7pm – 9.30pm
£75 pp
Come and join us for a seafood dinner with Yannis Valambous, the owner of cult Santorini winery Vassaltis to taste his current releases of Assyrtiko - up against top white Burgundy from Patrick Javillier, Hubert Lamy, Anne Parent, domain Louis Jadot and many others… We will also be opening some top Cervaro… Antinoris cult white wine, and Chateau Smith Haut Lafitte 2010 blanc will also go head to head with Vassaltis. This is a fantastic opportunity to meet the young man who has single-handedly forged a reputation second to none on this island. He will also have some micro cuvées of wines not yet available in the UK, which are not only rare but are already sought after by sommeliers around the world.
These awesome wines will be available to taste with fresh crab, salmon and gigantic prawns; indeed, it will be a stunning evening. Come and relax, eat and drink and meet one of the cult figures of the wine industry who’s turned a dream into reality.
See some of the comments from Master of Wine Greg Sherwood and Sunday Times Wine Writer Will Lyons:
Greg Sherwood, MW:
"..another absolute cracker..."
“Greek wines are on the ascendancy, with many nearing a level of mainstream consumer fine wine acceptance..”
“What a beauty.” (Wine Safari Score: 95/100 Greg Sherwood MW) Barrel Fermented Assyrtiko
“A wine Eben Sadie in the Swartland would be proud to have made, which is a real badge of honour!” (Wine Safari Score: 94/100 Greg Sherwood MW) Assyrtiko 2016
Will Lyons:
"Greek winemaking has regained its heroic status”.
"The barrel aged Assyrtiko from Vassaltis is one of the finest Greek wines I have ever tasted. It wouldn't seem out of place among its more venerable European cousins."
