Yet another state leader, the French president Emmanuel Macron
tasted the delightfully refreshing and elegantly sweet wine of the United
Winemaking Agricultural Cooperative of Samos, the multi-awarded Samos Grand Cru, during the official
dinner given in his honor at the Presidential Mansion, on Thursday September 7th,
2017.
The carefully selected menu
included dishes of French cuisine mostly, with a few Greek “notes” which seemed
to make the difference: Sole fillet meuriere and veal fillets garnished with
vegetables sautéed in butter and topped with truffle sauce. The
dinner concluded delightfully with ice cream saint honore and seasonal fruits,
accompanied by the most important ambassador of Samos wines, the topaz-colored Samos
Grand Cru! It is produced from well
matured grapes of the distinctive variety “White
Muscat”, grown on selected semi-mountainous
vineyards of Samos.
It is worth mentioning that
in 2015 the French president at the
time Francois Hollande was
enthused about the Samos Grand Cru
wine, which accompanied the dessert at the official dinner that was given in
his honor at the Presidential Palace during his visit to Greece.
Furthermore, the president of the United States Barack
Obama enjoyed the sweet wine Samos
Grand Cru from the United Winemaking Agricultural Cooperative of Samos at
the dinner given in his honor by the
president of the republic Karolos Papoulias during his official visit to
Greece in 2015.
Adding to the list, Jack
Lang, minister of the government of François Mitterrand, a personal friend of
Melina Merkouri and a long-time friend of the Greeks, in a statement
supporting the candidacy of Samos for
European Capital of Culture, said:
“…Pythagoras, Aristarhos,
Efpalinos, and the famous Samos wine made the name of Samos synonymous to
wisdom, innovation, inventiveness and efficiency…”
«…Pythagore, Aristarchus,
Eupalinos , mais aussi le fameux vin de Samos ont fait que le nom de Samos
signifie sagesse, innovation, inventivité et efficacité…»
And as the poet Lord Byron wrote: “Fill
high the bowl with Samian wine!”
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