Domaine Economou

The wines in USA.

2011-12-24T13:46:00.002+02:00

Frederick Wildman and Sons Ltd, our importer and distributor in New York and New Jersey, will introduce our wines to the U.S. oenophiles the 1st February 2012 at "LANDMARC" at the Time Warner Center, 10 Colombus Circle 3rd Fl, NY 10019.

Please feel free to join the presentation!

For more information please contact Frederick Wildman & sons Ltd

tel: +212.355.0700

http://frederickwildman.com/national

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Visit the winery.

2011-07-09T08:44:00.000+03:00

Summer is here and we are ready to accept all the winelovers they coming to Crete !

We invite you to visit the Economou winery the next time you are in Crete.

Tasting is done by appointment and we really prefer to accept the visitors after 17:00 as in the morning hours we are very busy. Please don't hesitate to call or email anytime as we're pretty much always here and ready to receive guests.

For driving directions, please visit the maps.google.com , in the search area please type Domaine Economou, and you will get the informations you need to drive until the winery.

CONTACT INFORMATIONS

Address: Ziros, 72059, Sitia, Crete, Greece.
Mailing address: Str. Em. Stavrakaki 102, 72300, Sitia, Crete, Greece.
e-mail: domaineconomou@yahoo.com
Tel: +30-28430-091235 Fax: +30-28430-25336
Mob:+30-6974433986, +30-6978898730

Now in Canada at OENOPOLE!

2011-06-17T10:15:00.000+03:00

Now our wines "Sitia red dry wine 1998 VQPRD" and "Sitia red dry wine 2000 VQPRD" are now available at OENOPOLE (Montreal Quebec, CANADA).

About us.

2011-04-29T08:16:00.005+03:00

Below you can read some personal tasting notes about our wine "Sitia 2000 VQPRD" from Cellartracker.

Community Tasting Notes (average 90 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 4 notes) - click to show notes with and without comments

Tasted by KostaKats on 3/8/2011 & rated 90 points: Clear light garnet with orange/amber rim. The nose is clean, surprisingly Pinot-like, very fragrant with an initial blast of earthy vegetality mixed in with red fruits together with ripe oranges/orange peel. Later herbs & leather & a hint of dried flowers appear. Mid bodied with silky medium - tannins, medium acidity, with red fruits and herbs on the palate. Great length. Does not taste like any other Greek wine (whether from international or local grapes) and that is no bad thing. Very individual. Moreish. (154 views) - report issue | favorite author

Tasted by b.dylan on 3/4/2011 & rated 92 points: Pale tawny with brick coloured rim. The wine has spent many years in cask and is ready to drink. Intensely aromatic and complex nose with sweet spices, leather, animal notes, ash, earth and orange peel. Brings to mind an aged Italian wine but does not have the tannins of either barolo or brunello. On the contrary it is perfectly smooth and mellowed and at a perfect stage of its evolution - may keep but now seems to be at peak. From a maverick producer who dares put on the market wines aged for ten years. Thousand bravos! Surely one of the best wines Greece produces - if not the best by far... (174 views) - report issue | favorite author

Tasted by KostaKats on 11/4/2010 & rated 88 points: A blend of Liatiko & Mandilaria varieties. Clear light ruby, tawny red brick edges. Clean interesting nose of leather, sanguine oranges, ash, earth & sweet spice. Smooth velvety entry. Medium body, acidity & tannins. Fruity & earthy palate. Balanced, complex and good length. Interestingly rustic. (302 views) - report issue | favorite author

Tasted by Yiannis on 9/20/2010 & rated 90 points: This wine comes from an artisanal winery located in the Sitia region on the island of Crete. It is produced in miniscule quantities from the local liatiko and mandilari grapes and is released whenever the producer thinks it is ready.

Very light garnet-brick with orange hues. Very fragrant with elegant aromas of blood orange, red cherry, herbs like thyme, flowers, earth and noble animal notes. Mid-bodied but quite mouth-coating with ultra-silky tanins, bright fruit, obvious alcohol due to the relatively low extract (13.5% on the label), balancing acidity and a long finish. A very elegant and idiosyncratic wine speaking of its place of origin and the passion of its producer. Regarding its style, it reminds of an old-fashioned, aged Pessac-Leognan, an aged Barolo and a Sicilian nerello mascalese. Great job. Ready to drink now. (399 views) - report issue | favorite author

http://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=966902

From the winery

2011-03-26T07:38:00.001+02:00

greekwineworld.net

2010-12-02T10:34:00.002+02:00

From "Greekwineworld.net" by Nico Manessis.

