John Apostolos

Mavrodaphne and Bavaria: The Story of the Achaia Clauss Winery in Patra
Greece of the 1850’s was not what we see on our maps today. The country was only 2 decades old, and consisted of the Peloponnese (“Morea”), a small portion of Mainland Greece (“Livadia”) and a…
October 31, 2018
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The Rusty Greek Blog
Smugglers And Tourism
A dark, stormy October night, near the West coast of the island of Zakynthos, on the Ionian Sea. A small cargo ship, a mere 450 tons of rusting, weather-beaten iron, is struggling against the fierce…
July 18, 2018
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The Rusty Greek Blog
Meteora: A Unique Greek Experience
Several million years ago, the Earth’s surface looked a lot different. In one part of the world, a place we now call the Thessalic plain of Greece, there were wide deltas of mighty rivers, which…
June 9, 2018
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The Rusty Greek Blog
St. Thomas’ “Kali Parea” Hosts First Luncheon
The informal group “Kali Parea” was created several years ago, by men from the St. Thomas Parish, in Cherry Hill, NJ, who enjoyed meeting, “Greek kafeneio-style,” at a local mall. They ranged in age from…
March 7, 2018
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Mavrodaphne and Bavaria: The Story of the Achaia Clauss Winery in Patra