Santorini Explained: Kouloura (Basket) vs Kladeftiko (small ring)
'Understanding' Santorini is rather a complicated task. Mostly because things are not exactly as they seem to be, and one has to go deeper to grasp what is going on. Even then, however, there is a good chance that the answer will not be conclusive. This may well be one of the magical elements of Santorini wine.
Exactly the fact that there is not a single interpretation about anything, but quite a few different ones. Such is the case with the vine training system. Many people may have heard about the basket or kouloura training system, but there is also the little ring or kladeftiko. Watch the video from my channel on YouTube with the experienced viticulturist Nikolas Pelekanos explaining the differences.
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