Gaia Wines Tasting Room ★ 4.7
Yiannis Paraskevopoulos and Leon Karatsalos converted a former tomato-processing factory on the black beach of Exo Gialos into a seafront winery.
Mathaios Argyros's fourth-generation estate holds an extensive old-vine library, including ungrafted Assyrtiko parcels over 200 years old. The tasting room above the cellar offers structured flights pairing current vintages with library Vinsanto.
Address: Episkopi Gonias, 84700 Santorini, Greece
Yiannis Paraskevopoulos and Leon Karatsalos converted a former tomato-processing factory on the black beach of Exo Gialos into a seafront winery.
Founded by the late Haridimos Hatzidakis, now run by his widow Konstantina and daughter Stella, this organic-certified estate in Pyrgos works with low-intervention Assyrtiko from old-vine kouloura plots.
Venetsanos Winery, built into the caldera cliff above Athinios port and founded in 1947. The multi-level cellar uses gravity-flow construction; the panoramic terrace tasting room offers a caldera-edge view.
The Boutari family, a long-established Greek wine producer, opened its Santorini cellar in Megalochori in 1989, helping launch the modern revival of dry Assyrtiko.
Founded in 1836, Canava Roussos is a fourth-generation family business operating continuously since the 19th century. The traditional canava cellar in Mesa Gonia preserves century-old wooden barrels alongside fortified specialities including Mavrathiro and Caldera.
Antonis Argyros's 1861 family canava in Exo Gonia operates as a winery and contemporary art gallery in one. Volcanic tuff caves display Greek artists' work alongside the family's small-production Assyrtiko, Mavrotragano and Vinsanto in oak barrels.