No longer than three months have elapsed since the satellite TV network Deutsche Welle, in collaboration with Charis Vekris and his Syros website tsou.gr, dedicated an entire article to ouzo. That reportage took place back in July 2018 with its main focus being the Ouzo Fest, the Lesvos distillers’ annual celebration. It aired on EUROMAXX,…
Text: Haris Vekris Photos: Nikos Ragkousis For the third consecutive year, tsou.gr gave its all to arrange yet another great meeting between ouzo and jazz lovers which took place during the three-day Syros Jazz Festival 2018 (Oct 5, 6, and 7). Both the auditorium and the boxes of the historical Apollon Theater of Syros (est:…
by Haris Vekris Photos: Nikos Ragkousis, Nireas Vekris Summer is gone. It took along with it vacations spent next to gently lapping waves, large groups of people eating around beachfront tables, and the enjoyment of drinking our ouzo while nibbling on seafood appetizers as the sun sinks into the sea. Although for those of us…
through the tribute to ouzo that the popular show EUROMAXX aired on the TV channel of international news broadcaster Deutsche Welle On the occasion of the annual “OUZO FEST 2018” organized on the island of Lesvos on July 6-9, the satellite TV channel of Deutsche Welle (DW) devoted an extensive reportage to Plomari, Mytilini, within…
text: Kostas Paschalis Beis* Ouzo has its own way of serving, its own utensils, and appetizers. In our opinion, the most suitable ouzo glasses are the “kanonakia”, a word meaning “small canons” and referring to tubular and thick-bottomed glasses. Each glass serves 3-4 sips of ouzo mixed with water. In the old days, it was…
In its effort to look into the ouzo distribution landscape as seen through the Greek online shops and using the Chios Shop stores as a case study, tsou.gr reveals today interesting facts which could very well prove to be the springboard for a useful discussion on the extent to which the existing situation can improve.…
tsou.gr addressed that question to the experts in the distillates sector My dear Mr. Mavrakis*, there’s a widespread, and quite damaging, myth that “ouzo is a chemical product” and, therefore, not sufficiently pure for consumption. Does that premise have any foundation or is it a spurious argument in favor of consuming bulk tsipouro of unknown…
narrative: Charis Vekris photography: Nikos Ragkousis On October 6-8, for the fifth consecutive year, the Syros Jazz Festival took place at the historical Apollon Theater (1864). It was the second year during which, the festival, apart from being inundated by a steady stream of visitors, was flooded with the aroma of anise! For yet another…
It is not a coincidence that Lesvos and Ouzo are connected in the minds of people. The history of Greece’s "national drink" is rooted in the island of Lesvos and the coast of Asia Minor. On the island there are 16 distilleries that produce Ouzo of Mytilene and Plomari, both Protected Geographical Indications. Ouzo Fest…
TSOU.GRisma: Clinking our glasses and drinking is the only thing not included in this site about all things ouzo! Photography: Antonia Kati, Nikos Ragkousis Sketch: Tasos Maragkos What a great celebration our first birthday was! Time: Saturday night, June 17. Place: Ano Syros. Guests: friends from the print and online press from Athens, Thessaloniki, and…