Gastronomy & Culinary Tourism

For the third consecutive year, the culinary team of Aldemar Hotels Group is boosting Greece’s culinary profile in one of the world’s major agri-food events: the SIAL Paris food exhibition in France.

USA Today recently made a few stops along the Santorini wine trail and revealed what exactly makes the island’s wine so special.

Monemvasia’s cuisine will star in an upcoming TV show on the BBC that explores different cuisines around the world and is presented by English chef Rick Stein.

The Varvakeio meat and fish market in downtown Athens, Greece, recently got a thumbs up from David Rosengarten, renowned American chef, food and travel writer.

Visitors at the recent “Gastronomy Days” festival that took place in the Greek capital got a good “taste” of the delicious local products, tasty dishes and interesting recipes of the islands of the Cyclades group.

The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) has urged its hotel members to promote Greek products through their units.

Crete’s local products could lead the way to develop culinary tourism and wine tourism and thus attract more tourists to the popular island, according to Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni.

Greek wine companies Boutari and Kir-Yianni recently embarked on a partnership worth $50 million with COFCO Wines & Spirits Co Ltd that will boost Greek wine exports to China.

Greece aims to turn its healthy, Mediterranean-based, diet into an international trend to attract more tourist arrivals, Greek Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni informed professionals at the Greek food products exhibition by Lidl Hellas in Athens.

Hotels on Lefkada, Greece, will now include Greek products and dishes on their breakfast menus as the Ionian Island recently became the latest destination to join the “Greek Breakfast” program.