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Title: wine festival
Post by: dave mull on March 13, 2012, 07:39:34 PM
hi
does anyone know the dates for 2012 wine festival
im all ready
Title: Re: wine festival 2012
Post by: dimitris on March 13, 2012, 11:53:26 PM
Hello Dave,

The Wine Festival this year is going to be on Friday and Saturday 7th and 8th September.
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Post by: Erja on March 14, 2012, 08:04:48 AM
Yeiiii! I will actually be there for it this year :D

Dave...I'm ready too ;)
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Post by: Sandy x on March 14, 2012, 08:31:13 AM
Lucky you Erja....hope Arillas is ready for you!!
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Post by: Alan and Jan on March 14, 2012, 02:03:54 PM
We will be starting our own beer and wine festival on 28th May for two weeks.
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Post by: katmc1 on March 14, 2012, 08:09:25 PM
So will I .Boutari wine glass at the ready.28th may cannot come fast enough....
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Post by: Paul D on March 14, 2012, 10:12:44 PM
Glad to hear those dates as we can now enjoy our second festival.  Good news!!

      Paul
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Post by: katmc1 on March 14, 2012, 11:27:35 PM
We can all enjoy our own wine and beer fest in Arillas and sanstefanos.Whenever we want......
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Post by: annie on March 18, 2012, 11:49:16 AM
There is also another festival in late July or early August normally does anybody know the dates for this in 2012? Or if it is happening?
Annie
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Post by: dimitris on March 18, 2012, 12:48:42 PM
Hello dear Annie,
That will be the Andamoma ( ΑΝΤΑΜΩΜΑ) festival on the 4rth August for this year.
 It is in fact a general meting of the people of Arillas with the locals who live abroad or in the mainland as during the first two weeks in August they tend to be in Arillas for their vacation or visiting their families.

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Post by: Sandy x on March 18, 2012, 01:21:02 PM
Wonderful.....we will be there for that this year. I usually seem to miss it.....
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Post by: justphil on March 18, 2012, 02:40:30 PM
Sadly for us we leave the day before.... always seems to happen!!

Phil
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Post by: Val n Bill on March 18, 2012, 04:43:14 PM

Same here Phil, we have been there the last few years but will have returned to Blighty before it starts this year. :(

            Val x
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Post by: jebbo on March 19, 2012, 01:06:57 AM
Great stuff... Will be there for the festival this year :-)

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Post by: Paul D on March 19, 2012, 09:22:26 PM
The festival is a wonderful gathering of locals and visitors. A really social occasion with great traditional dancing to enjoy.  Heather really enjoys seeing the traditional costumes.
  Everyone is made to feel welcome and part of the Arillas ` family`.

  Cant` wait.   Paul
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Post by: Anne on March 19, 2012, 09:26:13 PM
Yet another year we will miss this :-( - hopefully we will catch it when we retire. Anne
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Post by: katmc1 on March 29, 2012, 01:04:15 PM
I have been having my own wine fest at home laid up in bed with a bottle of greek wine I have made a medical discovery its good for sciatica.But I hasten too add I only partake in the evening.
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Post by: daisyday on April 19, 2012, 06:49:56 PM
Can I just confirm the dates for the wine festival this Sept - 2012 - is it 7th and 8th or 8th and 9th???   What actually happens at this time in Arillas, i.e. we are considering a flight at 5.45 am Friday 7th instead of a decent time 10th so we can go to it - is it worth it??? :-)
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Post by: justphil on April 19, 2012, 07:09:50 PM

The wine festival is very special. Here are some pics from the one we attended in 2008.

(http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/3877/winefestdancemv0.jpg)

(http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/782/winefestdancesg7.jpg)

(http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/6483/forumwinefestrd1.jpg)

You buy a special glass carafe for about 3 euros and can fill it up as many times as you wish from the very good local wine. Greek dancing, souvlakiaand all in all an amazing experience for very little money. We went both nights of course, just to check one wasn't better than the other.....

Phil
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Post by: Paul C on April 19, 2012, 08:09:32 PM
Gosh Phil
That seems like just yesterday, the night you lost your legs
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Post by: justphil on April 19, 2012, 11:37:27 PM
I couldn't believe it either Paul. Checked with Jen before I posted. Amazing how time flies, and how I keep having to collect my legs from Lost Property.....

love to you and Di.
Phil
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Post by: georgia on April 20, 2012, 02:09:17 AM
we also did the wine festival..2010, we went in as strangers and ended the night as friends, 6 greek locals joined us 2, they spoke no English...we no Greek but we all understood each other within an hour..my husband was up doing his Anthony Quinn with a Greek lady of advanced years to Zorba!
By the end of the evening spent in great company with so much laughter she had written down her phone no 3 times and wanting us to come for tea tjhe next day, when unfortunately we had to fly home.
Amazing night promised for anyone who visits that time of year.
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Post by: daisyday on April 20, 2012, 08:51:42 AM
Can anyone confirm the actual dates for this year?  Sounds like I can't afford to miss it :-)
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Post by: dimitris on April 20, 2012, 11:10:46 AM
This year it’s going to be on the 7th and the 8th September 2012.
http://www.arillas.com/wine-festival
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Post by: daisyday on April 20, 2012, 11:28:02 AM
Perfect - thanks - hope to see you there and of course we will be visiting Brouklis again during our visit - last visited June 2010 and had a fabulous time.
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Post by: sheila on April 21, 2012, 12:17:13 AM
We will be there again this year cant wait.
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Post by: Mick and Jill on May 11, 2012, 02:48:05 PM
Phil you could always miss your flight and stay an extra week

:)

Jill x
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Post by: justphil on May 12, 2012, 01:28:37 AM
Jill luvver, it would have to be more than a week - we both wish we could just stay till November. Like you, we get so much out of even the quietest days with our friends. Sometimes we prefer those to the parties....

