Blending old world and new world flavors with Constantine Wines’ Gus Kalaris

The Vine Guy talks with Gus Kalaris who not only owns Constantine Wines, but also is a wine importer/distributor and producer of two big wine brands, Worthy and Axios, as well wines made at his own vineyard in Napa. This Greek/Italian American was born in D.C. and brings some of his heritage to his wines.

Gus talks about his role in the wine world, one of his new wines combining old world and new world flavors and why canned wine is in his future.

Stick around for that and much more in this episode of The Vine Guy.

Wines sampled in this episode:
2014 Telios Cabernet Sauvignon, Lodi, CA
2012 Axios Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, CA
2016 Kalaris Family Vineyards Cabernet Franc, Napa Valley, CA
2015 Philotimo Cabernet/Xinomavro Blend, Greece and California
 

Special promo: Write ‘Vineguy’ on AxiosWine.com for 10% off your purchase.

This episode is hosted by Scott Greenberg and produced by Sarah Beth Hensley.

Music for this episode is “Wishful Thinking” by Dan Lebowitz available in the YouTube Audio Library.

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