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Team JR
Thursday 1 September 2016
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This is our final assemblage in the series, bringing the total to 23. We hope you have made some useful and stimulating discoveries therein. See this guide to our assemblages. 

Julia writes  The majority of these notes were taken at a major Greek tasting in London organised by the Economic and Commercial section of the Embassy of Greece earlier this year at Vintners' Hall.

While the light-skinned Assyrtiko still features strongly as the country's leading white variety, there was a much greater varietal range than in the past. And there has also been an evolution in the styles...