点评:Although we called by on a Saturday without an appointment, we had the best tour and tasting I’ve ever had in a big Greek winery. This was all down to the wonderful Dionysis, our guide.
First of all, he isn’t simply an employee who’s been briefed on what to say and given a script. He’s a trained oenologist and it shows. Secondly, he’s charming, open to questions, and endlessly willing to answer questions. Thirdly, he made all the processes of wine making interesting with the level of detail he effortlessly provided. This in spite of the many wineries in Greece I’ve visited - this was easily the most engaging and interesting tour I’ve ever made of a big, well established winery - smaller wineries are generally more charming and informal in my experience so I tend to prefer them.
My only negative comment is that the wines are very expensive. Although you get a 10% discount, it’s been my experience that buying directly from the winery is considerably cheaper than normal retail prices from Athens specialists like Botilia, Greece and Grapes, House of Wine etc - I normally expect that winery prices are about 2/3 - 3/4 of retail prices. This makes it worth making the trip and buying in bulk!
But on the whole this was a very positive experience. Big anonymous wineries can be quite soulless and the tours robotic, but the charm and professional knowledge of Dionysis made this an exception.
翻译:虽然我们是周六未经预约就去的,但却体验到了迄今为止我在希腊大型酒庄中最棒的参观和品酒之旅。这都要归功于我们出色的导游狄俄尼索斯。
首先,他并非那种只接受过培训、拿着稿子的员工。他是一位训练有素的酿酒师,这一点显而易见。其次,他风趣幽默,乐于解答各种问题。第三,他讲解葡萄酒酿造的每一个环节都细致入微,引人入胜。尽管我去过希腊很多酒庄,但这绝对是我参加过的最精彩、最有趣的酒庄之旅——就我个人经验而言,小型酒庄通常更温馨、更轻松,所以我更喜欢它们。
我唯一不满的地方是,这里的酒价格非常昂贵。虽然有10%的折扣,但根据我的经验,直接从酒庄购买比从雅典的Botilia、Greece and Grapes、House of Wine等专卖店购买要便宜得多——我通常认为酒庄的价格大约是零售价的2/3到3/4。因此,去酒庄批量购买非常划算!
总的来说,这是一次非常棒的体验。大型的、不知名的酒庄往往缺乏人情味,讲解也显得机械刻板,但Dionysis酒庄的魅力和专业知识却让这里成为一个例外。