Santorini Wine with Panayiota Kalogeropoulou

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Shane Parrish

Society & Culture, Technology, Business

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2017

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The island of Santorini has not only has breathtaking views but also a fascinating history. Traces of its first inhabitants have been linked back to 4500 BC. In 1613 BC the most powerful volcanic event in the last 10,000 years took place – completely destroying all the islands within a 60 km radius. It has been estimated that 90 billion tons of molten rock was injected into the air, the sea swallowed the volcano, and a massive tsunami swept across the Aegean Sea. Along with the obvious devastation of nature, it is believed that the eruption also sealed the deal for the most civilized nation on the island at the time, the Minoans. Thanks to the thick layer of ash cause by the event, the Bronze Age settlement of Akrotiri was so well preserved that we are able to see how prosperous the area had once been with an elaborate drainage systems, multi-storied buildings, incredible wall paintings, furniture and vessels. The site has as much of a significant importance as does Pompeii. The island’s main volcanic rock, its mineral rich soil, and the amazing climate, has produced some incredibly unique wines. Santorini is known for some of the oldest vineyards in the world. And we know that wine is one of my favourite topics. On today’s podcast I speak with Panayiota Kalogeropoulou about Santorini’s wines. Panayiota is the Director at the Domaine Sigalas vineyard. Paris Sigalas, a mathematician with a goal to make his Santorini vineyard a world heritage site, focuses on grapes that thrive in Santorini (these include the Aidani, Athiri, Plantana – and the prime Greek grape Assyrtiko). *** Go Premium: Members get early access, ad-free episodes, hand-edited transcripts, searchable transcripts, member-only episodes, and more. Sign up at: https://fs.blog/membership/ Every Sunday our newsletter shares timeless insights and ideas that you can use at work and home. Add it to your inbox: https://fs.blog/newsletter/ Follow Shane on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/ShaneAParrish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, welcome to the Knowledge Project.
0:10.6	I'm your host Shane Perish, curator behind the Fernum Street blog, which is an intellectual
0:14.8	hub of interestingness covering topics like human misjudgment, decision-making, strategy,
0:19.8	philosophy, and culture.
0:21.5	The Knowledge Project allows me to interview amazing people from around the world and deconstruct
0:25.7	why they're good at what they do and get inside their head.
0:28.3	It's a more conversation than prescription, but seeing the world as they see it.
0:33.0	The next episode is the second of two interviews that I conducted while traveling in Greece
0:37.8	this summer.
0:39.3	The island of Santorini has not only breathtaking views but a fascinating history.
0:44.5	Traces of its first inhabitants have been linked back to 4,500 BC.
0:49.2	In 1613 BC, the most powerful volcanic event in the last 10,000 years took place, completely
0:54.9	destroying all of the islands within the 60 km radius.
0:59.0	It's been estimated that 90 billion tons of molten rock was injected into the air.
1:03.1	The sea was swallowed.
1:04.6	The volcano and a massive tsunami swept across the Agrin Sea, along with the obvious devastation
1:10.1	of nature, it's believed that the eruption also sealed the deal for most civilized nation
1:14.5	on Earth at the time, the Minoans.
1:17.0	Thanks to the thick layer of ash caused by the event, the Bronze Age settlement in Santorini
1:21.6	was so preserved that we're able to see how the prosperous area had once been with the
1:25.9	elaborate drainage system, multi-steroid building, incredible wall paintings, furniture and
1:31.0	vessels.
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