Raise a glass to Santorini’s organic wines
Supported By: Santorini
A romantic, fairy-tale island where bougainvillaea flowers spill over whitewashed walls and cerulean doors, burnt orange cliffs slope into the ocean and the deep blue caldera sparkles in the sunlight, Santorini is one of the oldest wine-producing areas in the world.
Dubbed ‘the wine island’, Santorini’s volcanic soil, hot sun and dry wind make it an ideal spot to grow healthy vines. And what’s more, these geographical factors mean the principles of organic wine cultivation happen by default, and so minimal human activity is required to produce natural and sustainable wines.
One vineyard leading the way is Hatzidakis Winery, which is cleverly using its setting to produce fantastic organic wines with Mavrotragano grapes. The winery was built within a cave, a setting which naturally has the perfect stable conditions for producing and ageing wines, meaning there is no need for air conditioning or temperature control systems.
The vineyard was created when co-founder Konstantina Chryssou found a neglected family vineyard in the village of Pyrgos Kallistis and decided to bring it back to life. The old vines had not been cultivated since 1965 which gave the perfect opportunity to establish the vines organically. It became the first DIO certified organic vineyard on the island and from then on founders Chryssou and Hatzidakis have ensured every vineyard followed suit and lived happily ever after.
Visit Website: http://www.hatzidakiswines.gr/en.html
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