Ένα κείμενο σχετικά με την πρόσφατη απώλεια του Σαντορινιού οινοποιού
Γιάννη Αργυρού συνέταξε και ανάρτησε στο διαδίκτυο ο κ. Νίκος Μάνεσης που
ασχολείται με την προβολή των ελληνικών οίνων στο εξωτερικό.
Το κείμενο μπορείτε να το διαβάσετε στην αγγλόφωνη σελίδα
του www.greekwineworld.net
Σύμφωνα με το κείμενο,
A leading
figure of Santorinian wine died December 12, 2011. He was 64. Argyros was the
antithesis of the ego-driven winemaker. Man of few words, modest. Not easy to
get much out of him, either. Disciplined and hard-working. He let his wines do
the talking. His grandfather founded Canava Argyros in 1903. When Yannis took
over, in 1974, Santorinian wine fortunes had been in decline since the 1956
earthquake, when a large chunk of the middle class emigrated to Athens
For 17
years I visited his vineyards and Canava. Clam-like, he slowly opened up.
Eventually, in a measured and frank manner, we spent precious hours tasting
from dozens of Vinsanto casks and older vintages of bone-dry wines. However, it
was his profound understanding of the shrinking Santorinian sub-regions –
Akrotiri, Megalochori, Pyrgos, Episkopi, Imerovigli – that was truly
impressive. He also knew who the best farmers were. These were some of the
fascinating aspects of this self-taught winemaker. His legacy lives on in the
stunning collection of Vinsanto. In fact, it was this man’s persistence and
continuous investment that singlehandedly repositioned Santorini Vinsanto as Greece