"2000 Sitia Domaine Economou Ziros Crete
My recent weeklong Cretan visit kicked off with one of the great personalities of today’s Greek wine. Yannis Economou marches to his own idiosyncratic beat. It is a complex, challenging and ultimately rewarding rhythm. With an unrivalled curriculum vitae, fluent in five languages, this 47-year-old was, when I first visited him back in 1995, a reluctant disciple of natural wine.

He argues, convincingly, that he had no other choice in making such wines. It is the anomaly of the Ziros plateau (600 m.) that these 60- to 70-year-old ungrafted vines are solely responsible for delivering low yields and a naturally high acidity. He adds, “I just nurture them (very low sulphuring) and bottle when I feel they are ready”.

He does admit to selling off lesser vintages and keeping only the best vintages. The current release is the 2000 Sitia. The only other dry vintage to preview was a stunning 2006 Sitia. It tasted so shockingly youthful that it only reiterated Economou’s viewpoint of his unique plateau where he sources his remarkable grapes. Economou claims that what is called “Liatiko” in central and western Crete could well be another, altogether different grape. I am not so sure. Fellow Cretan producer Nikos Douloufakis, in Dafnes, above the town of Iraklio, claims he has seen the Ziros Liatiko grapes. He says it is a different, smaller-berried clone. Coupled with the high altitude and much cooler nights, this may explain the measurable difference in styles and the success of this remarkable bone-dry red wine.

Having recently enjoyed a Morgon by the father of natural wine, the late Marcel Lapierre, I could not help thinking what Marcel would have thought of this vin-de-terroir natural-wine rarity.

Pale, ruby brown. Initially reductive, it opens up after 20 minutes in carafe. Very Burgundian, floral and spice, Pinot-noir nose. Ethereal, very fine aromas evolving in the glass. Delicate but insistent middle palate that blossoms in layers on the aftertaste. A wine of great purity. Classy. Complete. There is nothing remotely quite like it elsewhere in the Greek vineyard.Best: 2010-2015

Score: 18.5 / 20

http://greekwineworld.net/2010/11/sitia-domaine-economou-ziros-crete/

Les Vins de GRECE à Paris

2010-11-13T11:43:00.005+02:00

A l’occasion de la présentation en France de vins d’Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée issus de cépages autochtones, le Ministre Conseiller aux Affaires Économiques et Commerciales de l’Ambassade de Grèce à Paris, M. Charalambos Koutsoukos et les viticulteurs de Grèce vous prient de leur faire l’honneur d’assister à une dégustation au siège de l’Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin,
18, rue d’Aguesseau, PARIS 8ème, le lundi 29 novembre 2010 de 11h00 à 19h.
R.S.V.P:
Tél.: 01-47.20.26.60
Fax: 01-40.70.19.04
E-mail: ambcomgr@yahoo.fr

18, rue d’Aguesseau
75008 Paris
Métro: Madeleine 8-12-14,
Concorde 1 ou Miromesnil 9-13
Parking: Concorde, Malesherbes

Nous serons heureux de vous accueillir et vous souhaitons bonne dégustation !

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Aegeanair and Greek wine.

2010-10-22T21:05:00.004+03:00

Aegean Airlines launches a new business class service on international flights under the concept of "Discovering Greek wine”. Business Class passengers on international flights as well as visitors to Business Class Lounges in Athens, Thessaloniki and Larnaca, will have the privilege to taste a range of selected wines. The purpose of this initiative is to promote Greek wines throughout Europe , and introduce to Aegean passengers leading Greek winemakers and the Greek wine varieties from regions around the country.

The advisor of Aegean for this project and responsible for the selection of wines is Mr. Konstantinos Lazarakis MW (Master of Wine).

