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Athanase Fakorellis

  • Oenologist - consultant // external winemaker
  • Expert for oenology and wines, Bordeaux tribunal of commerce, appeal court
  • Expert judiciaire assermente, Cour d' Appel de Bordeaux, for litigations on the quality of wines, technical aspects of equipments, and issues with the production rules, laws and regulations

Fakorellis

Monsieur Athanase Fakorellis is an award winning wine maker from Bordeaux. Orignally born in Greece Monsieur Fakorellis moved to Bordeaux to enhance his knowledge in the business of winemaking. He has an extensive amount of knowledge in his field and is backed by six diplomas listed below. His popularity as a fine winemaker is further enhanced by the fact that he is solely in charge of more than TWENTY FIVE chateau's world over as a winemaker. Monsieur Fakorellis has been involved with Chateau d'Ori right from inception. He is responsible for selecting the correct strains of vins from Bordeaux right upto the final product. His name features on the back label of all the chateau d'Ori wines he has blended.

Diplomas

  • National diploma of oenology, Bordeaux University (1981)
  • Certificate of superior studies in agricultural Chemistry, mention oenology Bordeaux (1981)
  • Diplome universitaire des sciences et techniques de la vigne et du vin Bx (1982)
  • Diplome de degustateur des vins Bx (1981) ( wine tasting, Bordeaux diploma)
  • D.E.S.S. droit economie management of the wine making sector, Bx (1988)
  • Management strategique d' entreprise , Institut de controle de gestion (I.F.G.) 1989

Current contracts with clients

  • - CHATEAU D'ORI NASHIK INDIA
  • - Ch. PRIEURE-LICH INE
  • - Ch. KIRWAN
  • - Ch. SIRAN ( Crus Classes a Margaux )
  • - Ch. LA TOUR MARTILLAC
  • - Ch. MALARTIC-LA GRAVIERE (Classified growths, Pessac-Leogn an)
  • - Ch. PONTAC-MON PLAISIR ,
  • - Ch. DU Thil comte Clary
  • - Ch. ROUILLAC (Pessac-Leog nan)
  • - Ch du .GRAND-MOUE YS
  • - Ch. MATHEREAU
  • - Ch. NENINE (1eres Cotes de Bordeaux)
  • - VignoblesTRAVERS (Canon-Fronc ac)
  • - Vignobles SANDERS (Ch. du MAYNE a Barsac et Ch. COURBON a Toulenne ) Sweet wines
  • - Vignobles J.M. MOUEIX (St. Emilion -Pomerol)
  • - Ch. GRAND-CORB IN (St. Emilion )
  • - Ch. CAMBON LA PELOUSE (Medoc)
  • - Ch. LOUDENNE( haut Medoc)
  • - Ch. TOUR DE PEZ (St Estephe)
  • - Ch CLARKE (Vignobles ROTHSCHILD)
  • - Ch. BRILLETTE (Medoc - Moulis)
  • - Ch. VIEUX
  • - CHATEAU GAUBERT (Graves)
  • - Ch. GAILLAT (Mme H. COSTE, Graves )
  • - Vignobles COMIN (St Antoine du Querret - Bordeaux Superieur Rouge & Entre deux Mers blanc)
  • - Vignobles POMMIER(Soussac - Bordeaux Superieur Rouge & Entre deux Mers blanc)
  • - Ch. LA GREZETTE (Cahors vignoble Alain Dominique Perrin)
  • - CLOS Des FEES Herve Bizeul et associes, Cotes du Roussillon Village
  • - Ch. VALLANDRA UD (Vignobles Thunevin, setting and follow ups on White Cuvee).
  • - Ch . MACHORRE ( scea Thiery, Bordeaux superieurs rouges)
  • - Chateau MALHROME (Toulouse Lautrec)
  • - BORDEAUX-TR ADITION & Caves des Grands Vins Francais, (Wine merchants)
  • - Formerly wine consultant in Burgundy :
  • Hospices de Beaune; Dm. Leflaive; Dm. Trapet.
  • - Flying Winemaker :
  • GREECE : Tselepos, Sigalas, Ktima Pavlidis, Avatagelos(ti nos) ITALY : La Scolca (Gavi du Gavi white wines) LEBANNON, INDIA, CHINA