Papaioannou Wines ★ 4.6
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.
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.
Address: Flioundos 68, 20500 Nemea, Corinthia, Greece
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.
Founded by the agronomist Ilias Zacharias, who has worked with Nemea fruit since 1974. Bottling under the family name began in 2002, with Agiorgitiko and the local Sklava.