysia wine fair we met some friends for lunch by the sea.
More of that later.
The reds
 Well I only tasted Greek indigenous grape varieties , as that is my passion.
Stand outs
Moraitis Sillogi Red 2007 organic
ablend of Black Aidani 70% and Cabernet. Altho this wine is oaked the fruit shines through. I am sure that this is wine its so popular at London's New Mayfair branch of Hakkasan , where it is on by the glass.
All the Mercouri reds were good , they are of course Greek classics, you get a real sense of terrior with these wines, definite black olives on the nose.
Sclavos bio-dynamic dry Mavrodaphne from Kefalonia , this wine is a real mouthfull.
Katogo Averoff- Strofilia 2010 unoaked Aghioritiko a lovely example of the characteristics of this grape variety , bursting with morello cherries and red berry fruits.
Hatzidakis funky Mavrotragano 2008. One of the most unusual and esoteric Greek reds packed with character and fruit.
Mitrivella estates, Two Aghioritikos one unoaked the other oaked, both very good and made in a modern style.
Then time for lunch by the sea with friends.
Where the first thing we needed was a long cold beer as the temp was indeed 20 degrees plus and after tasting lots of reds you need a palate cleanser.
We then dined on a feast of Greek mezes, fava, deep fried kalamari, a beautiful salad of tomatoes , cucumber , roka and capers, grilled haloumi on a sauce of figs and balsamic syrup, deep fried peeled prawns all toppped off with the greek classic dessert of loucoumades (tiny fried balls of batter cover in cinnamon syrup )served with vanilla icecream.