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A cowardly act of sabotage

A few weeks ago, around the end of December, the Kir-Yianni vineyard in Amyndeon, at Palpo, presented a horrible image: hundreds of vine plants cut down with an axe and a chain saw by someone unknown and for unknown reasons.

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Feature Vintage


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Blue Fox 2008

It was a late evening in September of 2009. We had just finished crush for the day. Full moon. I'm taking a break under the oak tree by the watchtower of Kir-Yianni Estate, when out of the blue a fox trots in the vineyards close by. She freezes, I freeze. We stare at each other for a second before she takes flight into the woods. Blame it on the moonlight, blame it on my mood, but I swear the fox looked blue to me. Fantasy or not, this is the name of our new wine: Blue Fox! 

Stellios Boutaris

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