275: Yiannis Paraskevopoulos

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🗓️ 7 July 2015

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Yiannis Paraskevopoulos is a cofounder and owner of Gaia Wines in Greece, producing wines in Nemea and on Santorini. He is also a professor of enology at the University of Athens.

Also in this episode, Erin Scala uncovers the layers of Santorini.

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0:00.0	I'll drink to that where we get behind the scenes of the beverage business.
0:05.1	I'm Levy Dalton.
0:06.1	I'm Erin Scala and here's our show today. Oh, About 3,600 years ago, one of the world's largest volcanic eruptions in the history of human civilization,
0:35.3	thundered in the Mediterranean Sea. More powerful than the Vesuvius eruption that destroyed
0:41.1	Pompeii and dwarfing Krakatoa, the explosion known as the
0:45.6	Minoan eruption.
0:47.1	Through ash far into Europe affected tree growth as far away as California, generated tsunamis that devastated neighboring islands,
0:55.7	and changed the balance of power in the Mediterranean, most notably by marking the end of
1:00.5	Minoan cultural domination.
1:10.7	Before the explosion, Santarini had been a thriving port of trade, run by an advanced Minoan civilization that had three-story homes, elaborate wall frescoes, indoor
1:17.3	plumbing, gold sculptures, and bustling marketplaces that sold goods from around the Mediterranean, including grain, oil, and wine.
1:27.0	The precursor to the explosion included some mini eruptions and earthquakes that were enough to scare the city leaders into organizing
1:34.6	an evacuation. They left in boats and many archaeologists believe that the boats most
1:40.1	likely perished in the tsunamis that followed the eruption.
1:44.0	The rest of the landmass and even surrounding islands became covered in a thick layer of
1:49.3	pumice and ash. On Santarini the layer is about 60 meters thick, a depth of about two-thirds the size of a football field.
1:58.0	Over time, this thickness has changed in some areas, but you can still find deep deposits almost everywhere.
2:06.0	It's this thick layer of volcanic pumice that makes wines from Santarini Island so unique.
2:11.6	With very little organic matter, the roots of any plants that grow there must dig deep and struggle to find nutrients.
2:18.0	Tomatoes, grapes, and other products grown on the island have an almost electric flavor to them due to the unique soil.
2:25.0	Isir Daco is the most famous of the grapes grown on the island and the white grape can
2:29.4	produce wines with remarkable ageability. You won't find much VSP here. Instead you'll find a unique basket
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