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Police crack open cross-border moonshine ring

Edit Kathimerini 08 Jul 2016
In raids across Athens, police have located 33,000 of bottled spirits, more than 2,600 bottles of tsipouro and ouzo, 11 barrels of tsipouro, 13 vats of ethanol and thousands of well-known brand labels ......

A monk shares his love of God, food and wine

Edit Kathimerini 02 Jul 2016
Father Epiphanios is one of the better-known monks of the monastic community of Mount Athos in northern Greece ... Epiphanios has gladdened hearts and stomachs in France, Italy, Britain, Spain, Germany and elsewhere ... During the annual commemoration of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary on August 15, he cooks 2.5 tons of fish, feeding around 4,000 mouths ... They enjoyed life and drank a lot of wine and tsipouro ... What brought you to Mount Athos?....

When You're Sober and Your Partner's Not

Edit Huffington Post 28 Mar 2016
When I got sober, I didn't ask my then-husband to quit drinking. In the foggy, shame-filled logic of early sobriety, I felt guilty. After all, he had moved the booze from a locked cabinet (which I easily picked open with a kabob skewer) to some other super secret place in support of my recovery ... "I'm fine ... The cabinet was reassembled with the delicious clutter of scotch, gin, vodka, ouzo, tsipouro, brandy, kahlua, rum, tequila, and wine....

Greek spirits experiencing a heyday as distillers get creative

Edit Kathimerini 19 Mar 2016
Can an aged tsipouro compete with a good grappa? Or a Greek liqueur with a fine cognac or armagnac? The answer is yes, because in the past few years, Greek distillers have been working miracles, with a growing number of vintners joining their ranks and bartenders using Greek spirits in cocktails, giving them their own distinctive twist ... The same goes for tsipouro and any other spirit.”....

Pick-me-up for Greek spirits as distillers get creative

Edit Kathimerini 19 Mar 2016
Can an aged tsipouro compete with a good grappa? Or a Greek liqueur with a fine cognac or armagnac? The answer is yes, because in the past few years, Greek distillers have been working miracles, with a growing number of vintners joining their ranks and bartenders using Greek spirits in cocktails, giving them their own distinctive twist ... The same goes for tsipouro and any other spirit.”....

Cheap Cigarettes Are Burning Greece's Finances

Edit Bloomberg 08 Feb 2016
On an unremarkable morning on Stournari street in downtown Athens, just a few blocks away from the epicenter of every riot the city has seen during its recent crisis years, two men of Asian origin politely and openly hawk cigarettes to passersby ... The R.G.D ... about 24 million liters of untaxed tsipouro, a traditional spirit from grape marc, are being consumed every year in Greece, according to local distiller Kostas Tsililis ... ....

Want smokes for 1.50 euros? Greeks lose millions of tax on bad habits

Edit Kathimerini 08 Feb 2016
On an unremarkable morning on Stournari street in downtown Athens, just a few blocks away from the epicenter of every riot the city has seen during its recent crisis years, two men of Asian origin politely and openly hawk cigarettes to passersby ... Smuggling racket ... about 24 million liters of untaxed tsipouro, a traditional spirit from grape marc, are being consumed every year in Greece, according to local distiller Kostas Tsililis....

Greek Spirits | Athens | January 31

Edit Kathimerini 29 Jan 2016
The event, “Greek Spirits,” will showcase a selection including tsipouro, ouzo and liqueurs....

Rick Steve's Europe: A feast of Greek pleasures

Edit The Oklahoman 03 Jan 2016
It's a joy to surrender to the Greek way of living. Greece's welcoming people, mouthwatering food and drink, and joyful music and folk dances make it easy to immerse yourself into the easygoing lifestyle. When I'm in Greece, I eat as the Greeks do. Around 9 p.m., I head to a taverna and order a medley of mezedes (appetizers) and share it family-style ... And it's cheap ... When Greeks really want to show hospitality, the drink is tsipouro ... ....

Rick Steves: A feast of Greek pleasures

Edit Toronto Sun 11 Dec 2015
It's a joy to surrender to the Greek way of living. Greece's welcoming people, mouthwatering food and drink, and joyful music and folk dances make it easy to immerse yourself into the easygoing lifestyle. When I'm in Greece, I eat as the Greeks do. Around 9 p.m., I head to a taverna and order a medley of mezedes (appetizers) and share it family-style ... And it's cheap ... When Greeks really want to show hospitality, the drink is tsipouro ... ....

Levy on tsipouro and wine to hurt only the legal producers

Edit Kathimerini 23 Nov 2015
At least 100 million euros per year are lost from state coffers from the illegal trade in bulk tsipouro, a potent, traditional Greek spirit, rising to 200 million when the unpaid value-added tax and income tax are added, according to the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) ... Moderate estimates suggest that 24 million liters of tsipouro is sold in bulk every year....

In Greece, Healthy Teeth Are Now A Luxury

Edit Huffington Post 05 Nov 2015
It was the first time in weeks Anthoula Papazoi had cooked meat. She had stewed the cut of beef, donated by a friend, on a low flame all morning. But now the casserole sat untouched, as Papazoi fretted about her 13-year-old daughter Nikoleta's tooth ... "Do we have painkillers?" she asked, rummaging through a kitchen cabinet. "I'm going crazy." ... The result ... When she ran out, Papazoi told Elli to swish tsipouro, a Greek brandy, in her mouth ... ....

The latest sign of Greece’s decay: Children’s teeth

Edit Kathimerini 05 Nov 2015
IOANNINA-It was the first time in weeks Anthoula Papazoi had cooked meat. She had stewed the cut of beef, donated by a friend, on a low flame all morning. But now the casserole sat untouched, as Papazoi fretted about her 13-year-old daughter Nikoleta's tooth ... “Do we have painkillers?” she asked, rummaging through a kitchen cabinet ... Today ... When she ran out, Papazoi told Elli to swish tsipouro, a Greek brandy, in her mouth....
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