Vakakis Winery began producing wines in 2011 under genuinely adverse circumstances — not only the Greek financial crisis, but also a law in force since 1934 that mandated the entire grape production of Samian vineyards be vinified exclusively by cooperatives.
Against this backdrop, Vakakis founded a pioneering independent winery on Samos, Aegean Islands, with a clear philosophy: to produce a small number of wines of superior quality from rare local indigenous varieties, bottled with aesthetic care, destined to become the most recognisable ambassadors for the unique Samian vineyard. The organic vineyard was planted between 2004 and 2012.
Winery Tour and Samos Wine Tasting
- Pioneer Winery Story: Visit Vakakis Winery on Samos and learn the extraordinary story of how a winemaker challenged a 77-year law to create the island’s first independent winery — and why this matters for Samos wine.
- Rare Indigenous Varieties & Samos Muscat: Discover the remarkable indigenous grape varieties that make Samos’s vineyard so distinctive — varieties found nowhere else in the world, now expressed as independent estate wines alongside exceptional Samos Muscat and dry wines.
- Wine Tasting: Taste Vakakis’s premium small-production Samos wines and experience what the island’s vineyard truly has to offer when freed from cooperative constraints.
Book your wine tasting experience at Vakakis Winery on Samos through Gastronomy Tours.
