Wine Tourism in Attica: a striking experience for Wine Lovers
The horizon above the vineyards sprawled over the hillsides gives the cue. The curtain opens. Objects all around travel you through time. The air-filling aroma is the perfect preamble. A glassfull of wine, so vivid in color, just like every single moment you live in. A trip to the magical world of wine in Attica has just begun. Raise your glasses!
Mesogeia, Stamata, Koropi, Vari, Kapandriti, Kalyvia, Paiania, Spata, Markopoulo, Pikermi, Pallini. The list of places nestling contemporary and legendary wineries and vineyards in Attica seems endless, just like the love of the Attican land for wine, already since ancient times.
Estates, novel farmyards, traditional vineyards and modern wineries are located just a stone’s throw away from the busy urban center. Now open to the public, they offer a distinctive and holistic experience to all, wine enthusiasts or not.
Renowned wineries of Attica, with decades or even centuries of history, display their brandnew version. They well-assure that wine is a living element, crossing the timeline by capturing in every sip, not only its taste and aromas, but also the land, the history and its people.
An excursion to a winery in Attica is much more than a tasting activity; it’s a captivating narrative, impressively unraveled by the knowledgeable staff members of each winery that is open to the public, making you a part of their history.
The Vineyard of Attica, the oldest and greatest in Greece, not only upholds its fame but also enhances its powerful presence in the contemporary viniculture within Attica. Thanks to its local microclimate, the vineyard of Attica has been unfailingly producing the grape variety of Savatiano, mostly used for retsina and white low acid wines.
Mesogeia stands out not only for its white but its excellent red wine alike. In the areas of Koropi, Paiania, Spata and elsewhere, grapevines are strictly cultivated free of pesticides or sprayings. This results to premium quality fruit and subsequently to an exquisite quality of wine.
In Attica, history and tradition are gracefully woven together in the wine’s present and future, thanks to the new generation of highly skilled scientists and passionate successors of family wineries. Innovative wine experts, vintners and agriculturalists turn the wine of Attica into a competitive product on the global wine map. Nowadays, Assyrtiko, Malagouzia, Cabernet, Syrah and other varieties have found their place in the vineyard of Attica.
Newly-established farmyards and small-scale wineries in Attica resort to organic farming, suggesting a combining and alternative approach to wine and its pairing raw food, such as organic cheese. They are a fresh proposal to be explored both by wine insiders and simple
enthusiasts.
Novel vinification methods come with ageing and maturation in ideally specialized conditions. A medley of tastes and aromas, proudly made in Attica.
Nowadays, most wineries in Attica host exhibitions, demonstrations and cultural events, creating educational hubs for wine culture in the land of Attica, open to the public. They invite you to become part of the production method of your favorite wine and taste it with perfectly matching pairings. One thing for sure, some bottles will come with you at home.
Modern wineries offer a true revelation of how each variety, in every single barrel, every single sip, come to enshrine all such elements that make it one of a kind, striking a chord with your taste memory.
Most Attican wineries have successfully embraced their extroversion era, opening their doors and telling their own wine story. Being one of the most promising and alternative aspects of internal tourism, wine tourism in Attica is the ultimate occasion for a different excursion, an enchanting sortie, an invitation to get to know the magical world of wine, its major significance for Attica in the past and in the present, in the most intriguing, interactive and of course flavorful way!
