17 editor-picked Roditis producers across 2 regions.
A guide to Roditis worth seeking out, by region. We list the estates, how each region expresses the grape, and the bottles that show it best.
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.
Small Ancient Nemea cellar founded in 2006 in the family's rebuilt winery. Own rooted vines over 45 years old at 340 metres on red sandy clay loam.
Tasting: Visits by prior arrangement. Barrel tasting, winery, vineyard and cellar tour.
Founded by George Skouras, the winery moved from Gymno to Malandreni in the Argolida corner of the Nemea zone. Agiorgitiko and Moschofilero sit beside Bordeaux varieties.
Tasting: Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:00, Saturday 10:30 to 18:00, closed Sundays and public holidays. Appointment required.
Set up in 2003 by a grower family who had made wine only for themselves. Four bottlings now: Nemea Halkia, a fresh Agiorgitiko in red and rose, plus a Roditis white.
Tasting: Visits by arrangement or on a set programme. Tasting, winery, vineyard and cellar tour.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Small organic cellar on the Dafni road pouring unfiltered, unfined wines from vines certified organic since 2007. Walk-ins are taken, booking is advised.
Tip: Tastings are hosted in English, Greek and Russian, and the family answers the winery mobile on WhatsApp.
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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