Cephalonia: The alter ego of Santorini
These days when it comes to Greek wine, Santorini seems to get all the attention. Well deserved I would say for this breathtaking place with its heritage vines (some up to 400 years old) makes all other regions of the world look rather silly. Yet Greece is not simply Santorini but has other impeccable wine regions to explore. Cephalonia is indeed one of these. Located in the Ionian Sea (west of mainland Greece, with the Aegean sea to its east), Cephalonia has a great potential and can be considered as Santorini’s alter ego.
What makes Cephalonia a region to look out for is the equation for wine greatness: Interesting soils which are mostly free-draining limestone, high altitude terroirs rising up to 850m, own rooted vineyards to a great percentage (70% are estimated ungrafted) and a single variety with character and class, Robola. Last but not least, quality oriented producers.
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