Wine in Mesa Gonia, Santorini

Canava Roussos ★ 4.5

Founded 1836 by the Roussos family at Mesa Gonia and continuously operating from the historic family canava since the 19th century. The stone-vaulted cellar houses a small museum of pre-industrial Santorini winemaking tools alongside the working tasting room.

Tasting: Daily 11:00 to 19:00 (seasonal); bookable tasting flights at the historic canava (cellar) at Mesa Gonia, including the family's long-aged Vinsanto and Mavrotragano-Mandilaria reds.

Signature wines: canava-roussos-vinsanto, canava-roussos-vinsanto, canava-roussos-caldera

Tip: The Vinsanto here is sometimes available in 20 and 25 year aged bottlings; the Caldera (red) blend of Mavrotragano and Mandilaria is a distinctive heritage red.

Canava Roussos Tasting Room ★ 4.4

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.

Canava Roussos Heritage Cellar Tour ★ 4.3

Canava Roussos in Mesa Gonia operates from the same family canava since 1836. The heritage tour covers century-old wooden barrels and fortified-wine production from the family canava.

Canava Roussos Fortified Wines and Spirits ★ 4.4

Canava Roussos in Mesa Gonia has been operating continuously since 1836 and produces traditional fortified wines and barrel-aged Visanto. The Mavrathiro red and Caldera bottlings are bottled only at the family canava.

Tip: The Canava heritage tour includes a tasting of the fortified Mavrathiro red, a heritage specialty associated with the family canava.

Canava Roussos Heritage Canava ★ 4.3

Canava Roussos in Mesa Gonia operates from the same family canava since 1836, preserving century-old wooden barrels and traditional pressing equipment.

Canava Roussos Fortified Heritage Tasting ★ 4.5

Canava Roussos in Mesa Gonia has operated continuously from the 1836 family canava. The fortified heritage tasting features the Mavrathiro red, the Caldera fortified white and library Visanto in a single sitting.

Canava Roussos ★ 4.3

Canava Roussos at Mesa Gonia has been operating continuously since 1836. The traditional canava (cellar) structure and the family's historic Vinsanto and Mavrotragano holdings make Roussos a heritage tasting destination that sits off the main caldera-rim tourism route.

Canava Roussos Heritage Vinsanto Tasting ★ 4.4

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.