Although Greek wine has a dubious reputation (In my mind mostly because a usually decent product is destroyed before it reaches the consumer by inappropriate storage like standing cooking on a top shelf in the summer heat). Also one cannot expect everyone to be compatible with Retsina (see below) or semi-dry red wine (yuck!). In fact Greece has some top wines that can compete with just about anything. The Skouras Grande Cuvée Nemea is the best I have personally tasted and it easily beats even some of the most expensive French wines:

Skouras Grande Cuvée Nemea

The Beast

Possibly the best effort in sports ever from any Norwegian. Read the full story at the UCI website.

But quite possibly Boutari’s Retsina is the best of the lot. Almost too good to be a Retsina this one. Just a pity so few Greek tavernas actually have it. It is years since I last had a bottle of this.

The one from Rhodes made by C.A.I.R is perhaps not the Retsina that tastes the most, but I like it at lot. Good and cheap stuff.

Retsina C.A.I.R

Of late this very delicate Retsina from Michalis Georgiadis has become one of my absolute favorites:

Ha ha, that one is not so easy to answer. Everyone will have their own favorites. But at least I can show you some of mine. First out is Retsina Malamatina:

And the winner is:

Craft Black Lager

(Try all the other Craft variants as well!)

Axioma Ethica Odini

From the Norwegian Heavy Metal band Enslaved. To be released next monday their pretty awesome new album “Axioma Ethica Odini”.  I guess quite a few people out there are waiting for this. I have had a sneak peak/listen and it sounds very promising. Buy or Die!

Will be added to http://www.islandwalking.com/piwigo/index.php?/category/82. This is in conjunction with the previously mentioned “Kjentmannsmerket” (see below). Not all the photos might not be of any particular interest since their purpose is just to document the specific sites visited. Also the actual information post will be censored away, since these show the code serving as proof of your visit. So unfortunately the pictures are then lacking their most important context, this is accessible with username/password only. I cannot show the whole thing in public before three years have gone and the posts are down.

Report from my visit to Barcelona and whatever is reachable within in hour or so from the city is ready at http://islandwalking.com/barcelona.html.