{"id":33931,"date":"2026-11-03T08:59:57","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T06:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/?p=33931"},"modified":"2026-11-03T02:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T00:02:38","slug":"greetings-from-v-i-greeks-thanos-michelongonas-deputy-regional-governor-for-tourism-region-of-peloponnese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/greetings-from-v-i-greeks-thanos-michelongonas-deputy-regional-governor-for-tourism-region-of-peloponnese\/","title":{"rendered":"GREETINGS FROM V.I.GREEKS: Thanos Michelongonas, Deputy Regional Governor for Tourism Region of Peloponnese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/michelogkonaas.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33646\" src=\"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/michelogkonaas.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1681\" height=\"1147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/michelogkonaas.png 1681w, https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/michelogkonaas-768x524.png 768w, https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/michelogkonaas-1536x1048.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1681px) 100vw, 1681px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thanos Michelongonas | D<\/strong>eputy Regional Governor for Tourism Region of Peloponnese<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the Peloponnese, wine is woven into our identity. Homer described Epidaurus as \u201cvine-clad\u201d in the Iliad, echoing a tradition almost three millennia old. Today, the Peloponnese is Greece\u2019s largest winegrowing region, with approximately 19,000 hectares of vineyards\u2014nearly 30% of the national total\u2014and 91% planted with Greek varieties.<\/p>\n<p>From Nemea\u2019s Agiorgitiko and Mantinia\u2019s Moschofilero to Monemvasia\u2019s historic Malvasia, modern winemakers combine indigenous grapes and centuries of knowledge with contemporary techniques, producing distinctive wines that increasingly reach international audiences.<\/p>\n<p>Through the Peloponnese Wine Roads, travellers can explore wineries alongside local gastronomy, heritage sites and genuine encounters with producers.<\/p>\n<p>At WTM London, Visit Peloponnese invites the travel industry to discover wine tourism as a year-round journey of culture, flavour and connection\u2014one that supports rural communities and turns every glass into an invitation to explore.<\/p>\n<p>GRtraveller with Its thoughtful editorial direction, contemporary perspective and exceptional visual aesthetics, making it a distinctive publication, offers destinations a valuable platform to share their identity, experiences and vision for the future of tourism.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Thanos Michelongonas | Deputy Regional Governor for Tourism Region of Peloponnese &nbsp; In the Peloponnese, wine is woven into our identity. Homer described Epidaurus as \u201cvine-clad\u201d in the Iliad, echoing a tradition almost three millennia old. Today, the Peloponnese is Greece\u2019s largest winegrowing region, with approximately 19,000 hectares of vineyards\u2014nearly 30% of the national&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34279,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[125,120,129,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-epikairotita-en","category-ellada-en","category-taxidia-en","category-proorismi-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33931"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34320,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33931\/revisions\/34320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grtraveller.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}