DENNY KALLIVOKA
Initiator - Founder & Administrator
Denny studied Marketing Management and completed a Master’s Degree in Media Communications at City University, London.
She is a journalist, the Initiator and Founder of Metron Ariston – Making Responsibility a Trend, a Partner of "How to Bar", the creator of Aegean Cocktails & Spirits™, and co-organizer of the Athens Rum & Whisky Festival and the Cyprus Cocktail Festival.
Until 2002, she worked as a Project Manager in the Congress Department of Lambrakis Press, managing the account of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and organizing international Summit Meetings hosted in Greece.
In 2003, she followed her passion for Food & Drinks, leaving her career in conference management for journalism. Since then, she has written extensively about Food, Wine & Spirits as an editor and editor-in-chief for leading newspapers and publications in Greece.
She has been a member of the Toque d’Or Awards and the Gourmet Awards for many years, and for the past decade she has also been a Partner of Difford’s Guide Greece. During this time, she has served as a judge in numerous national and international wine and cocktail competitions
A dreamer and idealist, she founded Aegean Cocktails & Spirits™ with the vision of repositioning Greek spirits on the global bar scene, promoting localization, and supporting communities, producers, and consumers.
The next step was the creation of Metron Ariston – Making Responsibility a Trend, an initiative designed to promote responsibility by the trade, to the trade, and to society through pillars such as responsible consumption, sustainability, localization, and community support.
The differentiation and originality of Metron Ariston lies in the fact that the trade itself becomes the “influencer” that embraces and promotes responsibility, shaping the mindset of younger generations.
As for Denny herself, she continues to travel, explore, create, and dream. Since the age of 18, she has been traveling the world, discovering experiences and flavors..