Bloggers with Vasilis Ioannou of Alpha Estate at front left. Alpha Estate visit. |
The Press Trip, as mentioned previously, was sponsored by Wines of North Greece. The map immediately below shows the distribution of wineries visited by region while the second map shows the specific locations of the wineries visited, the day on which each winery was visited, and the agenda at each winery.
Distribution of wineries visited, by region |
Route of North Greece Wine Trail Press Trip |
The table below summarizes the physical environment of the regions within which the wineries we visited are resident.
Table1. Physical environments of wine regions visited
Region
|
Climate
|
Altitude
|
Soils
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Naoussa
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Cold Mediterranean
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150 - 450 m
|
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Amyndeon
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Continental
|
570 - 750 m
|
Poor sandy soils
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Goumenissa
|
Mediterranean
|
150 - 250 m; gentle southeast-facing slopes
|
Free-draining soils with high limestone content
|
Slopes of Meliton
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Mediterranean; moderated by ocean influences; strong diurnal effect; 500 m annual rainfall
|
200 - 400 m
|
Finely broken schist
|
Rapsani
|
Temperate Mediterranean; modified by oceans and mountains to the north |
250 - 750 m
|
Iron-rich schist
|
Drama
|
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High levels of sand and clay
|
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Epanomi
|
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Sandy-argillaceous
|
For the most part, the climate is Mediterranean, in some cases moderated by oceans and/or mountains. The highest vineyard altitudes can be found at Amyndeon, where altitudes range between 570 and 750 meters. Rapsani tops out at similar altitudes as does Amyndeon but starts out at much lower levels. Schist, sand, and clay are the predominant soils.
The built environment will be covered in the next post in this series.
©Wine -- Mise en abyme
©Wine -- Mise en abyme
I just want to point out that you have Alpha Estate and Katogi Averoff swapped round on the map. I did a very similar trip earlier this year, and am looking forward to seeing what you have to say about your visits. Feel free not to publish this comment if you wish, I would have emailed it but could not easily find your address.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes, Steve
Thank you for bringing it to my attention Steve. I have made the correction. I look forward to your reading the upcoming posts and providing feedback. Thanks again.
DeleteThis is such great information in one spot. I'll be referencing this in the future for sure.
ReplyDeleteBtw, that's Angelo Iatridis in the group shot picture.
When will you be highlighting Crete? We could use such thorough data in one spot.
Thank you Anna. I hope to do a similarly comprehensive assessment of Crete in 2017.
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