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.
Tip: The on-site shop is a practical way to taste across the full Naoussa, Reserve and Grande Reserve range in one stop.
Address: Episkopi, 59200 Naoussa, Imathia, Greece
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.
Established in 1918 by cooper Dimitris Melitzani and now run by the third and fourth generations, Ktima Melitzani farms 2.2 hectares of organic Xinomavro on Gastra hill, one of the appellation's prime sites.
Tip: A century of continuous family ownership on a single named hillside is rare even by Naoussa standards.
A small Naoussa producer based in the Mantemi area, Diamantakos bottles Xinomavro under the Naoussa PDO while framing its work around the appellation's indigenous viticultural heritage.
Tip: The estate's trilingual site (Greek, English, French) points to an export-minded outfit despite its small size.
Farming in the Strantza area since the family's roots there in 1948, Ktima Chrisohoou makes Naoussa PDO Xinomavro through patient barrel ageing, alongside an events programme run from the same estate.
Tasting: Hosts weddings, baptisms and conferences alongside wine visits at the Strantza estate.
Tip: The estate doubles as an events venue, so a visit can coincide with a wedding or conference on-site.
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.
