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¯‹ ÙÔ˘ ÓËÛÈÔ‡ ·fi ÙÔ˘˜ µÂÓÂÙÔ‡˜ ηٿ ÙÔÓ 13Ô ·ÈÒÓ· Ì.Ã. ·ÏÏ¿ Î·È ÙËÓ
ÂÈÚÚÔ‹ Ô˘ ·˘ÙÔ› ›¯·Ó ηٿ ÙÔÓ 14Ô Î·È 15Ô ·ÈÒÓ· Ì.Ã., fiÙ·Ó ÙÔ ÓËÛ›
·Ó‹Î ÛÙÔ ‰Ô˘Î¿ÙÔ Ù˘ ¡¿ÍÔ˘. ŒÙÛÈ ÙÔ ÏÈ·ÛÙfi ÎÚ·Û› Ù˘ ·ÓÙÔÚ›Ó˘ ÔÓÔ-
Ì¿ÛÙËΠVinsanto (Vino Santo, ÏfiÁˆ Ù˘ ÔÓÔÌ·Û›·˜ ÙÔ˘ ÓËÛÈÔ‡ Santo Erini).
∫¿Ó·‚· ϤÁÂÙ·È ÙÔ ÔÈÓÔÔÈ›Ô, vedemma ı· ÂÈ ÙÚ‡ÁÔ˜, mezzo ÙÔ ÁÏ˘Îfi
ÎÚ·Û› Ô˘ Â›Ó·È Ï›ÁÔ ÈÔ ‰˘Ó·Ùfi Û ·ÏÎÔfiÏË ·fi ÙÔ Vinsanto ·ÏÏ¿ Ì ÏÈÁfi-
ÙÂÚ· ۿί·Ú·, Î·È Û›ÁÔ˘Ú· ˘¿Ú¯Ô˘Ó ÔÏϤ˜ ¿ÏϘ ϤÍÂȘ Ô˘ ÔÈ ÓÙfiÈÔÈ
ÔÈÓÔ·Ú·ÁˆÁÔ› ÁÓˆÚ›˙Ô˘Ó Î·È ¯ÚËÛÈÌÔÔÈÔ‡Ó.
ÃÚ˘Û¤˜ √ÈÓÈΤ˜ πÛÙÔڛ˜ ∂ÈÙ˘¯›·˜
∆· ÎÚ·ÛÈ¿ ÙÔ˘ ıËÚ·˚ÎÔ‡ ·ÌÂÏÒÓ·, ·fi fiÏ· ۯ‰fiÓ Ù· ÔÈÓÔÔÈ›· ÙÔ˘
ÓËÛÈÔ‡, ÎÂÚ‰›˙Ô˘Ó Î¿ı ¯ÚfiÓÔ ÔÏÏ¿ ‚Ú·‚›· Û ‰ÈÂıÓ›˜ ‰È·ÁˆÓÈÛÌÔ‡˜. ∏
ȉȷÈÙÂÚfiÙËÙ· Î·È Ë ÔÈfiÙËÙ· ÙÔ˘ Vinsanto ‰ÈηÈÒÓÂÙ·È Û˘¯Ó¿ ÎÂÚ‰›˙ÔÓÙ·˜
ÙÔ ªÂÁ¿ÏÔ ÃÚ˘Ûfi ÛÙÔ ‰È·ÁˆÓÈÛÌfi Ô›ÓÔ˘ £ÂÛÛ·ÏÔӛ΢ ·ÏÏ¿ Î·È ÔÏÏ¿
¿ÏÏ· ‚Ú·‚›· Û ‰È·ÁˆÓÈÛÌÔ‡˜ ÂÓÙfi˜ Î·È ÂÎÙfi˜ ∂ÏÏ¿‰·˜. ∞ÓÙ›ÛÙÔȯ· Î·È Ô
ÍËÚfi˜ Ï¢Îfi˜ ·ÓÙÔÚ›ÓË √∞ Â›Ó·È ¿ÓÙ· ̤۷ ÛÙ· ÃÚ˘Û¿ ‚Ú·‚›· ÂÏÏË-
ÓÈÎÒÓ Î·È ‰ÈÂıÓÒÓ ‰È·ÁˆÓÈÛÌÒÓ, ‰›ÓÔÓÙ·˜ ¿ÓÙ· ¤Ó· ˯ËÚfi ·ÚfiÓ ÙÔ˘
΢ÎÏ·‰›ÙÈÎÔ˘ ·˘ÙÔ‡ ·ÌÂÏÒÓ·.
