Winery · Macedonia

Drama & Kavala Hidden Wine Trail

Name: Drama & Kavala Hidden Wine Trail
Address: Macedonia, GR

Modern drama wine region (north-central Macedonia, 80-1000m altitude) was reborn 30 years ago—celebrated since antiquity for Dionysian worship, now balancing native Assyrtiko/Limnion with international Syrah/Chardonnay.

What to do there

TourDrama & Kavala Hidden Wine TrailIn 42 BC, the Roman Republic died on a plain near Philippi when Brutus and Cassius fell. Then around 50 AD, Paul preached the first Christian sermon on European soil on the exact same ground. Both events traceable to the same archaeological square. Ktima Pavlidis harvests grapes at 3am because the cool Thracian nights produce Loire-like acidity nobody expects from Greece. In 1979, Costa Lazaridis planted Assyrtiko — a Santorini grape — in continental Drama and was called mad. Thirteen years later he built the winery that sparked Greece's highest-average-price region.

Wineries nearby

Winery Ktima Biblia Chora Vangelis Gerovassiliou and Vassilis Tsaktsarlis created Ktima Biblia Chora in 2001 on Kavala's Pangeon slopes, producing 11 wines from 80ha with high-quality fruit and minimal intervention.