A variety of small pleasures
by Peter Pharos
Uncorked, Netflix’s newest addition to the cinematic wine canon, is a film you have already seen many times, and often you didn’t even make it to the end. The screenplay...
Peter Pharos
Peter Pharos likes to drink, talk and write about the wines of Greece and Italy.
He writes a bimonthly column, either covering Greek and Italian wine or discussing vinous matters from an oenophile’s perspective.
Articles by Peter Pharos
Letters from Monferrato
by Peter Pharos
This was not the piece I was planning to write. This was meant to be my write-up of my visit to Monferrato, the Piedmont region usually left out of the...
Not Bending It Like Beckham
by Peter Pharos
I have often been told I am a dream restaurant customer. I love thinking and discussing everything about them: the décor, the ambience, the service, the food and the wine...
This Wine Will Save Your Soul
by Peter Pharos
The problem with historical turning points is that the verdict is not out until it’s too late. It is clear now that corporal punishment is a cruel and ineffective tool...
Why Do Brits Hate Wine?
by Peter Pharos
My first wine piece was on Xinomavro, my second on Brexit, my third on why Brits hate wine. If I am writing about wine ten years from now, I think...
Why You Shouldn’t Care Much About Wine
by Peter Pharos
It’s funny how things change. Not so long ago in Greece, everybody would chip in to tell me what’s the right way to drink wine, as befits a place where...
It’s Time To Rethink Wine Criticism (But Not Like That)
by Peter Pharos
Like his fellow Athenian New Comedy playwrights, Menander is not a household name today, but there is one saying of his that his modern compatriots still use: “After the oak...
In praise of Retsina
by Peter Pharos
An English acquaintance of a certain age, likes to bring up Nana Mouskouri every time we meet. He appears to find her not only an endless source of amusement, but...
Sideways in Trump Country – An Addendum
by Peter Pharos
You can find the original review here. In a world where feedback is quantifiable, instant, and direct, there is no worse sensation for a writer, even one as frivolous as...
Sideways in Trump Country
by Peter Pharos
Nobody actually says Make America Great Again during the 103 agonising minutes of Wine Country, but one suspects it’s mostly because the writers are not self-aware enough to have a...
La Lune Sous L’Eau
by Peter Pharos
My favourite wine bar, La Lune Sous L’Eau, is tucked away on a small side-street of a little French town, yet it is near enough a major airport so I...
For Nemea and Saint George – Agiorgitiko Today
by Peter Pharos
It was a quiet summer afternoon in Florence. Some tourists in Belgian shirts were nursing pints and wounds, averting their gaze from the TV showing last night’s highlights. Their English...