Gourmet products local specialties and wines Omodos

The "Terre de Vin - Domaine Vassilides" estate (Οίνου Γη - Κτήμα Βασιλειάδη) has its winery at the top of a hill. Here it has a pleasant panoramic restaurant open at weekends (times and prices on the website). So you can choose from several tasting options, nibbling or eating. Products include wines (including an organic range), commandaria, zivania, olive oil, honey...

Managed by the same family for five generations, this winery is located in Vasa Kilaniou/Βάσα Κοιλανίου, a village of around 150 inhabitants in the Laona wine region, which enjoys a protected designation of origin. The large, modernized stone winery produces around 18,000 bottles a year. The vines, located at altitudes of 800 to 1,100 m, are planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Viognier, Mataro and Maratheftiko. Tastings and tasting tours available (prices on request).

It is no longer a "cellar" or a "château", but a real wine factory, the largest and probably the most modern in the country. The site belongs to ETKO (one of the four major Cypriot alcohol brands), which has concentrated all its wine production in Omodos since 2003. Here, the insulated tanks can hold the equivalent of 2 million bottles of wine... But it's worth a visit. Some of his bottles continue to be praised by oenologists, notably his Saint Nicholas Commandaria.