Dimitris Motsos is a PhD candidate at Democritus University with a specialization in cultural diplomacy. In addition, he holds a Master’s degree in Southeastern European Studies from the Law School.
For many years, he worked as a Communications Manager at the Development and European Planning Directorate of the Pavlos Melas Municipality. In 2011, on a trip to Provence, he came into contact with wine, which proved to be of vital importance for the rest of his life. Thus, in 2014, he started working as a Wine Buyer and Retail Manager at Cava Abatzis in Thessaloniki, while also organizing various workshops and presentations. In 2022, he started working as a Marketing and Communication Manager at the company “AEOLOS S.A.”. Until 2023, he provided consulting and support services to restaurants and hotels in Thessaloniki and was a judge at the TIWC & BIWC competitions.
In 2013 he founded the blog www.winegeeks.gr and since 2016 he writes about wine and flavors on www.parallaxi.gr and www.andro.gr where he combines his insatiable love for words and wine.
Since 2023 he has been working as General Manager at Argyros Winery in Santorini.
He successfully completed the WSET 4 Diploma in Wine and Spirits in 2018 and since 2019 he has been a lecturer at WSPC. In 2020 he was accepted as a student at the Institute of Masters of Wine.
He loves traveling, photography and every page written by John Steinbeck and Archibald Joseph Cronin. He is married with two children.