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Volacus Wine

Volacus Wine

Ο Volacus Wine organic vineyard is located in Gardari, near the village of Falatado Of Tinos, in a lunar landscape with volcanoes, as the round oversized granite rocks of the area are called. I knew the landscape as well as the thousands of visitors who are impressed by the geological phenomenon. What I did not own, until I visited the Tinian Vineyards a few years ago - the first winery that dared to invest in these rocky places in the 2000s - was that in the old days the area was famous for the grapes it produced and had a long tradition in viticulture.

The success of Tinian Vineyards, but also the excellent quality of the wines produced from these mountain vines, made the young Michalis Kontiza to dare a similar effort. He bought in 2004 about 30 crowns in this area, planted them in 2010 and three years ago his Malagouzia was released here.

We met at his vineyard at the Volacus Wine winery, and he told us about his adventure.

"My father was a farmer. I remember with nostalgia my childhood, plowing, mowing, threshing, pruning, vintage, presses and my participation in them. When I finished the army, my brother and I built a flower nursery, and we also did automatic watering facilities in cottages.

This estate is a dream come true. I fell in love with the place, beautiful but also wild and it took a lot of work to date and to become the cultivated terraces between the impressive rocks. In the beginning I cultivated it Malaguzia and then the Assyrtiko, the Mavrotragano varieties ideal for our soils. The clay-sandy, granite soils in combination with the special microclimate of the area, favor the production of quality grapes. Malagouzia differs from those of mainland Greece. It is aromatic, but not with the characteristic ligating aroma of fruits and flowers. It is fresh, very sharp, somewhat astringent, with intense minerality, features of Cycladic wines. "

What one admires about Michalis is his modesty and his passion. After mastering the landscape with exhausting work, took advantage the old stone houses, the cells, an old winepress and the two threshing floors - indications that there was rural life up there - and he built a visitable vineyard, the Volacus Wine, where one can admire the landscape, try his Malagouzia - towards present - together with the local delicacies of the island the louza, the gruyere and the kariki and to get to know better the history of the area.

  • Volacus Wine - Falatados, Tinos - Greek Gastronomy Guide
  • Volacus Wine - Falatados, Tinos - Greek Gastronomy Guide
  • Volacus Wine - Falatados, Tinos - Greek Gastronomy Guide
  • Volacus Wine - Falatados, Tinos - Greek Gastronomy Guide
  • Volacus Wine - Falatados, Tinos - Greek Gastronomy Guide
  • Volacus Wine - Falatados, Tinos - Greek Gastronomy Guide
  • Volacus Wine - Falatados, Tinos - Greek Gastronomy Guide
  • Volacus Wine - Falatados, Tinos - Greek Gastronomy Guide
  • Volacus Wine - Falatados, Tinos - Greek Gastronomy Guide

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