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Traditional winemaker tasting wine from a barrel in Santorini.

22 OCT · 2026

Saint Averky and the Opening of the New Wine

Emporio, Santorini, Santorini

On the feast of Saint Averky, Santorini’s winemakers traditionally open their canavas and taste the first wines of the new vintage.

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Santorini → Cyclades → South Aegean → Aegean

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An elderly man facing the camera, outside his house in Emporio, Santorini

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The Canava of Santorini

Santorini → Cyclades → South Aegean → Aegean

A meeting in Emporio with Nikolaos Drossos, a traditional Santorini winemaker whose life remained tied to the land, the canava, and the island’s new wine.

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