Level One, Electra House - 131-139 King William Street, Adelaide SA 5000
On The Chopping Board (OTCB) was invited to a New Wines of Greece lunch at Level One at Electra House. All wines and food were provided on behalf of New Wines of Greece and Level One. New Wines of Greece arrived in Adelaide after hosting masterclasses and tastings in Sydney and Melbourne and OTCB was lucky to spend a lunch exploring a variety of wines from Greece. I (Amanda) was excited as one, I don't think I have ever tried wine from Greece before and secondly, the wine was to be matched with the brilliant food at Level One (check out our previous menu tasting review).A New Wines of Greece selection |
On arrival, we meet our host, Master of Wine, Yiannis Karakasis, ready to educate us on all things Greek wine. I do love wine, have dabbled in a few masterclasses, wine tastings and like to sniff, swirl and swig like the next person but I am by no means a wine connoisseur so I won't go into detail about the wines today... I will leave that to the experts and we had many of those at our table today!
Ready for the Wine Tasting! |
Confit Ocean Trout |
The entree is matched with five different white wines, all a little different in colour and flavour profile but assist to either cut through the richness of the trout or compliment this decadence:
2015 Gaia Wines Thalassitis
2016 Jim Barry Assyrtiko
2015 Santo Wines Santorini Nykteri
2015 Argyros Estate Assyrtiko
2009 Domaine Sigalas Santorini Barrel
Wagyu Sirloin with a 'Mushroom Forest' |
Red Wines for the Main Course |
2013 Thymiopoulos Earth and Sky
2014 Domaine Sigalas Mavrotragano
2013 Gaia Wines Estate
I found it so interesting listening to the wine experts from New Wines of Greece discuss the history of Greek wines, the wine regions and grape varieties in Greece and also the different aromas and flavour profiles the guests around the table detected when trying the numerous wines over lunch. Unfortunately I had to leave and missed out on dessert and the matching dessert wine in the 2000 Argyros Estate Vinsanto 12 years barrel aged.
If you would like to learn more about Greek wines please visit the New Wines of Greece website. To order any of the above wines mentioned please visit the following distributors: Douglas Lamb Wines, Estate Wine Distributors, Bouchon Wines & Spirits and/or Miloway.
And don't forget to drop into Level One if you haven't tried their Asian fusion goodness!
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