We welcome July 2011 with a summer recipe & an excellent Greek White Wine!!

Blackened Shrimp Stroganoff

with Santorini P.D.O. Dry White Wine

Ingredients

• 1 pound fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning
• 6 ounces fettuccini pasta
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 3 cups fresh mushrooms, sliced
• 1 tablespoon chopped shallots
• 2/3 cup chicken broth
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1 (7 ounce) jar roasted red bell peppers
• 1 tablespoon drained capers

Directions

1. Combine peeled shrimp, oil, and Cajun seasoning in a medium bowl. Set aside.
2. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
3. Meanwhile, melt butter over medium heat in a large frying pan. Cook and stir mushrooms and shallot in butter until tender. Remove from pan. Add shrimp cook until shrimp turn pink about 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from pan. Add 2/3 cup chicken broth to pan, and bring to a boil. Cook, uncovered, until reduced to 1/4 cup (2 to 3 minutes).
4. In a small bowl, stir together sour cream and cornstarch; mix in 1 cup chicken broth. Stir into reduced chicken broth in the frying pan. Cook and stir until thick and bubbly. Cook 1 minute more. Stir in shrimp, mushroom mixture, roasted red peppers, and capers. Heat through, and season to taste. Serve over pasta.

Footnote

• You can substitute shrimp broth or white wine for the chicken broth. To make shrimp broth, reserve shrimp shells, and simmer in 2 cups water for 15 minutes.

               

For more info on Santorini PDO as well as other Greek Wines to complement your summer recipes please contact us at : dseitanidis@gmail.com

George Karelas Wines shine @ Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits Awards

George Karelas is the best by far producer of the unique Mavrodaphne of Patras D.O.C red dessert wine (the Greek Port), as well as of a wide range of dry wines.

Karelas wines are constistently awarded in the most prestigious wine competition worldwide.

The latest "harvesting" was at the recent

Los Angeles International Wine & Spirits Awards where Karelas wines shined again making us proud to be Greeks.

• BEST OF CLASS GOLD MEDAL  92 Points Mavrodaphne of Patras 2008
• BEST OF CLASS  GOLD MEDAL  91 Points Retsina
• SILVER MEDAL Ambelina Roditis
• SILVER MEDAL  Achais Red 2009
• BRONZE MEDAL  Achais White 2009
• BRONZE MEDAL  Orpheus Red

Karelas wines are available in the US through www.estia.biz

For more information please contact us at : dseitanidis@gmail.com

DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARDS 2011

Nico Lazaridis The Black Sheep Syrah 2009

Pangeon, Macedonia, Greece

Nico Lazaridis Perpetuus 2007

Drama, Macedonia, Greece

San..torini winery Vinsanto 2006

Santorini, Aegean Islands, Greece

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT US AT : dseitanidis@gmail.com

Odysseas Elytis' words...for Greece!!

"Εάν αποσυνδέσεις την Ελλάδα, στο τέλος θα σου μείνουν μια ελιά, ένα αμπέλι κι ένα καράβι"

" Ιf you  could "cut " Greece off in pieces, in the end you would be left with an Olive tree, a vine & a boat"...

Odysseas Elytis  (November 2, 1911 – March 18, 1996) was a Greek poet regarded as a major exponent of poetic modernism in Greece. In 1979, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

SANTORINI the notorious island @ the Aegean Sea....SANTORINI P.D.O. an excuisite wine!!

SANTORINI

Dry white wine

TYPE: Dry white wine – Protected Designation of Origin Santorini

VARIETAL COMPOSITION: Assyrtico 100%

VINEYARDS:  Privately owned vineyards on the island, at an altitude of 150 meters, the soil is volcanic - calcareous and the climate is Mediterranean.
VINIFICATION: Cold Maceration at controlled temperature. Classic white vinification at 17C. Maturation with “batonnage sur lies”.
ALCOHOLIC DEGREE: 13,5 %
SUGAR LEVEL:   1,9 gr/lt
TOTAL ACIDITY:  6,18 gr/lt
TASTING NOTES: Bright yellow colour with green tones and complex aromas of lemon, citrus & exotic fruits. Rich & well balanced in mouth has a refreshing acidity and a long aromatic finish.
FOOD PAIRING: Shellfish & Seafood, grilled fish, green salads & Mediterranean delicacies.

For more information please contact us at : dseitanidis@gmail.com

Lafazanis Wines - the New Flavours of Greece

The new LAFAZANIS SELECTIONS are now available

in both BRITISH COLUMBIA & ALBERTA

by WHITEHALL AGENCIES INC

For more information please click on www.whitehall.ca

LAFAZANIS WINERY @ SIAL CHINA - SHANGHAI (MAY 18-20, 2011)

         

 Lafazanis Winery SA will be present in the forthcoming SIAL CHINA in Shanghai New International Expo Centre (May 18-20 , 2011).

         We would be delighted to receive you to our stand No A77 at HALL 5 to initiate you to the fantastic world of Peloponnesean Wines.

          For more info please contact us at : dseitanidis@gmail.com or +30 69 48 188 797

Moreover, on Saturday May 21st Lafazanis Winery organizes a special event in Hotel Radisson Blu in Beijing for its business partners , the Press & the Embassy of Greece in China.

Invitation 邀请函

Lafazanis Winery S.A.

the Greek Embassy

&

Longevity Wines Company

Have  the pleasure to invite you to the wine tasting dinner

At Banquet Hall of the Beijing Radisson Blu Hotel

From 5:30pm-8:30pm, May 21, 2011, Saturday.

希腊拉法佳酿酒庄

希腊大使馆

北京荣锦酒业公司

荣幸地邀请您参加

在北京皇家大饭店宴会厅举办的品酒晚宴，

时间：2011年5月21日，星期六，晚上5:30-8:30。

拉法佳酿酒庄坐落在希腊最著名的葡萄酒产区-内梅亚地区。该地区葡萄酒生产历史悠久，希腊著名的大力士神庙的遗址就在酒庄的葡萄园之中。欢迎你参加本次活动，在这里你可以品味希腊美酒，和酒庄的主人面对面交流，感受酒中飘出的希腊神话故事。

敬请光临！

邀请代表：朱龙君（13701381112）