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Wine and wineries in Santorini

Traditional wine of Santorini
Assyrtiko: traditional wine of Santorini

After the catastrophic eruption (1650 BC) that covered Santorini in lava, ash and pumice, the island reached the optimun to produce a very distinctive wine.

The major vineyard is the Assyrtiko, that produces an excellent dry white wine ideal for desserts. Santorini's traditional wine is, indeed, the Assyrtiko.

Vineyards are cultivated in round "basket" shaped vines in order to protect the soft and tender grape leaves from being damaged by the island's strong wind and sand.
Despite the burning heat during the summer, the quality of farming is guaranteed by a good supply of water thanks to the nightly sea mist and fresh winds blowing from the north.

White wines in Santorini are definitely dry, with a grapefruit flavour, and, thanks to the volcanic origins of the ground, a bit smoked and sparkling.

The major dessert wine is the so called Vinsanto. It can be very sweet by its own nature, it spends at least 2 years in barrique and it distingueshes itself by a velvety taste with a blend of crème brûlée, chocolate and dried apricot flavour.

WINES
ASSYRTIKO Dry white wine
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NYKTERI Dry white wine
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VINSANTO Sweet white wine
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MEZZO Less sweet than Vinsanto wine
BROUSKO Its style and name come from the Venetian domination period (XIII-XVI Centuries)

Vineyards are cultivated in round "basket" shaped vines in order to protect the soft and tender grape leaves from being damaged by the island's strong wind and sand.
Santorini vines

The following is a list of major wineries/wine producing companies and farms of Santorini.

WINERIES
ARGIRIS SIGALAS WINE HOUSES Fira
ANTONIOU WINES Megalochori
BOUTARI WINES Megalochori
CANAVA ROUSSOS Exo Gonia
HATZIDAKIS WINERY Pyrgos
KASTELLI WINES -KARAMOLEKOS I.S. Vothonas
SANTO WINES Pyrgos

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