We sit with the founder of Stray Dog, Johnny Livanos, and discuss his vision and journey into developing Greece's first wild gin. As a Greek American growing up in the restaurant industry, Johnny walks us through a moment in his life after realizing how many exotic and unique herbs and botanicals grow in Greece that would be the perfect recipe for a stellar gin. Upon this eureka moment, Johnny went right to work sourcing his ingredients and assembling his team to create the brand, Stray Dog Wild Gin.
The family tradition continues in this episode as we sit down with Yiannis Boutaris, the grandson of the legendary Godfather of Xinomavro, the elder Yiannis Boutaris.
Yiannis Boutaris of Kir Yianni Estates
Dimitris Skouras walks us through his family’s journey of building a winery in Greece and the regions they focus on. Their wines prove just how complex Greek wine can be and doesn’t fail to impress co-hosts Claudia and Fotios. Grab a glass and explore these fun and foreign varietals with us.
Domaine Skouras Straight from the Source
In this webinar, we learn the history and folklore surrounding the incredible "mastiha" resin. It grows in one section on one island in Greece and it's pretty much a magical super food that you really need to learn more about. And what's more? It's an amazing alcoholic spirit created by powerhouse female entrepreneur Effie Panagopoulos. Take this journey with us! Sit back, grab a glass, and enjoy!
The KLEOS Mastiha Cocktail Webinar
Join us for an amazing cooking demo and wine pairing with Food Network’s Chopped contestant, Chef Sophia Manatakis! Our resident wine expert, Fotios Stamos, will do the honors of pairing Chef Sophia’s exquisite and flavorful dishes.
Food & Wine Demo & Pairing with Sophia Manatakis
Join us for Greek Wine Club's first wine webinar Exploring Santorini! As part of our Vines Unknown series, we invited Santorini wine experts John Livanos of Diamond Wine Importers, Stray Dog Gin, and Livanos Restaurant Group as well as Dr. Susanna Hoffman to speak about everyone's favorite island in the sun and the amazing wines made there!
ines Unknown: Exploring Santorini Wine Webinar
Sit back and enjoy this virtual wine tour of Greece as we travel to the regions of Crete, Naoussa, and Mantinia. Our special guest hosts Fotios Stamos of Greek Wine Club and Johnny Livanos of Diamond Wine Importers, along with a special appearance by actor/comedian Angelo Tsarouchas, will walk us through the virtual tasting experience while learning and understanding the following wines from wineries that practice sustainability, organic & biodynamic farming, minimal production intervention, along with a vegan friendly approach to filtering their wine.
Ecogenia's Virtual Greek Wine Tasting to Support Sustainability in Greece!
Join us for our second Stray Dog Wild Gin cocktail webinar. Founder Johnny Livanos demonstrates three amazing cocktails and gives us the step by step breakdown to make these recipes easy and fun.
Stray Dog Greek Wild Gin Cocktail Webinar Part 2
In this great episode of our webinar series, we explore the wondrous and complex world of Crete, Greece and we discuss some history, styles, and structures of the amazing wines produced there. Join us with special guests John Livanos and Kamal Kouiri as we take a journey to Crete!
Vines Unknown: Exploring Crete Wine Webinar
Join us for our latest episode of Sips & Dips with cookbook author and anthropologist, Dr. Susanna Hoffman. We will be exploring the origins of the many dishes and recipes that Susanna will demonstrate for us through this series. Susanna, will provide in depth and detailed information about every recipe and how significant it was to our Greek culture throughout the years. Our wine expert, Fotios Stamos, will be pairing the wines with each recipe to highlight the dynamics of the match.
Sips & Dips with Susanna - Cheese Grape Leaf Spread & Squash Blossom Filler
Learn the faces behind the Greek Wine Renaissance! Watch our webinar and learn about the amazing people bringing Greek wine to the forefront!
The Faces Behind the Greek Wine Renaissance
Join us as we explore the truly wonderous wine-producing regions of Greece and learn what makes these diverse areas so amazing.
