Santorini À¿Ú¯Ô˘Ó ÔÏÏ¿ Ú¿ÁÌ·Ù· Ô˘ ÌÔÚ›˜ Ó· ÛÎÂÊÙ›˜ ÁÈ· ÙË ·ÓÙÔÚ›ÓË Î·È Ó· Û οÓÔ˘Ó Ó· ·Ó·ÚÈÁ‹ÛÂȘ ·fi ¢¯·Ú›ÛÙËÛË. ∆ËÓ √›·, Ù· ºËÚ¿, ÙÔ ËÊ·›ÛÙÂÈÔ, ÙË ı¿Ï·ÛÛ·, Ù· ËÏÈÔ‚·ÛÈϤ̷ٷ, ÙÔ Ê·ÁËÙfi, ÙȘ ÏÈ·ÛÙ¤˜ ÓÙÔÌ¿Ù˜, ÙË Ê¿‚·… ∞˘Ùfi Ô˘ ¤¯ÂÈ, fï˜, ÎÂÚ‰›ÛÂÈ ÙËÓ Î·Ú‰È¿ Ì·˜ ÔÏfiÙÂÏ·, Â‰Ò Î·È ¯ÚfiÓÈ·, Â›Ó·È ÙÔ ÎÚ·Û› Ù˘. ªÂ ¤Ó·Ó ·fi ÙÔ˘˜ ÌÈÎÚfiÙÂÚÔ˘˜ ·ÌÂÏÒÓ˜ √ÓÔÌ·Û›·˜ ÚÔ¤Ï¢Û˘ ÛÙËÓ ∂ÏÏ¿‰·, Ë ·ÓÙÔÚ›ÓË ¤¯ÂÈ Î·Ù·Ê¤ÚÂÈ Ó· ÎÂÚ‰›ÛÂÈ ÙȘ ÂÓÙ˘ÒÛÂȘ, Î·È Ì·˙› Ì’ ·˘Ù¤˜ Î·È ÔÏÏ¿ ‚Ú·- ‚›· Ù· ÙÂÏÂ˘Ù·›· ¯ÚfiÓÈ·. ÙÔÓ ÚfiÛÊ·ÙÔ ‰È·ÁˆÓÈÛÌfi Ô›ÓÔ˘, ÙÔÓ 9Ô ¢ÈÂıÓ‹ ¢È·ÁˆÓÈÛÌfi √›ÓÔ˘ £ÂÛÛ·ÏÔӛ΢, Ù· ÎÚ·ÛÈ¿ Ù˘ ·¤Û·Û·Ó ÙÔ ÌÔÓ·‰ÈÎfi ªÂÁ¿ÏÔ ÃÚ˘Ûfi ‚Ú·‚›Ô, 6 ÃÚ˘Û¿ Î·È 8 ∞ÚÁ˘Ú¿. ∫·ıfiÏÔ˘ ¿Û¯ËÌ· ÁÈ· ¤Ó· ÙfiÛÔ ÌÈÎÚfi ·ÌÂÏÒÓ·! 038 The name “Santorini” can bring several pleasant and beautiful things in mind: Oia, Phera, the volcano, the sea, the sun sets, the sun-dried tomatoes, yellow peas… However, what has actually won over our hearts for many years now, is Santorini’s wine. Santorini has managed to win several awards during the last few years, despite having one of the smallest Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) vineyards of Greece. During the recent international wine competition of Thessaloniki, Santorini’s wines were awarded the only Great golden award, 6 gold and 8 silver medals. Not bad at all for such a small vineyard. Ù˘ ÔÈÓÔÏfiÁÔ˘ ¢ÚÔ˜ ª·ÚÔ‡Û·˜ ∆Û·¯¿ÎË by oenologist Dr Maroussa Tsachaki H ·ÓÙÔÚ›ÓË ‚Ú›ÛÎÂÙ·È ÛÙȘ ∫˘ÎÏ¿‰Â˜, ÛÙÔ ÓfiÙÈÔ ∞ÈÁ·›Ô. ¢ËÌÈÔ˘ÚÁ‹ıËÎÂ, fiˆ˜ ÙËÓ Í¤ÚÔ˘- Ì ۋÌÂÚ·, ·fi ÙËÓ ¤ÎÚËÍË ÙÔ˘ ËÊ·ÈÛÙ›Ԣ, Á‡Úˆ ÛÙ· 1600 .Ã., ÌÈ· ¤ÎÚËÍË Ô˘ η٤ÛÙÚ„ ÙÔ ªÈÓˆÈÎfi ÔÏÈÙÈÛÌfi Ù˘ £‹Ú·˜ (·ÓÙÔÚ›Ó˘) Î·È Èı·Ófiٷٷ Î·È Ù˘ ÎÔÓÙÈÓ‹˜ ∫Ú‹Ù˘. ∆Ô ·Ì¤ÏÈ Î·ÏÏÈÂÚÁÔ‡Ù·Ó ÂΛ, fiˆ˜ Ì·ÚÙ˘- ÚÔ‡Ó Ù· Â˘Ú‹Ì·Ù· ÙˆÓ ·Ó·Ûη- ÊÒÓ ÛÙÔ ∞ÎÚˆÙ‹ÚÈ, ·fi ÙÔÓ 17Ô ·ÈÒÓ· .Ã. Santorini is located in the Cyclades, in the southern Aegean Sea. The island took its shape after the violent eruption of its volcano, circa 1600 B.C. This eruption was what destroyed the Minoan Civilization of Thera (Santorini) and probably also the Civilization in Crete. The excavations in the Akrotiri area have shown that vineyards existed in the island at least since the 17th century B.C. Vineyards were amongst the very few plants that could survive and actually flourish, in the harsh environment of the island. This is why, when it was occupied by the Ottomans, sometime during the 16th century A.D., vineyard cultivation was not banned, as it was the only source of income for the occupiers. ∞Ó¿ ÙÔ˘˜ ·ÈÒÓ˜ ÙÔ ·Ì¤ÏÈ ‹Ù·Ó ·fi ÙȘ ÌÔÓ·‰ÈΤ˜ ηÏÏȤÚÁÂȘ Ô˘ ¢‰ÔÎÈÌÔ‡Û·Ó ÛÙÔ ÓËÛ›. ∞˘Ùfi˜ ‹Ù·Ó Î·È ¤Ó·˜ ·fi ÙÔ˘˜ ÏfiÁÔ˘˜ ÁÈ· ÙÔ˘˜ ÔÔ›Ô˘˜, fiÙ·Ó ÙÔ ÓËÛ› ÂÚÈ‹Ïı ÛÙËÓ √ıˆÌ·ÓÈ΋ ∞˘ÙÔÎÚ·ÙÔÚ›·, Á‡Úˆ ÛÙÔÓ 16Ô ·ÈÒÓ· Ì.Ã., Ë Î·ÏÏȤÚÁÂÈ· Ù˘ ·Ì¤- The volcanic soil and the harsh Cycladic climate with the infamous Cycladic gales and the scorching sun, did not prevent the island from producing some of the best wines in Greece. The vineyards of Santorini are native and have not been uprooted or replanted for centuries. Indeed, these MINOAN WAVE >>
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