From October 1st, 2010 through December 31, 2010 : Economou Red Dry Wine Sitia 2000 VQPRD.

http://en.aegeanair.com/Content.aspx?Page=191 (English)

http://fr.aegeanair.com/Content.aspx?Page=191 (Francais)

http://el.aegeanair.com/Content.aspx?Page=191 (Ελληνικά)

92 points for Sitia 2000 and Sitia 1998 !

2010-09-15T19:35:00.009+03:00

Tidingsmag October 2010
from the tasting notes :

Sitia Red VQPRD 2000

Sitia Red VQPRD 1998

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Tidings wine magazine
http://tidingsmag.com/

A New Generation of Mediterranean Wines (from time.com)

2010-07-23T17:21:00.004+03:00

On July 21, 2010 the time.com publish the article "A New Generation of Mediterranean Wines ".

From the article, about the Domaine Economou :
"For Doug Wregg, sales and marketing director of innovative U.K. importer Les Caves de Pyrène, this kind of originality is precisely what the Mediterranean's wine-producing islands share. "The islands provide an archive of unusual grape varieties, as well as their own utterly unique microclimates," he says. They can produce a red wine as singular as Sitia, from Crete's Yiannis Economou, evoking apricots and mandarins"

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/travel/article/0,31542,2005494,00.html#ixzz0uW0kBxcf

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DER FEINSCHMECKER (2010/08)

2010-07-20T19:50:00.005+03:00

DER FEINSCHMECKER

"KRETA

Giannis hat für heute Gäste eingeladen. Der Grill ist schon heiß, das Gemüse geschnippelt, Oliven und Olivenöl aus eigenem Bio-Anbau stehen auf dem Tisch.

Der Winzer Giannis Economou ist ein sehr entspannter Typ. Anders könnte man die Ar-beitsbedingungen auf seiner im Jahr 1612 ge-bauten Domaine im Osten Kretas auch kaum ertragen. Mitten im Dorf liegt sie, Edelstahl-tanks und Holzfässer sind reingequetscht in winzige Räume. „Das Haus wurde 1821 so ge-baut“, erzählt er, „meine Vorfahren kämpften in der Revolution gegen die Osmanen und zo-gen sich hierher zurück. Um alle unterzubrin-gen, mussten die Zimmer unterteilt werden.“ Schon sein Großvater hatte hier Wein ge-macht, den aber nie in Flaschen gefüllt und die Region nie verlassen. Giannis dagegen

sammelte Erfahrungen in Europas wichtigsten Weinregionen. Franz Keller in Baden nahm ihn erst nach langem Zögern als Praktikanten, überreichte ihm aber dann am Monatsende ei-nen Umschlag mit 1800 Mark und erklärte ihn für fest ange-stellt. Zwei Jahre blieb Giannis Economou in Vogtsburg am Kaiserstuhl, ging dann zu Ceretto in Piemont und arbeitete schließlich als Önologe auf Château Margaux. In die Heimat kam er 1994 zurück. Seitdem produziert er Weine, die auch international Erfolg haben.

„Burgundischer Stil“, sagt er über seine Roten, „nicht dunkel, eher rubinrot, Finesse statt Kraft.“ So ist sein wichtigstes Ex-portland Frankreich, gefolgt von Belgien und Deutschland. Die Mengen sind allerdings bescheiden: Von seinen neun be-pflanzten Hektar füllt der Winzer gerade einmal 20 000 Fla-schen – biologischer Anbau, auf dem Etikett aber nicht ausge-lobt. „Ich schreibe meinen Namen drauf, das genügt“, sagt er selbstbewusst. Seine Reben sind durchschnittlich 50 Jahre alt. Anders als in anderen kretischen Regionen gab es hier vor 20 Jahren keine Reblausplage, „so haben wir die alten Stöcke er-halten, und deren Trauben ergeben sanftere Tannine“. Die nied-rigen Reben ducken sich an den Boden, das Laub stellt sicher, dass die wenige Feuchtigkeit nicht verdampft: „Bei euch sind die Steillagen die besten, hier ist es umgekehrt.“

Das zeigt er mit seinem „Sitia“ aus den Sorten Liatiko und Mandilari, von dem er neben dem aktuellen Jahrgang auch noch den 1998er präsentiert – ohne Schwefel ausgebaut und trotzdem immer noch mit sehr lebendiger Frucht. Zum Ab-schluss einen „Sitia Red Sweet“, quasi eine Beerenauslese. Die hier übliche Praxis, die Trauben in der Sonne zu trocknen, lehnt Giannis Economou ab: „Ich hasse diesen Rosinenge-schmack.“ Der Beweis, dass es anders geht, ist ihm gelungen."

