From the mainland to the island...
…Thasos consists of metamorphic crystalline rocks such as quartzite, slate, gneiss and above all marble, which has been exploited with...
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Antonios Repanas
- Feb 15, 2022
- 7 min
“I became a wine archaeologist in Kazaviti of Thasos”
The sun is slowly setting on the horizon, on the island of Thasos, and Alex and Audrey, sitting on the balcony of the tavern “Giannis” in...
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Alexander Heer
- Aug 27, 2021
- 4 min
…(p)reparations for harvesting on the island and beyond that.
Recently, a good friend asked me if I had already started the harvest on Thasos. I answered in the negative, because I was still in the...
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- Apr 19, 2021
- 2 min
Kaiser Wilhelm
The former "accidental seedling" is an old variety from the 19th century and found its way onto the Kaiser Wilhelm table. As a tough...
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- Jan 5, 2021
- 2 min
The gold of the Paleolithic
"What we're gonna do right here is go back, way back, back into time." On Thasos we have both. Ochre and red chalk (sanguine). The base...
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Reinhart S. Lang
- Jan 2, 2021
- 3 min
Who packs the spirit of nature into the amphora!
…published by Reinhart S. Lang
https://www.reinhart-lang.de/2020/03/12/alexander-heer-der-den-naturgeist-in-die-amphore-packt/
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Anatole Herzfeldt
- Dec 31, 2020
- 3 min
The aquanautic wine
Centuries ago the Italians already dried their grapes on lava stone. The French in the Jura on straw. Sea water is our solution. Aquanautic.
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Irina Sofranova
- Nov 24, 2020
- 6 min
An European story
…published by Irina Sofranova
За Александър Хеер и Ктима Казавити на Тасос
https://divino.bg/Za-Aleksandar-Heer-i-Ktima-Kazaviti-na-Tasos
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Anatole Herzfeldt
- Aug 30, 2020
- 2 min
Why Greece?
The island of Thasos is located in the northern Aegean Sea. Here the viticulture has its history since the 5th century BC. Experienced...
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Anatole Herzfeldt
- Aug 30, 2020
- 2 min
Terraces of Kazaviti - the rediscovery of the Hanging Gardens
On the Greek island of Thasos the Phoenician´s brought the terraced culture from their homeland, to the western world. They recognized...
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ktimakazaviti
- Aug 30, 2020
- 2 min
Kioupia - ancient vinification
The Thasian "Kioupi", is an amphora, called "Pithoi" in Crete, which was used in ancient times as a storage and transport vessel. In...
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