Ungrafted Cyprus,
Vines of Heritage
Cyprus Vineyards, a Living Heritage
Emerging with the earliest wine-growing cultures 6000 years ago. It thrives today, as a phylloxera-free vine sanctuary in the eastern Mediterranean, drawing on its ancient grape varieties grown at high altitudes for its winemaking.
Hand-selected by farmers for thousands of years for their drought-resistance, ancient indigenous varieties grow on their own rootstocks as ungrafted bush vines, dry-farmed on volcanic soils and layered limestone terraces bound to the Troodos massif, the most unique tectonic section of oceanic crust to have surfaced the earth 10 million years ago.
Vindicating Cyprus Vineyards as magnificent landscapes is but a reflection of the passionate work of the women and men of the vine.