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Στην Άνδρο!

2010-07-19T10:13:00.000+03:00

Το "ανδριακόν παντοπωλείο" φιλοξενεί τα προιόντα μας στον όμορφο χώρο του.

«Ανδριακόν» παντοπωλείο
Γιάννης Μπατής
Καραβοστάσι Γαυρίου
Άνδρος – Κυκλάδες
τηλ: 2282071341
info@andriakon.gr
www.andriakon.gr

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Σημεία πώλησης

2010-07-19T10:00:00.002+03:00

Στην κάβα Λίθοινον στην Σαρωνίδα τηλ 2291060257 μπορείτε να βρείτε όλα μας τα προιόντα.

Το "Σητεία ΟΠΑΠ 2000 Κτήμα Οικονόμου" στην κάβα Wine Box στο Κολωνάκι, οδός Νεοφ. Βάμβα 7.

Επίσης στην κάβα Wine story στο Σύνταγμα , οδός Νίκης 21, τηλ: 210 3239997.

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Vinum

2010-06-17T20:47:00.005+03:00

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From Vinum Magazine, Juni 2010, p.52.

"Den eigenwilligsten Winzer Kretas findet man im Osten der Insel in Sitia, das trotz prächtigem Sand Strand nicht von Touristen überflutet ist. Gianms Economou spricht ausgezeichnet Deutsch und erinnert sich gut an die Zeit, als seine Frau in Freiburg im Breisgau Medizin studierte und er einen Job suchte, Franz Keller aus Oberbergen stellte den Griechen 1990 als Praktikanten auf Probe ein und versprach ihm einen Monatslohn von 400 Mark. Bei der ersten Auszahlung fand Giannis 1500 Mark in seinem Kuvert, dachte an einen Irrtum und sprach beim Chef vor - worauf er gleich für zwei Jahre fest angestellt wurde, so angetan war der Patron des «Schwarzen Adlers» von dem griechischen «Gastarbeiter». Danach studierte der junge Mann Agrar Wirtschaft, war durch den süddeutschen Winzer aber so auf den Weingeschrnack gekommen, dass er später im Piemont (bei Scavino und Ceretto} und schliesslich auch in Bordeaux arbeitete - auf Chäteau Margaux.
1995 kehrte er in die kretische Heimat zurück und begann selbst mit dem Wein- und Olivenanbau. Und das eher unkonventionell. Die uralte Rotweinsone Liatiko kommt bei Giannis Economou ungeschwefelt in die Flasche, dennoch wird der Wein erst etliche Jahre nach der Kelterung verkauft. Aktuell im Sortiment sind die erstaunlich stabilen 1998er und 2000er. Der 1999er wird noch zurückbehalten. Der 45-Jährige macht kein Geheimnis aus dem Grund für diese überraschende Haltbarkeit. «Die Weine haben von Natur aus etwas Schwefel, das reicht für den Oxidationsschutz.» Männer, die so gegen den Strom schwimmen, erinnern an einen überlieferten Spruch: «Es gibt drei Arten von Menschen. Solche, die Eier ohne Schale essen, andere, die sie mit Schale essen. Und schliesslich jene, die Eier mit Schale und Teller verspeisen. Das sind die Kreter."

www.vinum.de

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Belgium !

2010-05-12T23:15:00.006+03:00

Now our wines in Belgium, imported from Notos Restaurant - Kostas Erinkoglou.

Notos

Open doors 15 & 16 May 2010.

2010-05-07T18:53:00.004+03:00

Οn Sunday 16 May, 2010, from 12:30 to 19:30 we open our winery to oenophils for tours and wine tastings.
For more information please contact us.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123514537663739

Hotel Grande Bretagne, Athens.

