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A New Wave of Cypriot Wines
March 25, 2020 13 min read

A New Wave of Cypriot Wines

By Sotiris Neophytidis

Cypriot wine has evolved impressively over the last fifteen years from the vineyard to the cellar, and a rising number of wineries are exporting to USA, Switzerland and the rest of Europe. Vouni Panayia Winery exports 10%, Tsiakkas Winery 15% and Zambartas Wineries 5 % of their total production. According to DWWA (Decanter World Wine Awards) in 2008 Cypriot wines won 3 medals and in 2019 they won 60 medals, which shows the improvement in quality made over these years. Yiannis Karakasis MW has been writing extensively about Cypriot wine since 2016 calling it a hidden gem while Demetri Walters MW has praised the quest for authenticity through Cypriot native varieties.

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