Κρασί: Wine

In the small village of Ayios Theodoros the wind whispers and the weather is always mild tempered. Here the sunshines down and feeds the wild growing fruit and the small gardens. George Georghiou is an urban man, a lawyer, a father, and an uncle; but to those who know him well he is still a farm boy from K. Dhikomo, Cyprus.

Mr. Georghiou owns a summer house in Ayios Theodoros, it’s a quite place where he is free to have family over and spend the day by the pool or grilling in his hand made brick oven. He had designed the house and oversaw the construction creating a terracing of the land where all the fruit trees are planted. However when he travels to the village to find some peace from the city, he spends his days curating wine, in a small village looking wine cellar that is tucked away behind tall vibrant green hedges. The wine cellar was built by Mr. Georghiou with help from a local mason. The building is dressed in stone to give it the authentic mountain cottage look that matches the surrounding houses. Here inside this wine cellar there isn’t much, there are stainless steel tanks and other equipment to ferment the grapes, large wooden oak barrel, so the wine can age perfectly, and a small bottle tree to dry the bottles, a label maker, and a wine rack; but from these simple things Mr. Georghiou creates his own personal brand of wine, spirits, and Zivania, which is the clear drink that is 100 degrees proof, but his is a beautiful shade of light pink, which makes it different from all the others.

This wine is darkest shade of ruby red, with a dry taste that tickles your tongue, while leaving behind a rich potent flavor of an acidy sweet grape, after consumption. For his family it serves more than just the function as a beverage of unique flavor, it is the laughter, the jokester, and the celebration starter. It is the one wine bottle that is passed around and as the wine disappears from the bottle, the memories of that night flow back into the deep green glass bottle. For ever bottle that comes from Mr. Georghiou there are stories of good time, bad times and times that are both. So if you ever come to my house and drink my uncles wine, know this, you drinking more than just a wine.