2010-04-16T15:34:00.005+03:00

"Sitia VQPRD Economou Red Dry 2000" is now in Grande Breatagne's Hotel wine lists.

To κρασί "Σητεία Οικονόμου, Ερυθρό Ξηρό ΟΠΑΠ 2000" στις λίστες κρασιού του ξενοδοχείου Μεγάλη Βρετανία.

Hotel Grande Bretagne, Athens

καλό ταξίδι...

2010-04-14T21:00:00.001+03:00

JancisRobinson.com "Greeks not resting on their laurels"

2010-04-11T21:29:00.003+03:00

During Oenorama 2010 Julia Harding MW,(Jancis Ronbinson assistant ) reports about Greek wines and comments on Domaine Economou.

The full article is here

I republish
"In a completely different and totally idiosyncratic style were the wines of Domaine Economou. Giannis Economou, permanently smiling, worked in Germany, Piemonte and at Château Margaux after his training in Milan. Since 1994 he has been making red wines that are designed to be bottle aged. His 1999 Sitia (Sitia, on the far eastern tip of Crete, is Giannis's place of birth and the name of the appellation), based on the local Liatiko variety, for example, has not yet been released. The 2001 has sold out. The wine itself, not the market, dictates the release date. The 2000 bore a strong resemblance to a pretty decent burgundy and the 1999 was wonderfully scented in a Nebbiolo sort of way. "

Julia Harding MW
http://www.jancisrobinson.com/

Περιοδικό STATUS

2010-04-03T16:21:00.007+03:00

Στο περιοδικό Status, τεύχος Απριλίου, δημοσιεύθηκε ένα πολύ ενδιαφέρον άρθρο απο τον Κο Κωνσταντίνο Λαζαράκη MW, με τίτλο "Το κρασί εάλω;"

Μεταξύ των τεσσάρων κρασιών, γροθιά στην παγκοσμοιοποιήση,που θα έκαναν περήφανο τον Νόσιτερ, προτείνεται και το "Σητεία Ερυθρό" από το Κτήμα Οικονόμου ως εξής:

" ΣΗΤΕΙΑ ΕΡΥΘΡΟ, ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΟΥ"
Μια ξεχασμένη, οινικά, περιοχή της Κρήτης, παρότι βρίσκεται κοντά στην Ελούντα.
Κρασί με βάθος, ένταση, εκφραστικότητα και μοναδικό χαρακτήρα. Κρατήστε το στην φιάλη για δεκαετίες....

Κωνσταντίνος Λαζαράκης MW
Περιοδικό STATUS
Jonathan Nossiter

Visit us!

2010-04-01T18:59:00.005+03:00

Summer is almost here and we are ready to accept all the winelovers they coming to Crete this summer.

We invite you to visit Economou Winery the next time you are in Crete.

The Winery is open seven days per week.
Tasting is done by appointment and we really prefer to accept the visitors after 14:00 as in the morning hours we are very busy. Please don't hesitate to call or email anytime as we're pretty much always here and ready to receive guests.

Telephone: (0030) 697.44.33.986 - (0030) 697.88.98.730

domaineconomou@yahoo.com

Οινοχόος, 14-3-2010.

2010-03-22T18:38:00.004+02:00

Οινοχόος (Μάρτιος - Απρίλιος 2010)

28 προτάσεις από 7 έως 55 ευρώ

Για το Πάσχα αλλά και το καθημερινό τραπέζι

Οικονόμου Σητεία 2000

Παραγωγός: Κτήμα Οικονόμου

Κατηγορία: Ο.Π.Α.Π. Σητεία

Ποικιλίες: Λιάτικο, Μαντηλάρι

Αλκοόλ: 13,5%

Χαρακτηριστικά: Διάφανο ρουμπινί χρώμα με καφετιές ανταύγειες, καπνός και λιαστή ντομάτα στη μύτη, στόμα με καλή δομή και ισορροπία, γεμάτο με «λιωμένες» τανίνες και νόστιμη επίγευση, όπου επικρατεί το βαρέλι.

Συνοδεύει: Παλαιωμένα κίτρινα τυριά, κατσικάκι σούβλας, σαλιγκάρια, κρεατόπιτες.

