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Twisted and gnarled, manifesting decades of weathered life, ancient vines offer some of the most dramatic and unadulterated representations of wine history, tradition and indigenous culture. https://bit.ly/3UFOOrR
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#Farmakas #Mavro #FrancsdePied
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Ancient vines, extraordinary wines from Santa Irene’s Vinea Ardua in Cyprus | BKWine Magazine |
Seven years ago, Daniel Anastasis, owner of Santa Irene Winery in Farmakas, and his viticulturist/winemaker, Evangelos Bakalexis, discovered that one of the high-altitude, abandoned vineyards they had taken over from a neighbour was replete with beautiful vines that were between 135 and 150 years old. Most were mavro ambelisimo vines, and the rest were xinisteri, […]