Protected Designation of Origin Amyndeon

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Aerial shot of Alpha Estate in PDO Amyndeon.

Amyndeon

There’s a detail that Angelos Iatridis doesn’t mention in random order: the Ktima Alpha winery from Amyndeon recently became the first Greek winery to join

Alpha Estate, a winery based in Macedonia’s Amyndeon region, has expanded into another iconic PDO region of Greece through its acquisition of a winery in

AMYNDEON, Greece — The landscape of the Macedonian region in northern Greece is tapestried with vineyards. They supply wineries that are producing some of the

Hellenic Hydrogen plans a €60 million green hydrogen plant in Amyndeon, Greece, aiming to supply hydrogen to PPC and other industrial consumers, advancing the country's green energy infrastructure.

Somewhere between the hunt for minimal-intervention wines, admiration for well-balanced reds, and the endless quest for “something different,” wine drinkers have been quietly training their palates to fall for Xinomavro. Greece’s beloved red grape is quickly catching on as the must-drink, cool-climate wine in the U.S. ​The quintessential “New-Old World” wine offers that rare mix of red fruit, crisp acidity, and refined tannins, with a long history dating back to the time of Alexander the Great, now officially protected under the PDO Amyndeon (ΠΟΠ Αμύνταιο) designation.

“I’m not ready to change jobs,” says Stellios Boutaris, a wine producer with vineyards in Naoussa and Amyndeon in northern Greece, as well as on the island of Santorini. But, he adds, “we cannot do it the way our fathers...

Journey to some of the highest vineyards in Greece and get to know the wines the grapes produce that are packed with power, finesse and historic provenance.

Amyndeon (also known as Amynteo) is a plateau located in north-west Macedonia in Greece (not to be confused with the landlocked country Republic of Macedonia to the north). It sits just west of the fa...

Angelos Iatridis has a philosophy that stuck with us: if you want to be a better man, you make better wine. That's the kind of thoughtful conversation we...