31/05/2026
Santorini’s wine culture is inseparable from its landscape: volcanic, windswept, and defined by extremes. Wines emerge from ash-rich soils and constant Aegean exposure. Chief among them, Assyrtiko: taut, mineral, and driven by saline tension, shaped by scarcity and light. In the vineyards, the kouloura training method coils the vines into low woven baskets, a centuries-old response to the island’s relentless winds. A form dictated not by aesthetics, but by survival, and ultimately, identity.
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