Γηγενείς ποικιλίες: το στοίχημα του Ελληνικού ελαιόλαδου
Nested in the hills above Corinth, among pine forests and vineyard is the olive grove of Oleosophia, created by Marianna Devetzooglou and Giorgos Maginas. Mariana, a physicist turned olive oil sommelier, and Giorgos an IT engineer have bet everything on Manaki: a native cultivar little known beyond its home regions of Korinthia and Argolida, yet […]
If you let nature take its course, things will find their way
Chrysoula Skorditi has farmed organically near Epanomi, northern Greece, since 1995 — driven by a mother’s worry about chemicals sprayed beside her children. Her accounting background kept the farm debt-free, while a decade leading the Union of Organic Farmers helped secure official recognition for organic markets in 2019. Today she preserves around twenty vanishing landrace […]
Ελαιοτουρισμός the next best thing στον εγχώριο τουρισμό
At 10am, outside a Frankish castle in the Messinian countryside, a group of visitors receives a small bottle containing a clue — the start of a treasure hunt that will take them through the history of the olive, into a working mill, back to a century-old stone press, and finally to a table of local […]
Ψηφίζουν τυποποίηση οι παραγωγοί της Κρήτης
Greece produces 7-9% of the world’s olive oil but its branded, packaged extra virgin holds less than 3% of the global market. That gap — between what Greece grows and what it manages to sell under its own name — is the central problem that Manolis Karpadakis has spent his career trying to close. As […]
Tourisme et agriculture en concurrence
On a summer evening, Santorini glows so brightly it could be mistaken for the Athens coastline. Tourism has made the Cyclades prosperous — but at a price that is only now becoming fully visible. Vineyards are disappearing, fields are running dry, and the farmers who remain are watching construction sites creep up against their irrigation […]
Πρώτα το δέντρο μετά ο καρπός
Lesbos is home to 11 million olive trees — making it Greece’s third most important olive-producing region — and it is here that ELIA Lesvos Confest has found its natural home. Now in its second edition, this international conference and festival has grown into one of the most ambitious and distinctive gatherings in the Mediterranean […]
Πάθος της Μεσογείου πίσω από κάθε νέα εκκίνηση στο ελαιόλαδο
Few people see the global olive oil sector with the breadth and precision of Juan Vilar. A PhD-level strategic consultant, professor, and founder of Juan Vilar Consultores Estratégicos (juanvilar.com), he has advised public and private institutions across more than 40 countries, conducted field research in olive groves from Portugal to Saudi Arabia to Australia, and […]
Γεωργία του άνθρακα και ελιά
The olive grove may be one of agriculture’s tools against climate change — but only if it is managed the right way. Research involving the Crete based Institute of Olive Tree, Subtropical Plants and Viticulture shows that olive groves managed with agroecological practices can sequester up to one tonne more CO2 per acre annually than […]
Η επιστροφή του αμφορέα
The amphora is having a moment. An object that held the world’s first wine 8,000 years ago in the Caucasus, largely displaced by the oak barrel over the centuries, is now returning to cellars across the winemaking world — not as nostalgia, but as a serious technical choice. In this interview, Professor Yiorgos Kotseridis of […]
Θα ξάφνιαζε η φέτα από απαστερίωτο
English pitch: Raw milk cheese occupies a tiny corner of the Greek dairy market — but it may be where the most interesting story lies. Arsenic cow cheese of Naxos and Kopanisti of the Cyclades, the two PDO raw milk cheeses produced in Greece, are among the most distinctive and gastronmically rewarding products in the […]