• Wine and Love: A Drunkenness

    There is no drunkenness like that of being in love. As Valentine’s Day approaches, I couldn’t help but to reflect upon the intoxicating nature of love, and the way in which it contends with wine for the greatest inspiration behind humanity’s blushing of the cheeks and dizzying of the senses. Wine and love have always
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  • Handmade soap with red wine

    We had a rather creative idea around June, to create a soap which will contain our red wine, for which we know has therapeutical powers for the skin as well! Our friend and now colleague from the island made our idea happen, presenting us with a handmade cosmetic soap of Ikarian olive oil with dry
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  • Nouvelle étiquette pour la collection Pithari White

    The good news of January 2022? Brand new 𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙚𝙡 ✛ new vintage for Pithari White! A few words about the person responsible for the idea 💡 of this label: Martin Mostböck is an Austrian architect who designs furniture, houses, furniture and equipment, interiors and objects of everyday use, by rejecting all superficial styling, going back
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  • BUD BREAK AS SOUL SALVE

    In the lifecycle of vines, there are times of dormancy and times of blooming. There are also the in-between phases, the slow but steady emergence back into the world bud by bud, leaf by leaf. If you work in the world of wine, you begin to recognize the patterns of nature, and if you are anything
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  • Διαστρική συνάντηση

    Μουσική Διαστρική Συνάντηση 19/08/2021 στο θέατρο Διόνυσος του κτήματος μας. Ομιλία για τους πλανήτες, τα αστέρια και το σύμπαν από τους Αναστασία Κόκορη και Άγγελος Τσιάρας ερευνητές του UCL (Τμήμα επιστήμες υπολογιστών). Ερευνητές διδάκτωρες στην Αστρονομία, Αναστασία Κοκόρη Centre for Space Exochemistry Data, UCL & Άγγελος Τσιάρας της Ομάδας Αστροφυσικής του Τμήματος Φυσικής και Αστρονομίας
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  • Lemon- théâtre Dionysos

    #lemontour2021 #lemon  Lemon: voyage théâtral sur votre carte personnelle ! Lemon, le spectacle qui voyage de manière originale entre terre et mer, débarque à Ikaria pour 2 spectacles uniques au Domaine Afianes les samedi 31 juillet et dimanche 1er août. L’histoire incroyable du légendaire pianiste de 1900, qui est né sur un navire et n’en est
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  • Words and Wine and a Wandering Mind

    Hello! My name is Mary Kate and I am thrilled to be launching the Afianes Wine blog! I am a sommelier and a writer, and I am so excited to explore the convergence of my two greatest passions here on the Afianes blog. I am originally from the United States, but have also lived around
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  • Raising A Glass To Our Own Potential

    Welcome to the newest facet of the Afianes webpage, our blog! We are excited to create this space as a way to better connect with our community. We want this blog to act as a place of creative convergence, in which we explore the intersections of wine, culture, art, gastronomy, and the emotional ties they
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  • Pithari Red 2018 Χάλκινο Μετάλλιο (Amphora Paris,2020)

    Είμαστε πολύ ενθουσιασμένοι για αυτή την αναγνώριση από τον Διεθνή διαγωνισμό “CONCOURS INTERNATIONAL DES VINS BIOLOGIQUES” που έγινε στο Παρίσι το 2020 ! Το Pithari Red 2018 Π.Γ.Ε. Ικαρία, ποικιλίας Φωκιανό 100% και βιολογικής καλλιέργειας, κατέκτησε χάλκινο μετάλλιο ανάμεσα σε αμέτρητες συμμετοχές από όλο τον κόσμο!