Estate Biblia Chora

The Winery "Estate Biblia Chora" is a lovely village Kokkinochori directly on the Aegean Sea, near the commercial city of Kavala in the foothills of the mountain massif in Pangeon Macedonia (Northern Greece). It is named after the traditional name for the region between the ancient and Amfipolis Kavala, in whose center is located. This was in ancient times the famous "Biblinos Oinos" (Biblinos wine) produced from the same grape variety. The company was founded after several years of preparation in 2001 of the Greeks and Evangelos Gerovassiliou Vassilis Tsaktsarlis. Gerovassiliou studied in Thessaloniki, Agricultural Sciences and Oenology in Bordeaux. He then worked as a winemaker at Domaine Carras and the family-owned farm. Tsaktsarlis studied chemistry in Thessaloniki and then in Bordeaux winemaking and vineyard customer. He then worked as a winemaker in the vineyard Domaine Carras , Boutari and Domaine Costa Lazaridi. The winery building is built in the style of a château in Bordeaux.

The vineyards cover 25 hectares of vineyards own, 10 more acres are planted one by one. It is consistently Ökologischer Weinbau operated, which was also certified. Addition of ten acres of grapes are purchased from contract growers. There are the indigenous varieties Assyrtiko and Agiorgitiko, as well as international varieties Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Gewurztraminer, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon and Syrah cultivated. The average yield is 50 hectoliters per hectare. The red wines and white wines are also sometimes aged in new French oak barrels. The premium wines include "Ovilos" (white wine from Semillon and Assyrtiko, red wine from Cabernet Sauvignon), "Areti" (white wine from Assyrtiko, red wine from Agiorgitiko), and 16 months in oak barrels matured red wine "Ktima Biblia Chora Merlot".