“Fine Red Wines” (FRW) is an annual tasting event that showcases Greece’s top red wines alongside a selection of premium red wines from around the world, presented by their importers and distributors.
Greek wineries invariably present their finest red wine from the current vintage alongside the same wine from older vintages to showcase its aging potential. Collectors have a rare opportunity to observe how the wine may evolve and to select wines for cellaring. Many growers also bring other rare, aged, or experimental wines from their cellars, most of which are not commercially available.
This year, the event also features a selection of 18 wines from the traditional Mavrodaphne varietal, now being vinified dry with huge potential.
Admission Policy
Because most wines are rare and expensive, roughly half require a coupon for a 50 ml portion, served in a Riedel crystal glass. A €10 cash deposit is required for the glass and is refunded when the visitor returns it before departure.
Coupons cost €3 each and can be purchased at the exhibition entrance. Each €60 ticket includes ten coupons. The number of coupons required per wine is set by the exhibitor and listed next to each wine in the exhibition catalog. Most current-vintage Greek wines are available for free. Roughly half of the wines available for tasting require no coupons.
This year, the exhibition offers three ticket options for purchase
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Classic ticket
Regular
Regular Ticket:
Costs €60 and, in addition to exhibition admission, includes 10 tasting coupons worth €3 each. -
Special ticket
Riedel Performance
Pinot NoirRiedel Performance Pinot Noir Ticket:
Costs €60 and, in addition to exhibition admission, includes 10 tasting coupons worth €3 each.
Selecting this ticket also indicates your intent to purchase a set of six Riedel Performance Pinot Noir glasses at the exhibition box office, at a special 40% exhibition discount.* -
Special ticket
Riedel Performance
Cabernet SauvignonRiedel Performance Cabernet Sauvignon Ticket:
Costs €60 and, in addition to exhibition admission, includes 10 tasting coupons worth €3 each.
Selecting this ticket also indicates your intent to purchase a set of six Riedel Performance Cabernet Sauvignon glasses at the exhibition box office, at a special 40% exhibition discount.*
* In partnership with the premier Austrian glassmaker Riedel and exclusively for exhibition visitors, these glasses, retailing at €108, are sold at the exhibition box office for €64.80 (VAT included), reflecting a 40% discount. Indicating your intent to purchase is required due to limited glass availability. Visitors who select either of these two tickets will not be charged the €10 deposit, as they will use one glass from the six-pack purchased at the box office for their tastings, and will pick up the full set upon departure (each set of six glasses, along with the deposit-free use of a tasting glass, corresponds to a single ticket).