SANTO WINES WINERY FOR SUNSET: SANTORINI, GREECE

Santo Wines Winery For Sunset - Wine Tasting:

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Santo Wines Winery:

Santos Wines Winery, which operates since 1992, is sited on the edge of Caldera, in the middle of Santorini vineyard. It is of 5000 tons capacity. Santo Wines, being environmentally conscious, has built the winery in 5 different levels so that the building is in harmony with the surrounding environment and the vineyards that are spreading out in different ground levels forming the traditional “pezoules” From a technological point of view, the winery is built in different levels so that during the winemaking process the must is transferred by the gravity phenomenon with the minimum use of pumps, technique that protects and promotes the quality of our wines. Santo Wines winery, situated at Pyrgos village, welcomes every year more than 400.000 visitors from all over the world.

"Santorini… Nested in the heart of the Aegean, the island of Santorini is legendary for its wild and unreserved beauty. As myth holds, Santorini was made from a fistful of dust that fell on the sea."

Wine making in Santorini dates back thousands of years to the 3rd millenium B.C. The excavations in Acrotiri Village, one of the most important prehistoric settlements of the Aegean, revealed findings like burnt vines or decorations of grapes on ancient pots proving that vine cultivation was very popular at that time in the island. What makes the island of Santorini so unique is the special ecosystem, created by the continuous explosions of the local volcano and the lava that burned the rocks and made the land absorbing, porous and rich in porcelain. The land of Santorini is anhydrous, since it rains rarely. The 3,500 year tradition in vine cultivation and the art of wine making is maintained nowadays by SantoWines which cultivates approximately 4000 acres of vineyards that represent about the 1/3 of Santorini surface. Cliff vineyards in Santorini are spreading out on different ground levels, forming the distinctive “pezoules” which were made by the producers so that it is easier for them to cultivate and to maximize the effectiveness of rainwater.

The Secret:

The secret of successful grape cultivation on the island lays in the trapped humidity as well as the morning dew produced by the evaporation of the sea in the site of Caldera.
The vineyards are not linear. The vines are scattered, close to the ground. For thousands of years now, the local producers have invented a unique way of pruning, the so called “kouloura” (curl). Its shape resembles to a round basket that protects the soft and tender grapes from getting damaged by the island's strong winds.

So, here are some basic elements that create the distinctive Santorini microclimate that contributes to the exceptional characteristics of Santorini grapes, which give unique wines with refreshing acidity, high alcoholic volume and extraordinary taste. Since 1971, Santorini has been approved as a region that produces APPELLATION OF ORIGIN SANTORINI OF SUPERIOR QUALITY wines.

On this dry and waterless land flourish more than 10 varieties of grapes.

ASSYRTIKO is the most popular white variety, which gives its best performance in Santorini. It represents the 80% of the total cultivated varieties and gives us wines of high acidity, special aroma and full body. Not only great dry white wines are made from Assyrtiko but also VINSANTO, the famous naturally sweet wine from sun dried grapes.

ATHIRI and AIDANI are the two other most important white varieties which when are blended with ASSYRTIKO give us wine with the aromas of flowers and fruits.
In smaller quantities the red varieties Mandilaria, Voudomato and Mavrotragano are cultivated, which give excellent red dry and sweet wines that allow for long aging.

This Winery Was Our Favorite & The Sunset Was Spectacular!!! Enjoy The Pictures!!!

Lots Of Love,

Nicole & Anthony