The Winery Kontos of Florina of Macedonia

Winery Kontos - First Edition (Πρώτη έκδοση) Rosé
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Macedonia.
It is located in Florina in the region of Macedonia
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The Winery Kontos is one of the best wineries to follow in Florina.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Florina to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Kontos wines

Looking for the best Winery Kontos wines in Florina among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Kontos wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Kontos wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top pink wines of Winery Kontos

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Kontos

How Winery Kontos wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of sauté of lamb with curry, navarin of lamb or coconut chicken à la bellevilloise.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Kontos

  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Kontos.

  • Xinomavro
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Florina

The wine region of Florina is located in the region of Macedonia of Greece. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Alpha Estate (Κτήμα Αλφα) or the Domaine Alpha Estate (Κτήμα Αλφα) produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Florina are Xinomavro, Assyrtiko and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Florina often reveals types of flavors of cherry, fennel or chamomile and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, yellow plum or yellow apple.

In the mouth of Florina is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 8 estates and châteaux in the of Florina, producing 39 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Florina go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), spicy food or sweet desserts.

The top white wines of Winery Kontos

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Kontos

How Winery Kontos wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of oven-baked salmon mozzarella sandwiches, fideuà (paella with pasta and fish) or cambodian amok.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Kontos

On the nose the white wine of Winery Kontos. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Kontos

  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Kontos.

  • Gewürztraminer
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

The top red wines of Winery Kontos

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Kontos

How Winery Kontos wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of sloth pork loin, couscous merguez or duck legs with confit potatoes.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Kontos.

  • Merlot
  • Xinomavro
  • Shiraz/Syrah

The word of the wine: Shiraz

See syrah.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Kontos

Planning a wine route in the of Florina? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Kontos.

Discover the grape variety: Xinomavro

A very old grape variety grown in Greece and very well known in Central Macedonia. It is most certainly a descendant of white gouais and should not be confused with mavrud or mavroudi. It should be noted that many grape varieties have the synonym mavro. Xinomavro is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.

News about Winery Kontos and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Long Read: Wine had a past with sailboats. Does it have a future too?

In 2007, Frenchman Frédéric Albert founded the Compagnie de Transport Maritime à la Voile (CTMV) with the goal of decarbonising the wine industry. The firm managed to sail its 50m-vessel four times from France to Ireland, England and Canada, before going into liquidation as a consequence of the 2008 economic crisis. Despite the failure, Albert’s pioneering project was a sign for things to come. In 2013, Le Havre-based TransOceanic Wind Transport (TOWT) followed in CTMV’s footsteps sailing some 3 ...

The Last Drop Distillers unveils trio of new releases

The launch of the 2022 Collection takes the total number of Last Drop releases to 27 since the company was founded by drinks industry veterans Tom Jago and James Espey in 2008. Tom’s daughter Rebecca Jago is now the company’s MD. This year’s releases include The Last Drop’s first Japanese whisky: a blended malt that includes whisky from the fabled Hanyu distillery, taken from the beginning and end of its brief lifespan (1980-2000), as well as malts from other unidentified Japanese distilleries. ...

The word of the wine: Shiraz

See syrah.