Kathikas

This renowned winery houses a decent restaurant (Cypriot, Greek and Italian dishes) and a small wine museum. Here, the Kiriakides produce 350,000 liters a year, either from the estate's 16 ha or from grapes purchased from other winemakers. Thanks to a special microclimate (at 650-700 m altitude and 5 km from the sea), the xinisteri and morokanela grape varieties produce good whites. In reds, however, the Agios Onoufrios range (a blend of maratheftiko, lefkada, cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, syrah and merlot) is disappointing.

The wines from this winery, founded in 1995, aren't great, but the visit is fun: inexpensive (from €5) and well-organized tastings, a small museum that's very kitsch but full of info on viticulture in Cyprus, and a descent beneath the winery into one of the thirty cellars dug here since the Bronze Age. The Chrysanthou family farms 55 hectares of vines planted with French and Cypriot grape varieties (xynisteri, maratheftiko, morokanella, spourtiko, promara). Most of the production is sold to local supermarkets and hotels.