With wines consistently selected among the best in Cyprus, Tsangarides Winery in Lemona is a must for oenophiles. It’s a traditional family business run by sister and brother Loukia and Angelos Tsangarides and specializing in modern wines brewed from Mataro and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. Plus, they have superb Chardonnays and Xynisteris.

Tsangarides Winery: Exceptional Organic Wines

Established in 2005, the Tsangarides Winery is a relatively new wine producing facility, yet they make about 200000 bottles per year. Despite increased popularity with Cyprus visitors, the owners maintain affordable prices for their award-winning wines.

Tsangarides Winery’s Xynisteri wines are exceptional, offering that “taste of Paphos” you long for as a oenophile. Most of their wines are organic, and the vineyards grow on the lands prepared by the very grandfather of the Tsangarides. The winery offers free tours daily.

But you cannot leave without tasting their organic wines. They have a great way of presenting their specials: a price list on every bottle served at your table. Most wines cost €10 € or €100 per a 12-bottle case – and they bottle everything in-house, in the basement cellar.

The décor is minimalist and tasteful. The Tsangarides Winery itself is located at the edge of the village, boasting fantastic views of the Troodos foothills.

At the 10th Cyprus Wine Competition in 2017, the winery landed two gold prizes for the Tsangarides Xynisteri 2016 and the Tsangarides Chardonnay 2016. But try their celebrated Shiraz Rosé too – it may not be 100% organic, but it’s an impressive wine all in all. Every vintage boasts different artworks by local artists.

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One of the largest wineries of Paphos, the Kolios Winery enjoys a location blessed by the gods – at the edge of the Troodos Mountains, in Statos-Ayios Fotios. The charming stone building of the winery, as well as the warmth of the hosts, makes this one of the sought-after destiantions for oneophiles in Paphos.

Kolios Winery: On the Way to Holy Monastery of Chrysorogiatissa

You will find the Kolios Winery on the road to the Panagia Chrysorogiatissa Monastery. It is a traditional building made of local stone, reflecting owner’s Marios Kolios passion for tradition and values. The winery started in 1999 with a modest production of about 70000 bottles and now manages circa 400000 bottles annually.

Kolios Winery is a favorite destination for connoisseurs and casual tourists alike, as it offers a friendly, homey atmosphere where guests can enjoy signature house wines, paired with homemade mezze cooked by Marios’s wife. The kitchen is large, professionally equipped. There’s a wine cellar in the basement with a bottling facility. The vineyards are not far from the winery and offer beautiful views over the valley of the Ezousa River. You can find their wines in many shops around the island, but the prices are unbeatable when you buy directly from Kolios Winery.

Some of Kolios Winery’s most celebrated wines include the Persefoni Xynisteri 2016 White, which is a gold awarded white dry wine at the 10th Cyprus wine competition; and the Kolios, Shiraz/Merlot blend 2010, which was awarded gold for red dry wine at the same contest, to mention only the most recent accolades.

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Founded in 1990 by Theodoros Fikardos, the Fikardos Winery in Mesogi gives great emphasis to the growth of indigenous Cypriot grape varieties like the rare red Maratheftiko, the white Xinisteri – one of the two grapes used to produce the legendary Commandaria – which produces fruity whites with delicate notes of citrus and the rare Spourtiko.

Fikardos Winery

Besides growing indigenous grapes like Gannoudi, Maratheftiko, and Xinisteri in its own vineyards at Pano Arodes and Choulou, the Fikardos Winery sources grapes from growers in Tsada, Stroumpi, Polemi, Letimpou, Kathikas, and Killi. Paphos offers the perfect climate for winemakers, as the vineyards in this area are not affected by phylloxera – the pale yellow sap-sucking insects that destroy the roots and leaves of grapevines like a plague in many other regions around the world.

Fikardos Winery’s Pano Arodes vineyard sets 600 meters above sea level in an area known as Furnia. Here, they cultivate mainly Maratheftiko, Mataro, and Shiraz grapes. The Choulou vineyard is divided into two distinctive sections: the Karias area at the Ezousa river at an altitude of 400 meters, where Xynisteri and Mataro grow in harmony; and the Maloutena site, 450 meters above the sea level, where the rare Gannoudi grows alongside Altesse grapes.

If you visit the Fikardos Winery Spourtiko wine, which is made of a very rare Cypriot white grape variety bearing the same name. In fact, Fikardos was the first winery in Cyprus to produce Spourtiko wines, so you know you will get the original here. According to the winery, Spourtiko is “a dry white wine with aromas of green apple, key lime, and grapefruit.”

Besides this rare wine, Fikardos Winery produces several other whites, reds, and rose wines, mostly using local grapes, but also international varieties, like Shiraz, Mataro, Cabernet Sauvignon, Semillon, and Chardonnay.

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