Katogi Strofilia
Katogi Strofilia ( Greek Κατώγι Στροφιλιά ) is a Greek company that primarily produces wine , but also pomace brandy and vinegar . It emerged from the merger of the formerly independent wineries Katogi-Averoff and Strofilia from Metsovo . The company's plants are located at the cultivation areas in Metsovo and Anavyssos (Attica) and on the Peloponnese in Nemea , further cultivation areas of the more than 110 hectares are located in Macedonia. The dry red wine Katogi Averoff is considered the most famous wine of Epirus . In addition to the Katogi and Strofilia product lines , the company produces three quality wines ( OPAP , Ονομασία προελευσέως ανώτερας ποιοτήτας) of the appellations Nemea, Patras and Naousa. The wines are exported to Italy, Japan, Central Europe and North America.
history
In the 1960s, Evangelos Averoff produced a wine from Cabernet Sauvignon and Agiorgitiko grapes at his Katogi winery , which he called Katogi-Averoff and bottled. For the first time it was possible to win a cuvée that was composed of a foreign and an autochthonous Greek grape variety . These activities were very limited, as Averoff, as a minister (1956-1963 foreign minister and 1974-1981 defense minister), had little time to spend on the winery. The winery operated as a non-profit organization for many years.
The Strofilia winery was founded in 1930. In 1981 the Maltezos family acquired the business and planted the Savatiano , Ugni Blanc and Cabernet grape varieties . In 1985 Strofilia became known with a wine made from the autochthonous Savatiano and Roditis vines. In the 1990s a second winery was opened in Nemea , a wine-growing region in the Peloponnese.
In 2001 the two wineries from Metsovo, Katogi-Averoff SA and Strofilia merged to form Katogi-Strofilia . Both names are retained as product names. The company's other activities include the Averoff Art Gallery and the Katogi Averoff Hotel, which opened in 2008 .
Web links
- Homepage
- Company profile on www.allaboutgreekwine.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Overview of Greek wines on a private page (PDF, 350 kB)
- ↑ Epirus wine-growing region ( Memento of the original from November 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Foreign distributions of the company ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
