Top 100 wines of Syros
Discover the top 100 best wines of Syros of Cyclades as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Syros and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Syros
The wine region of Syros is located in the region of Cyclades of Syros of Greece. Wineries and vineyards like the Syros Winery or the Domaine Ousyra (Ουσύρα) produce mainly wines white. On the nose of Syros often reveals types of flavors of microbio, vegetal or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, earth. We currently count 3 estates and châteaux in the of Syros, producing 3 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture.
The wines of Syros go well with generally quite well with dishes .
News from the vineyard of Syros
Port Ellen and Brora casks to be auctioned by Sotheby’s
Part of the auction house’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, the sale runs until next Tuesday, 14 June, and also includes one-off collaborations with artist Ini Archibong and photographer Trey Ratcliff. The two refill American oak hogshead casks, supplied from Diageo’s Casks of Distinction VIP private cask purchase programme, both have pre-sale estimates of £700,000-1.2m. The Port Ellen cask was filled on 15 February 1979, has a current strength of 52.9% abv and is estimated to hold 102 bottles. T ...
Louis-Fabrice Latour: Obituary
Latour was the 11th generation of his family to lead Maison Louis Latour (and the seventh named Louis Latour). The house of Latour was formally founded in 1797, although the roots go back to the first vineyards purchased in 1731 by Denis Latour. The Latour family originally worked as coopers, and Denis’ son Jean moved to Aloxe-Corton to set up an independent cooperage and later to found Maison Louis Latour, naming the business after his son. The house of Latour remains closely associated with th ...
Sebastian Payne MW retires from The Wine Society
Having joined The Wine Society’s team in 1973 as promotions manager, Payne became the head buyer in 1985. He stepped down from this position in 2012, when Tim Sykes took over, but has remained on the buying team ever since. As part of his responsibilities, Payne has bought in every region throughout the years but, in recent years, focused mainly on Italy and Bordeaux. He was also instrumental in introducing wines from Eastern Europe and Greece to the portfolio. The Wine Society described Payne’s ...