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Feb 25, 2003

Thessaloniki competition results Results are in from the 3rd annual Thessaloniki wine competition. The event is organized by the Wine producers of Northern Greek Vineyard in conjunction with Helexpo. The popularity of the event continued to increase, this year bringing participants from Spain, Italy, Hungary, Germany, Lebanon, Slovakia and even Wente Vineyards from California. Many of our members fared well. The top 100 rankings are listed below.

		Wine	Producer	Vintage	Country	Medals
1		Regional White Wine of Epanomi	Domaine Gerovassiliou	2002	Greece	Gold of the gold's
2		Muscat de Lemnos	EAS Lemnos	2001	Greece	Gold of the gold's
3		Samos Doux	Samos Wines	2002	Greece	Gold of the gold's
4		Wente Vineyards, Charles Wetmore Reserve	Wente Family Estates	1999	USA	Gold
5		Traminer Averoff	Katogi & Strofilia SA	2002	Greece	Gold
6		Aidarini White	Aidarinis Winery	2001	Greece	Gold
7		Mount Athos Vineyards	Evaggelos Tsantalis S.A.	1999	Greece	Gold
8		Selvarossa Salice Salentino Riserva	Cantine Due Palme S.c.a.r. l	2000	Italy	Gold
9		Amethystos Cava	Domaine Constantin Lazaridi SA	1999	Greece	Gold
10		Malagousia	Domaine Gerovassiliou	2002	Greece	Gold
12		Santorini	Sigalas Winery	2002	Greece	Gold
13		Orgion	Sclavos Wines	2000	Greece	Gold
14		Sillogi Lafazanis	Lafazanis O. S.A.	2002	Greece	Gold
15		SamosV.N.D Nektar	Samos Wines	1999	Greece	Gold
16		Retsina Kechribari	S.Kechri & CO	2002	Greece	Gold
17		Mount Athos Vineyards	Evaggelos Tsantalis S.A.	1998	Greece	Gold
18		Naoussa Reserve	Evaggelos Tsantalis S.A.	1997	Greece	Gold
19		Grande Reserve Naoussa Boutari	Boutari	1997	Greece	Gold
20		Grande Reserve Naoussa	Boutari	1998	Greece	Gold
22		Agioritikos Topikos Oinos	Evaggelos Tsantalis S.A.	2002	Greece	Gold
23		Pago de los Capellanes	Pago de los Capellanes, S.A.	1999	Spain	Gold
25		Cordillera	Miquel Torres SA	2000	Spain	Gold
26		Regional White Wine of Epanomi	Domaine Gerovassiliou	2001	Greece	Gold
27		Ktima Gerovasiliou, red	Domaine Gerovassiliou	2001	Greece	Gold
28		Gewurzraminer	Weingut Finselmann	2002	Germany	Gold
29		Crown Estates Tokaji Aszu 5 Puttonyos	Tokaj Kereskedohaz Co	1993	Hungary	Gold
30		Santorini	Sigalas Winery	2001	Greece	Gold
32		Agiorgitiko	Palivos Estate	2001	Greece	Gold
33		Kokkinomilos 1998	Tselepos & CO	1998	Greece	Gold
34		Estate Biblia Chora Rose	Oinopedion S.A.	2002	Greece	Gold
35		Cabernet Sauvignon	Evaggelos Tsantalis S.A.	2000	Greece	Gold
36		Domaine Katsaros	Domaine Katsaros	1997	Greece	Gold
37		Ktima Boutari at Skalani	Boutari	2001	Greece	Gold
38		Limnos	EAS Lemnos	2002	Greece	Gold
39		Crown Estates Tokaji Aszu 3 Puttonyos	Tokaj Kereskedohaz Co	1993	Hungary	Gold
41		Ktima Gerovasiliou, red	Domaine Gerovassiliou	2000	Greece	Gold
42		Monemvassias Regional Wine Red	Domaine Trihilis	2001	Greece	Gold
43		Iero Metohi	Evaggelos Tsantalis S.A.	1998	Greece	Gold
44		Fantaxometocho	Boutari	2002	Greece	Gold
45		Regional Wine of the Aegean	Kair Rodos SA	2002	Greece	Gold
