Founded in 1997 by Yiannis Boutaris in Yiannakohori on the eastern slopes of Mount Vermio, Kir-Yianni works around 50 hectares of Naoussa PDO Xinomavro through microvinification and site-by-site blending.
Tip: The estate's wines are widely distributed, so a bottle is often an easier find than a booked visit.
Address: Yiannakohori, 59200 Naoussa, Imathia, Greece
Apostolos Thymiopoulos released his first vintage in 2005 after training in oenology, and now works ten separate Xinomavro bottlings from his base in Trilofos on the Vermio foothills.
Tip: Ten distinct Xinomavro expressions from one producer is an unusually good way to taste how much the grape varies by site.
Founded in 1879 by Ioannis Boutaris, the house's Naoussa winery sits in the Stenimachos area on Vermio's eastern edge, making Naoussa PDO Xinomavro since Merlot and Syrah joined the plantings in the 1980s.
Tasting: Not open to the public; the estate handles visit and trade inquiries by email only.
Tip: The winery itself does not receive visitors, so taste the wines at a Naoussa restaurant or retailer instead.
Now in its fifth generation, the Dalamara family farms Xinomavro organically at Paliokalias on Vermio's eastern foothills, a vineyard area worked since the 1840s, and runs a complete cellar-door visit.
Tasting: Guided cellar-door visit through the vineyard garden, fermentation tanks, bottling area and ageing vault, ending in a tasting hall built around the family's traditional wine tools; tsipouro and olives served on request.
Tip: The visit route ends with a tasting among the family's old winemaking tools rather than a generic tasting counter.
The growers' cooperative behind much of the appellation's output, VAENI Naoussa has worked from Episkopi since 1984, bottling Naoussa, Naoussa Reserve and Grande Reserve alongside PGI wines from Merlot and Syrah.
Tasting: Guided tours through the cooperative's cellar, with an on-site exhibition space and retail shop.
Tip: The on-site shop is a practical way to taste across the full Naoussa, Reserve and Grande Reserve range in one stop.
Founded in 1992 four kilometres outside Naoussa town in the Nea Strantza area, Domaine Foundi, registered as Fountis Nikolaos, farms mostly Xinomavro alongside small plantings of Merlot and Malvasia Aromatica.
Tasting: Open to visitors; the estate is a member of the Wine Roads of Northern Greece programme.
Tip: Being a Wine Roads of Northern Greece member means the cellar is set up for casual drop-in visitors, not just appointments.
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.
