Artemis Karamolegos took over his grandfather's Exo Gonia cellar and expanded it into a destination winery with a full restaurant on site. The tasting room pairs estate Assyrtiko 34 and Mavrotragano with seasonal Cycladic produce at Aroma Avlis.
Address: Exo Gonia, 84700 Santorini, Greece
The flagship tasting terrace of the Santorini Union of Cooperatives sits on the caldera ridge above Pyrgos with panoramic views toward the volcano. Walk-in tasting flights cover the full SantoWines portfolio including Assyrtiko, Nykteri and Vinsanto.
Paris Sigalas's vineyard estate in the Baxedes plain north of Oia is the most-visited boutique winery on Santorini. The shaded courtyard tasting room pours single-vineyard Assyrtiko alongside rare Mavrotragano and oak-aged Nykteri.
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.
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.