A Wine Tour of Greece
Join us for our very first cooking demo and wine pairing with social media cooking sensation, Eleni Saltas. Salt Lake City native, Eleni Saltas has been fully immersed in Utah’s vibrant Greek community through dance, sports, and youth activities since childhood. With a degree in Exercise and Sports Science from the University of Utah, Eleni is a full time personal trainer with a specialization in training the aging body. Her passion for health and fitness led her to starting a fitness blog which eventually morphed into stories and blogs about healthy foods as well… which of course means healthy Greek foods! Her blog led her to compiling her work into her first book, All You Can Greek: Food-Life-Travel. Eleni will be demonstrating two traditional Greek recipes and our resident wine expert, Fotios Stamos, has the honor of pairing these dishes.
Greek Food Demo & Wine Pairing with Eleni Saltas
We had an amazing webinar learning about the rich history and fascinating facts on the historical region of Nemea in Greece. Dr. Susanna Hoffman and Johnny Livanos guest hosted for this truly awe inspiring segment of this captivating region. Grab a glass and join us!
Vines Unknown: Exploring Nemea Webinar
We have another amazing webinar with the one and only Johnny Livanos! Johnny is the founder of Stray Dog Wild Gin and he absolutely kills this segment and explains to us everything we want to know about gin and especially his brand Stray Dog Gin. Sit back, grab a glass, and join us!
Stray Dog Greek Wild Gin Cocktail Webinar
Join us for our latest episode of Sips & Dips with cookbook author and anthropologist, Dr. Susanna Hoffman. We will be exploring the origins of the many dishes and recipes that Susanna will demonstrate for us through this series. Susanna, will provide in depth and detailed information about every recipe and how significant it was to our Greek culture throughout the years. Our wine expert, Fotios Stamos, will be pairing the wines with each recipe to highlight the dynamics of the match.
Sips & Dips with Susanna: Beet & Chickpea Dip
We had another amazing webinar in our Greece series. We explored the wines of Attiki, Greece with a wonderful wine maker Stamatis Mylonas of Mylonas Winery. He joined us live from Greece and gave us some great insight into the wonderful world of winemaking and his incredible Greek wines!
Vines Unknown: Exploring Attiki, Greece
Take a romantic journey of cocktail creation with everyone's favorite Greek mastiha liqueur brand KLEOS and founder Effie Panagopoulos. We are also joined by TV personality Debbie Matenopoulos, along with Penny Meletlidis and Tony Kariotis. We have fun making cocktails and getting to know these crazy Greeks!
The Kleos Mastiha Valentine's Cocktail Webinar
Join us for an amazing and unforgettable virtual wine experience. The Urban & Greek Wine Club will be hosting a virtual wine experience in support of the charities chosen by the St. Vasilios Philoptochos, with special guest Johnny Livanos of Diamond Wine Imports & LIvanos Restaurant Group, for a ‘Wine Tour of Greece’!
A Wine Tour of Greece Webinar
Welcome to the premiere episode of our Sips & Dips Series featuring Dr. Susanna Hoffman. We will explore the origins and history of amazing recipes from the Mediterranean region with a focus on Greece. We will also pair these recipes with fantastic wines and have great Q & A sessions for the viewers. Please join us as we discover a Mint Pesto recipe with Retsina!
Sips & Dips Susanna: Mint Pesto & Retsina
Join us for another amazing cooking demo with cookbook author and social media sensation, Eleni Saltas. Eleni explores two vegan recipes for lent that are easy to make and absolutely delicious.
A Vegan Lent Cooking Demo with Eleni Saltas
Welcome to the Metropolis of Boston Philoptochos "Celebrate the Holidays in Greece" Virtual Winetasting! Your host Johnny Livanos along with Fotios Stamos, Ari Kalos, and the wonderful members of the MoB Philoptochos present an amazing wine tour of Greece. Grab a glass and join us!
Celebrate the Holidays in Greece Virtual Winetasting
We had the honor and privilege to kick off our new Greek winemaker series with a truly amazing winemaker, the one and only Stellios Boutaris of Kir-Yianni Estates! We had Stelios join us live from Greece and Ari & Foti from Greek Wine Club as well as Johnny Livanos of Diamond Wine Imports had a great chat about Greek wine and the evolution it has gone through in the last 30 years, as well as the evolution of Greece's winemakers. Grab a glass and join us!
Greek Winemaker Series with Stellios Boutaris
Ari & Foti chat about Greek spirits and explain some of the straight forward questions many people ask about them. Very wonderful products and a very informative segment. Grab a glass and join us!