∂›Ó·È ·ÍÈÔÛËÌ›ˆÙÔ fiÙÈ ÙÔ ÎÚ·Û› Ù˘ ·ÓÙÔÚ›Ó˘ Â›Ó·È ¤Ó· ·fi Ù· ÈÔ ·Ó·-
ÁÓˆÚ›ÛÈÌ·, ‰ÈÂıÓÒ˜, ÂÏÏËÓÈο ÎÚ·ÛÈ¿, ·Ú’ fiÏÔ Ô˘ ÚÔ¤Ú¯ÂÙ·È ·fi ¤Ó·
ÌÈÎÚÔÛÎÔÈÎfi ·ÌÂÏÒÓ· ÙˆÓ 1400 ÂÎÙ·Ú›ˆÓ ÂÚ›Ô˘ Î·È ÙËÓ ·Ú·ÁˆÁ‹
ÌfiÓÔ ¤ÓÙÂη ÔÈÓÔÔÈ›ˆÓ (ÂÏ›˙Ô˘Ì ˆ˜ ‰ÂÓ ¤¯ÂÈ Í¯·Ûı› ηӤӷ ÛÙÔ
̤ÙÚËÌ·).
ŸÏ· Ù· ÔÈÓÔÔÈ›· Ù˘ ·ÓÙÔÚ›Ó˘ Â›Ó·È ÂÈÛΤ„ÈÌ· (οÔÈ· fï˜ ÌfiÓÔ
ηÙfiÈÓ Ú·ÓÙ‚ԇ, ÁÈ’ ·˘Ùfi Â›Ó·È ÚÔÙÈÌfiÙÂÚÔ Ó· ÙËÏÂʈӋÛÂÙ ÚÈÓ ÙËÓ
›Û΄‹ Û·˜) ÁÈ· Ó· ‰ÔÎÈÌ¿ÛÂÙ ٷ ÎÚ·ÛÈ¿ ÙÔ˘˜, Ó· ÍÂÓ·ÁËı›Ù ÛÙÔ˘˜
¯ÒÚÔ˘˜ ÙÔ˘˜ Î·È Ó· Ì¿ıÂÙ ÏÂÙÔ̤ÚÂȘ ÁÈ· ÙËÓ ·Ú·ÁˆÁÈ΋ ‰È·‰Èηۛ·,
ÙÔÓ ·ÌÂÏÒÓ· ÙÔ˘ ÓËÛÈÔ‡ Î·È Ù· «¯Ú˘Û¿» ÎÚ·ÛÈ¿ ÙÔ˘.
made from sun-dried white grapes, aged in oak barrels, that can be
preserved in bottles for a very long time.
The “wine terminology” used in the island is heavily influenced by the
Venetians that had their island under their occupation from the 13th
until the 15th century (as part of the Dukedom of Naxos). That is how
this wine took its Venetian name “Vinsanto” (Vino (wine) and Santo
(because of the name of the island, Santo Erini)). Amongst the many
Venetian words that winemakers use are the following: the winery is
called “kanava”, the vine harvest “veddema”, the sweet wine (albeit,
less sweet than the Vinsanto) that is a bit stronger in alcohol content,
is called “mezzo”.
Golden wine stories of success
The wines of Thera, from all the wineries of the island, perform
consistently well whenever they participate in international wine
competitions. The reputation and the high quality of the Vinsanto
variety is often vindicated by winning the Great Golden medal in the
wine competition in Thessaloniki, but also in many other
international competitions all over the world. In the same time, the
white dry Designation of Origin of Superior Quality wine of
Santorini is always amongst the winning wines in Greek and
international competitions.
It is worth noting that the Santorini wines are amongst the most
famous Greek wines in the international stage, despite the fact that
they are produced in a tiny vineyard of a mere 1400 hectares, divided
amongst only 11 wineries.
All the Santorini wineries are open to the public (some of them only
after telephone reservations) where one can perform wine tasting,
tour the vineyards and learn about the wine production of the island
with its “golden” wines.
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