Estate Argyros's library Vinsanto programme is a destination for sweet-wine enthusiasts visiting Santorini. The estate has held back significant portions of each Vinsanto vintage for extended ageing, and the library flight covers multi-decade Vinsanto in a single sitting.
The list: Estate Argyros holds an extensive vertical library of Vinsanto, with bottlings stretching back several decades available in the estate's senior tasting flights. Booking direct is essential for the long-aged library pours.
Address: Episkopi Gonia 84701, Santorini
Argyros's evening vertical sessions are a structured Assyrtiko tasting, covering the estate's old-vine bottlings across multiple back vintages. Book directly with the estate well in advance.
The list: Estate Argyros offers evening vertical-tasting sessions of the estate's old-vine Assyrtiko, Cuvee Monsignori and Vinsanto library across multiple vintages. The session is structured for serious wine visitors and requires advance booking.
Argyros's sparkling Assyrtiko is one of the few sparkling wines made from Santorini's signature variety and provides a stylistic contrast within the estate's range. Cellar door tastings include the sparkling expression alongside the still bottlings.
The list: Estate Argyros produces a sparkling Assyrtiko in the estate's range, providing one of the few Santorini sparkling wines available in formal cellar door tasting. The flight includes still and sparkling comparisons of the estate's Assyrtiko expressions.
The Canava Roussos heritage cellar at Mesa Gonia is an evocative Vinsanto tasting setting, with the historic family canava framing the long-aged sweet wines. A slower, quieter Vinsanto experience than the high-volume cooperative format.
The list: Canava Roussos at Mesa Gonia, founded in 1836, holds heritage Vinsanto stocks dating back through the family's multigenerational ownership. Tasting at the canava covers current-release alongside older library Vinsanto in the historic stone-built cellar.
Santo Wines's extended-hours sessions through the high season allow late-evening cellar door tastings that would not be possible at smaller estates.
The list: Santo Wines runs late-tasting sessions through the high season with extended hours through sunset. The cooperative's flight format covers Assyrtiko, Nykteri and Vinsanto with extensive volume capacity, and the late slots are easier to book than the headline 18:00 to 19:00 window.
Sigalas's private evening tasting format provides a calmer, more focused alternative to the busy cellar door, with the estate's range presented in a structured flight on the outdoor terrace at Baxedes. Recommended for serious wine visitors.
The list: Domaine Sigalas offers private evening tastings by booking, focused on the estate's single-vineyard Assyrtiko range and including the Mavrotragano red and library bottlings on request. Sessions run through sunset on the outdoor terrace.
Argyros's evening vertical sessions are a structured Assyrtiko tasting, covering the estate's old-vine bottlings across multiple back vintages. Book directly with the estate well in advance.
The list: Estate Argyros offers evening vertical-tasting sessions of the estate's old-vine Assyrtiko, Cuvee Monsignori and Vinsanto library across multiple vintages. The session is structured for serious wine visitors and requires advance booking.
Hatzidakis's evening tastings provide access to the estate's organic-certified Santorini Assyrtiko in a small-group setting. The estate is run by the Hatzidakis family in the village of Pyrgos Kallistis and the tastings are markedly more intimate than the high-volume cooperative venues.
The list: Hatzidakis Winery offers evening tastings by booking, focused on the estate's organic-certified Assyrtiko and Mavrotragano range. The Hatzidakis cellar is a long-running organic producer on the island.
Argyros's sparkling Assyrtiko is one of the few sparkling wines made from Santorini's signature variety and provides a stylistic contrast within the estate's range. Cellar door tastings include the sparkling expression alongside the still bottlings.
The list: Estate Argyros produces a sparkling Assyrtiko in the estate's range, providing one of the few Santorini sparkling wines available in formal cellar door tasting. The flight includes still and sparkling comparisons of the estate's Assyrtiko expressions.