Have your usual great time in three weeks from now. But then that doesn't need saying.

Love from both of us
PhilnJen
Title: Re: wine festival
Post by: nicmccluskey on June 14, 2012, 01:16:44 PM
HI Arilliacs!!!
Does anyone know if the local Arillas festival is on again this year? Its the one opposite the Marvel, just down from The Captains and is usually around our wedding anniversary- 2nd August.
I know this thread is regarding Wine Festival- but couldn't find the thread for this one.
many thanks
nicola
yiamaaas!!
Title: Re: wine festival
Post by: Erja on June 15, 2012, 07:53:03 AM
Hello Nic,

See below :)

This year it’s going to be on the 7th and the 9th September 2012.
http://www.arillas.com/wine-festival
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Post by: dimitris on June 15, 2012, 11:55:52 AM
Hello Nicola,
the August festival will be taking place every year in the first weekend of August.
This year it's going to be on Friday the 3rd and Saturday the 4th of August 2012.
It's called the ANTAMOMA ( Αντάμωμα) festival.
It's the reunion of the local "Arillas expats" that are spread widely in Greece and in the entire world.
While many of them are on vecation in Arillas during this period visiting their family and homes, it has been established that we do this two-day festival in order to celebrate the fact that allthough they are not any more permanent residents of Arillas they still have the wish to come back every year to visit their hometown and talk about their lifes etc.
Of cource the event is not only for the locals .! everyone is ivited to join the party where  local folcrore dancing groups and clubs come from allover Greece to join us.


HI Arilliacs!!!
Does anyone know if the local Arillas festival is on again this year? Its the one opposite the Marvel, just down from The Captains and is usually around our wedding anniversary- 2nd August.
I know this thread is regarding Wine Festival- but couldn't find the thread for this one.
many thanks
nicola
yiamaaas!!
Title: Re: wine festival
Post by: nicmccluskey on June 15, 2012, 12:14:57 PM
Dimitris- Efharisto polee!!
My husband and I have attended this festival before- even joining in with the dancing! My husband and I always love the great music and the great atmosphere. We will make sure we go this year.
Thanks for your help
Nicola
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Post by: Old fast bowler on June 16, 2012, 03:12:22 PM
Result!!...we arrive on the 7th for the first time...what a welcome
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Post by: justphil on June 16, 2012, 05:27:09 PM
Oh dear. We will miss this one as well. Such is the history of PhilandJen. We fly abroad (back to UK) on Friday 3rd.

But to be honest, we will be chilled, Arillaxed, and very happy people having spent 3 weeks with some of the most beautiful people in the world, both Greek and British, and with any luck from many other parts of the world. In truth, Jen and me don't need festivals. Arillas is enough for us.

Phil
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Post by: Val n Bill on June 16, 2012, 05:56:22 PM

This is a lovely festival, we have been a couple of times, but not this year as we leave the week before this time. :(

                  Val x
Title: Re: wine festival
Post by: nicmccluskey on June 16, 2012, 11:12:03 PM
phil and jen
 we have met u a few times and u are so lovely both of you.. next time we meet im sure we shall have a beer or 7!!My hubby recently lost his job and has gone to arillas for some work. U may have seen him- he does Neil Diamond in the Coconut
take care u arriliacs!!
nicola
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Post by: Den1 on July 18, 2012, 01:38:39 PM
We will be in Arillas on 4 August, would we be welcome to attend the wine festival or is it just for locals?  Thanks x
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Post by: Den1 on July 18, 2012, 02:04:19 PM
Oooops, sorry about the question re wine festival in August - I know realise that its the Antamona Festival in August - is this like the wine festival?  What happens there?  Thanks x
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Post by: justphil on July 18, 2012, 03:35:46 PM
Well, festival on 14th July, the day we arrived, and we ended up playing Bingo at the Rainbow with the illustrious Eggy calling the numbers. You just couldn't put this lot in a bottle.

(BTW Wendy has other words to describe him.....)

Some have told us that they really enjoyed it, and I bet they did. P;up in a brewery? Just can't go wrong really.

The wine festival is in September, and OMG it is the best and most wonderful event in the Arillas calendar. If you can be here for that JUST DO IT.

Phil
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Post by: Anne on September 10, 2012, 10:47:06 PM
I am being a bit previous I know - but how can I find out the dates for the 2013 'Wine' festival. Phil and I would love to be in Arillas for it - and I have a hot date with Kevin Gable lol xxxxxxxxxxxx
Title: Re: wine festival
Post by: Ann K on September 11, 2012, 03:48:32 PM
I stand to be corrected but I think somewhere on this forum I have read that the wine festival is always the second weekend in September.  I'm sure someone will say if I'm wrong.
Ann x
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Post by: Janis on September 11, 2012, 11:45:25 PM
Yes, Ann K - I think that Dimitris told me a couple of years ago that it is usually the second weekend in September

Janis x
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Post by: Jo Wissett on September 05, 2014, 03:44:46 PM
To everyone going here tomorrow....YAMMAS!! I will raise a toast from Oswaldtwistle!
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Post by: claretman1 on September 07, 2014, 01:44:59 PM
Sadly was rained off on 7th. Does anyone know if it has been rescheduled?
Title: Re: wine festival
Post by: justphil on September 07, 2014, 02:16:00 PM
I understand it will be tonight, weather permitting.

Phil