24 editor-picked Malagousia producers across 2 regions.
A guide to Malagousia worth seeking out, by region. We list the estates, how each region expresses the grape, and the bottles that show it best.
Based twelve kilometres from town in the hillside village of Rodochori at 540 metres, Argatia bottles a Naoussa PDO Xinomavro alongside PGI whites and reds from Malagousia, Assyrtiko, Negoska and Mavrodaphne.
Tasting: Open to visitors at the winery in Rodochori.
Tip: The Malagousia and Assyrtiko whites are a useful contrast to the region's Xinomavro-only PDO reds.
Based in the Dalamari area of Naoussa, Kokkinos Winery bottles a Naoussa PDO Xinomavro alongside a wider PGI Imathia range that runs from a Xinomavro-Merlot red blend to Roditis and Malagousia whites.
Tip: The Petinos range is the entry point into the wider PGI Imathia bottlings if the PDO Xinomavro is sold out.
Hillside cellar at 540 metres in Rodochori village, about twelve kilometres from Naoussa town, that the estate lists on its own site as a visitable winery for tasting its indigenous-variety range.
Tip: Rodochori sits well above the town on the mountain road, so budget extra driving time getting up from central Naoussa.
Third generation family cellar in Nemea town. First vinification in 2002, first bottling in 2004, and today 13 labels drawn from 18 hectares of owned vineyard.
Tasting: Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:00 by appointment. Cellar tour, tasting and a shop on site.
Ilias Bizios farms 10 hectares of organically grown vines at 850 metres above the village of Asprokampos, the highest ground in the Nemea PDO zone.
Tasting: Visits by arrangement. Tasting, winery, vineyard and cellar tour, plus a shop on site.
Konstantinos Gofas took over the family cellar in 1998 and moved it in 2011 to Koutsi, inside the estate vineyard beside the Asopos river.
Tasting: Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 17:00, walk in or by appointment. Tasting, cellar tour, meals and a shop.
Four generations of Agiorgitiko growing at the entrance to Nemea town. Reds mature in an underground cellar in oak barrels and amphorae before bottle ageing.
Tasting: By appointment. Tank and barrel tasting, winery, vineyard and cellar tour, meals, shop, step free access.
One of the busiest doors in Ancient Nemea for visitors. The Palivou Wine Train tasting room opened in 2023 on a terrace above the Ancient Nemea valley.
Tasting: October to March daily 09:00 to 17:00; April to September daily 10:00 to 18:00. Walk in or by appointment.
Boutique winery and vine nursery at Leontio, working 2,000 square metres of purpose built premises under Christos Raptis.
Tasting: Visits by arrangement. Tasting, winery and cellar tour, shop, step free access.
A high volume cellar at Archaies Kleones, the first wine village on the road in from Corinth, with a visitor programme running seven days a week.
Tasting: Monday to Sunday 09:00 to 17:00. Bookings by phone or at [email protected]. Tasting, tours, meals and a shop.
Winery at Xerokampos on the Nemea plain, exporting about 40 per cent of production. The range runs from Nemea Lantides to Chrysambelo and the Cuvee Lantides.
Tasting: Monday to Friday 09:00 to 18:00, walk in or by appointment. Tank and barrel tasting, meals, rooms, shop, step free access.
Oenologist Giorgos Vassiliou built an isobaric winery over five levels at Nemea, with DIO certified organic plots at Koutsi, Petri and Asprokampos.
Tasting: Monday to Friday 08:00 to 16:00 by appointment, closed Sundays and public holidays. Six guest suites on site.
Organic grower and winemaker at Xerokampos, at the foot of the Panagia hill on the way into Nemea, with the cellar set among its own Agiorgitiko vines.
Tasting: The winery receives visitors.
Yannis Nikolaou studied viticulture and oenology at Bordeaux and founded the estate in 1984 on the slopes of Mount Veseza, at the Douramani site near ancient Phlious.
Tasting: Monday to Saturday 09:00 to 15:00, walk in welcome. Tasting, tours, meals, shop, step free access.
Founded by Thanasis Papaioannou and now run by his son Giorgos, a chemist and oenologist. Sixty three hectares of owned vines spread across sites in the Nemea zone.
Tasting: By appointment. Tasting and a shop on site.
Third generation family winery at Archaies Kleones. Eight hectares of owned vines plus fruit from 15 selected growers around Kleones and Nemea.
Tasting: Monday to Saturday 09:00 to 19:00, closed Sundays and public holidays.
Semeli started in 1979 at the foot of Mount Penteli and built its Nemea winery at Koutsi in 2003, at 600 metres, with a gravity fed cellar and visitor rooms.
Tasting: Tours Monday to Friday except Tuesday at 10:00, 11:30, 13:00 and 14:30; Saturday and Sunday at 11:00, 13:00 and 15:00.
Set up in 2005 on eight hectares of organically farmed Agiorgitiko, with a processing unit completed in 2006 on the slopes of Koutsi above the Nemea valley.
Tasting: By appointment. Tasting, winery and vineyard tour, meals, shop, step free access.
Working with growers in the mountain villages of Psari, Asprokampos, Kefalari, Kastraki and Bozikas since 1993, where harvest runs two weeks behind the Nemea plain.
Tasting: The Asprokampos winery does not receive visitors.
Purpose-built tasting room on the main street of Nemea town, reached after a twenty-minute walk through the bottling hall and the barrel and amphora cellar.
Tip: Cheese and charcuterie platters need no booking, but the full menu does, so ask when you reserve if you want lunch with the flight.
Tasting hall, ageing cellar and outdoor terrace at Archaies Kleones, reached from the first Nemea exit. Step-free throughout and open to dogs and children.
Tip: Reservations go to [email protected] rather than the general address, and the winery takes bookings on the hour from 09:00 to 16:00.
Tasting space above a thousand-barrel cellar outside Nafplio, where flights run from the whites through the roses to the Nemea reds.
Tip: Tours run in Greek or English and the booking form asks which you want, so state it rather than turning up and hoping.
Town-centre cellar on Pindou street with a tour of the winery and barrel room followed by a tasting and a sales counter. Groups are welcome.
Tip: The range runs to eleven varieties, so name the Agiorgitiko line or the white and aromatic labels when booking a slot.
Boutique cellar in the village of Leontio, a few minutes above Nemea town, with a tasting room covering reds, rose, sparkling and sweet bottlings.
Tip: Saturday opening is a three-hour window from midday, much shorter than the weekday slot, so book that one early.
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