46		Strevi Moscato D'Asti D.O.C.G	Banfi spa	2002	Italy	Gold
47		Naoussaia	Foudis. Nikolaos	2000	Greece	Gold
48		Amindeon	Svolos Selections A.E.	2000	Greece	Gold
49		Ambelones Vassiliou	Ktima Vassiliou	2002	Greece	Gold
50		Rapsani	Evaggelos Tsantalis S.A.	1993	Greece	Gold
51		Kretikos Topikos Oenos, Red	Boutari	2001	Greece	Gold
52		San Angelo	Banfi spa	2002	Italy	Silver
53		Dipolis	Kremidas Ioannis	2002	Greece	Silver
54		Asprolithi	Oinoforos S.A.	2001	Greece	Silver
55		Estate Papaioannou - Old Vines	A.& G.Papaioannou - Vineyards	2000	Greece	Silver
56		Monemvasios	Tsimpidis Monevasia CO	2000	Greece	Silver
57		Techni Alipias White	Papadapoulos-Kalaitzidis	2002	Greece	Silver
58		Iero Metohi	Evaggelos Tsantalis S.A.	1999	Greece	Silver
59		Odi	Boutari	2000	Greece	Silver
60		Porfyros	Domaine Spyropoulos	2000	Greece	Silver
61		Evoinos Sabbatiano	Koulocheris Stauros	2002	Greece	Silver
62		Porfyros	Domaine Spyropoulos	2001	Greece	Silver
63		...nofos	Kair Rodos SA	2002	Greece	Silver
64		Red Velvet	Glinavos-Zitsa	2000	Greece	Silver
65		Amethistos Red	Domaine Constantin Lazaridi SA	2001	Greece	Silver
66		Rose Tatsis	Tatsis Estate	2002	Greece	Silver
67		Meth'ymon	Ntougkos Dimitrios	2001	Greece	Silver
68		Regional Wine of Chalkidiki	Evaggelos Tsantalis S.A.	2000	Greece	Silver
69		Primus	Glinavos-Zitsa	2001	Greece	Silver
70		Tramin Tba	Vino Matysak	2002	Slovakia	Silver
71		Shiraz	Amforeas ltd	1999	Cyprus	Silver
72		Squinzano	Cantine Due Palme S.c.a.r. l	2001	Italy	Silver
73		Regional Wine of the Aegean Sea, White	Kair Rodos SA	2002	Greece	Silver
74		Cabernet/Merlot	Tselepos & CO	2000	Greece	Silver
75		Estate Biblia Chora Red	Oinopedion S.A.	2001	Greece	Silver
76		Chardonnay	Zarogkikas	2001	Greece	Silver
77		Monolithos	Monolithos Winery Ltd	2000	Cyprus	Silver
78		Filoktitis	Oinoi Domokou & CO	2000	Greece	Silver
79		Asproghi	Mantovani Angelo & Company	2002	Greece	Silver
80		Ilios de Rhodes	Kair Rodos SA	2002	Greece	Silver
81		Santorini	Sigalas Winery	2001	Greece	Silver
82		Romariz 10 Years Old	Romariz - VIinhos , S.A.		Portugal	Silver
83		Chateau Ksara-Reserve du Couvent	Chateau Ksara S.A.L	2001	Lebanon	Silver
84		Libas	Evaggelos Tsantalis S.A.	1999	Greece	Silver
85		†Nemea	Koronioti Winery	2001	Greece	Silver
86		Syrah	Domaine Carras	1999	Greece	Silver
87		Villare	Emery SA	2002	Greece	Silver
88		Syrah	Ktima Kir- Yanni	1997	Greece	Silver
89		Domaine Gerovassiliou Red	Domaine Gerovassiliou	1993	Greece	Silver
90		Naoussa	Boutari	2000	Greece	Silver
91		Goumenissa	Tatsis Estate	1998	Greece	Silver
92		Chateau Julia Chardonnay	Domaine Constantin Lazaridi SA	2002	Greece	Silver
93		Estate Biblia Chora White	Oinopedion S.A.	2002	Greece	Silver
94		Malagouzia	Domaine Carras	2002	Greece	Silver
95		Regional Wine of Chalkidiki	Evaggelos Tsantalis S.A	2001	Greece	Silver
97		Mantovani Rosso	Mantovani Angelo & Company	2001	Greece	Silver
98		Xerolithia	Creta Olumpias S.A.	2002	Greece	Silver
99		Kokkinomylos 2000	Tselepos & CO	2000	Greece	Silver
100		Evharis Estate Red	Evharis S.A.	2001	Greece	Silver