Hospices de Beaune 2023 auction sales hit €23.3m
The second highest total in the Burgundy event's history...
Panos Kakaviatos has been a published wine writer since 2001, writing in internationally recognized media including Decanter, but also Harpers Wine & Spirit, Meiningers Wine Business International and The World of Fine Wine.
His writing ability was developed as a news agency reporter, primarily with the Associated Press. He has a particular interest in Bordeaux and has taken part each year in the en primeur barrel tastings there since the 2003 vintage.
He enjoys organising educational wine tasting dinners in Europe and in the United States, and he judges in international wine competitions, from Shanghai to London. He also offers cellar consulting and organises wine tours for individuals.
Based in Strasbourg, France, Panos also works as a spokesperson and media relations manager for the European human rights organisation, the Council of Europe.
Panos runs his own wine website called wine-chronicles.com – widely viewed in Europe and the United States. He was a judge the Decanter World Wine Awards 2019.
The second highest total in the Burgundy event's history...
From 2001 to the present…
Contrasting styles, excellent quality...
Exemplary wines from a Graves standard-bearer...
A Right Bank estate reborn...
An in-depth look at this north Médoc region, including top estates to watch...
Four climats to be designated premier cru from the 2024 vintage...
Record total for the 162nd Hospices de Beaune auction...
Panos Kakaviatos takes an in-depth look at the Médoc's largest appellation...
The region boasts 33 Michelin-starred restaurants...
Discover the best of France's sunniest wine region...
See which St-Emilion estates are fit to rise up the ranks...
Winemakers back new rule in vote...
Prices defy gravity at 2021 auction...
How have the wines evolved since biodynamic and organic certification?...
Growers on Santorini report no rain since April, with record breaking heat...
Quality and value at a range of price points...
St-Emilion wine council 'regrets' withdrawals but defends process for upcoming 2022 classification...
Pauillac is only adding to its reputation...
Panos Kakaviatos looks at the history and background of dry white wines from Graves
Learn about this Pauillac fifth growth...
Wines may become more expensive following one of Santorini’s smallest Assyrtiko harvests on record.
Comparing the styles of these two Pauillac estates, lying just opposite each other on the Route des Châteaux...
A Montrachet 2016 blend produced by combining the harvests of seven owners of vines in the famous grand cru.
Climate change has led more producers thinking about this...
Both the fame and wine quality have increased in this northerly appellation...