Aidarini Winery

The family Aidarini lives, operates and produces fine wines and tsipouro in Goumenissa from the late 19th century. Nowadays, it is a living part of the winemaking tradition of this beautiful area.

The family business, headed by Christos Aidarinis, owns 90 acres of private vineyards and maintains strong partnerships with winegrowers area Designation of Origin. Aiming at continuous quality improvement of products, they created a new, well-equipped winery at the entrance of the town, where guests are welcomed for tours and tastings. Visitors are also invited to see the traditional picturesque cellar, which is a selling point and a major attraction. With more than 2,500 visitors a year, the family Aidarini carries a large percentage of its sales on the spot.

The viticultural zone of Goumenissa is one of the most beautiful vineyards in Greece. Today’s vineyard (area 3,500 - 4,000 acres) lies on the eastern slopes of Mount Paikos and on hills with gentle slopes to the south of the town, at an altitude of 200-250 meters. The climate is continental with cold winters and dry summers, while Vardaris ravine wind blowing all year round, banishing diseases and humidity from the neighboring valley of Axios and making the summer heat waves milder.

In this excellent for the production of fine wines microclima Xinomavro is cultivated, the most famous and top-quality red variety of the northern Greece, along with Negoska, an indigenous red wine grape variety. Through their blending, the red dry wine Goumenissa with Protected Designation of Origin is produced. The varieties Roditis, Assyrtiko, Sauvignon Blanc and Merlot are also cultivated to produce wines with the Protected Geographical Indication “Slopes of Paikos”.