Alcohol

Zappeion Hall will host on the 14th and 15th of October the 4th Athens Craft Beer Expo “Zythognosia”, were beer lovers will have the chance to taste Greek and foreign beers alike, as a very large number of microbrewers will participate in the event in order to present their products for the very first time.

On a recent voyage in the Aegean, I was quite excited to notice the bar of the ship we were traveling in had a wide variety of Greek beers to chose from, including two from microbreweries. They were quite delicious. Later, at a restaurant in a mountain village on a small island, we were even more surprised when we spotted a locally made ale on the menu.

Researchers have discovered that the oldest wine in the world may have been Italian, after finding traces of 6,000-year-old fermented grapes off the west coast of Sicily.

In the last couple of years, thanks to machine-to-machine information technologies, we have begun to hear about very interesting new phenomena. The latest one I have heard about is "Internet of Beer." When I first heard about it, I thought, that's it, everything has been invented, we as mankind can invent nothing else, we have hit our technological nirvana.

Customs officials from Lom have retained 266 liters of home-made alcohol (rakia) after they posed themselves as customers who want to buy alcohol, officials from the Customs Agency said. Reported SEGA. 

Policemen from Vidin participated in the action. A sale of home-made rakia has been posted on two websites. The customs officers contacted the seller and agreed to buy 10 liters.

A Greek court has imposed a €26.7m fine on Heineken subsidiary Athenian Brewery for abusing its dominant position in the Greek beer market over more than two decades.

In 2004, the Hellenic Competition Commission (HCC) opened an ex-officio investigation into the alleged market abuses of Heineken’s local subsidiary.

Traditional Greek spirits like raki, ouzo and tsipouro are attracting more drinkers in Greece as they are more affordable for those struggling financially due to the crisis, according to recent research which found that the cheaper spirits have also become the preferred drink among those suffering from alcoholism.

Gendarmerie forces on April 10 raided a wedding hall that included an underground bootleg alcohol plant in Istanbul's Başakşehir district, detaining five suspects, Doğan News Agency has reported.  
 
Thousands of liters of bootleg alcohol stored in industrial bottles and ready for delivery across Turkey was seized during the raid. 

The biggest Greek wine exhibition “Oenorama 2017”, which was established in 1994, is a point of reference for wine enthusiasts in Greece. This year the world famous event will take place from March 11th to 13th at the Zappeion Exhibition Hall in Athens.

Tsipouro and raki producers risk losing their favorable tax status if Greece loses its battle at the European Court of Justice, following a referral on Wednesday by the European Commission.