Tetramythos

Hear ‘Greece’ and you don’t immediately picture cool climate winemaking. But the Tetramythos vineyards, 800-1,000m up the slopes of Mount Aroania, overlooking the Corinthian Gulf, are the only significant north-facing sites in the country. There is a ski resort down the road, and breathtaking scenery on all sides. Planted with a mix that includes own-rooted vines as thick as tree trunks and vanishingly rare grape varieties, they look almost wild, but are farmed organically and with great care. Tetramythos in the northern Peloponnese is that holiest of grails – a producer of genuinely fine wines still flying under the radar.