Διάρκεια ζωής: Πίνεται φρέσκο. Τιμή: 21 €

http://portal.kathimerini.gr/Oinoxoos

Gerard Basset for the "Economou Sitia VQPRD 2000"

2010-03-05T17:42:00.010+02:00

Gerard Basset is the owner with his wife, Nina, of Hotel Terravina, a New Forest Hotel near Southampton in Hampshire, United Kingdom. According to a December 2008 interview with The Independent, he is currently the only person in the world to hold the combined titles of Master of Wine, Master Sommelier and Wine MBA.
(from en.wikipedia.org)

I copy from their blog ....

"Greek Wines from Crete
2010 FEBRUARY 26
by hotelterravina
Have you ever experienced this- you drink a wine on holiday and love it. So much so that you bring a few bottles home and when you next drink a bottle of it, at home, it doesn’t taste the same as you remember? Often this is due to the fact that on holiday the sun is shining, you are relaxed and chilled out, the food is different and matches with its surroundings, the weather and the wine- sometimes at home it tastes different because the circumstance are different, be it the company, the weather and the food. Thus we are always slightly fearful when friends ask Gerard to give his opinion of a wine they have found on their travels, that they love and want to know what he thinks of it, as sometimes his thoughts on it are not what they want to hear.

Thus it was with a little trepidation that I asked Gerard to taste some Greek wines which a friend and business associate asked his opinion of…. We have known him many years, and in fact rely on his advice and expertise often and so we wanted to help but didn’t want to offend him if the wine was not as good as he hoped- we needn’t have worried.

The wines are from Greece, the island of Crete in fact and Gerard has now sampled them twice over the past 8 months and they are delicious. What is surprising is that the red wines are very light in colour and appear quite “thin” in the glass but when tasted are spicy, surprisingly full and pleasantly fruity flavoured, with a medium length of finish. They also make olive oil and honey which are also apparently delicious (I am looking forward to sampling these when the next trip to Crete takes place in April sometime and Peter brings us some back to taste along with some of their sweet wines to sample too)

If you are visiting Crete this spring or summer and fancy visiting a vineyard and learning more about the wines the details are:

Yiannis Economou from Ziros at Winery Economou, Crete

www.wineryeconomou.blogspot.com

Happy tasting!

www.hotelterravina.co.uk

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Dear Sir,
We wish you best success in the upcoming World's best sommelier competition!
Yiannis & Natassa Economou

Oenorama 2010

2010-02-28T20:29:00.006+02:00

12-15 March 2010, OENORAMA , The exhibition of the greek wine.

You can find us at No 166. Come to taste our wines!

12 March 17:00-20:00

13 March 10:00-19:00

14 March 10:00-19:00

15 March 10:00-18:00

MEC Paiania

Πρόσκληση - Invitation

2009-12-24T10:04:00.004+02:00

Το Κτήμα Oικονόμου ανοίγει τις πόρτες του τις γιορτές των Χριστουγέννων και σας προσκαλεί με μεγάλη χαρά να γευτείτε τα αρώματα των κρασιών του, να ξεναγηθείτε στο οινοποιείο και να μοιραστείτε μαζί με τους ανθρώπους του την αγάπη τους για το κρασί.

Ωράριο Λειτουργίας :
26-12-2009 Σάββατο 12:00– 24:00
27-12-2009 Κυριακή 12:00- 22:00

Πως θα φτάσετε στο οινοποιείο: Μόλις φθάσετε στην Ζήρο, επί του κεντρικού δρόμου έχει ένα χώρο στάθμευσης. Αφήστε εκεί το αυτοκίνητο σας και γυρίστε λίγα μέτρα πίσω και πάρτε το δρόμο που είναι απέναντι από την shell, περίπου 60 μέτρα παραπάνω βρίσκετε το οινοποιείο, απέναντι ακριβώς από την εκκλησία του χωριού.

Τηλ. Επικοινωνίας: 697.44.33.986, 697.88.98.730 και 2843091235

Με εκτίμηση
Γιάννης και Νατάσσα Οικονόμου
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"Open Doors"!

26 & 27 December 2009 The winery Economou is open for all the wine lovers!

Please contact us for more informations.

tel 6974433986, 6978898730.