The Wine Box in Athens

Some friendships are like good old wine. You keep your precious bottle hidden in some cellar, away from light, gathering dust but never forgotten. You know its production year, what it is made of, and where it’s coming from, yet you anticipate the time when you will finally blow the dust off the bottle and open it to pleasantly surprise you with its taste.

Being away from home for all these years, it wasn’t easy to maintain contact with all of my friends. The only way I had to get a glimpse into their lives was through social media. From time to time I would see pictures of their holidays, weddings, celebrations, and new starts, I would read their profile updates, political views, and jokes, and my reaction would be a “like” on their posts or a comment at best. But a “like” or a “comment” is a poor substitute for verbal and eye-to-eye communication and recently I found myself determined and committed to meeting at least one of my old friends on every visit to Athens.

I had been promising Alexander that I would visit his wine store The Wine Box since the day I found out about it. And I finally did it! It all started with a call from my side changing my voice and asking him for the biggest and most expensive champagne bottle but I couldn’t hold myself for too long and burst into laughter… Eventually, over a glass of fine wine, we made up for all this time each was “lost” in the adventure called life.

The Wine Box is an exceptional cellar for wine enthusiasts where they can find everything from rare selections from around the world to wine glasses and bottle openers or assortments for gift baskets like fine chocolates or extra virgin olive oil.

I mostly like red wine so here are Alexander’s suggestions:

La Bernardine – Chateauneuf du Pape – M. Chapoutier 

OIKONOMOY – Sitia – Domaine Economou – Ziros Crete 

So when you are in Athens drop by The Wine Box at Xenokratous 25, Kolonaki, or order your gifts or favorite wine online at www.wine-box.gr. Also, make sure to follow their Facebook page as quite often they organize wine-tasting evenings where varieties from all around the world are introduced by wine experts.

Let us know in the comments which wine is your favorite, and don’t forget to visit our #lifestyle page for more tips on the art of living!

Until I open my “next bottle”… Cheers!