Ioanninais the capital and largest city of Epirus and Ioannina prefecture with aproximately 70,203 inhabitants. Ioannina could be characterized as a “blessed” place with towering mountains and rushing rivers. The place is waiting for you to discover it and experience its unprecedented tracks and unique paths. Ioannina is also one of the largest and most developed cities in Greece with a rich historic and cultural background. Starting from the Lake of Ioannina, the legendary Pamvotis with its waters mirror the popular Castle and the city becomes a lively, growing region that proudly reflects its “heavy” past. In other words, Ioannina welcomes you to an almost theatrical scene, featuring the history and life itself.
Several other grapes are indigenous in Greece. When brought up in the right place by the right people they deliver excellent wines.
From the time of Ancient Greece and Rome visits have been made to vineyards. Since the early 19th century, however, visits to vineyards were part of package tours, which were mainly the prerogative of the aristocratic classes of the time.
Three things shape the personality of wines: grape variety, territory characteristics and winegrowers care.
Zagori is an area of great natural beauty and unique architecture in the Pindus Mountains in Epirus in Northwestern Greece. The area is of about 1.000 square kilometers and contains 46 villages. Zagoria villages is called by Greeks “Zagorochoria” meaning the villages behind the mountain.
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In 1989, Professor of Byzantine Studies, Helen Ahrweiler is appointed Chairman of the Cultural Centre Pompidou in Paris