December 1 is officially the international day of Maratheftiko, and this year an event will be held on Thursday at the Elea Golf Club House in Paphos including a wine exhibition, a masterclass with Angela Muir MW, oenologist Marcos Zambartas and myself. After the masterclass, the Elea culinary team will prepare a five-course dinner.
Scattered around the island’s vineyards, the Maratheftiko red grape variety is the ‘old guard’ of indigenous