The viticultural zone of Aigialeia is beautiful, but also particularly important.
Pausanias wrote in his “Achaica” about Aigialeia and its lands, while according to Stavroula Kourakou, honorary president of the O.I.V. According to the World Wine Organization, the vineyard of the slopes of Aigialeia “…from a soil-climatological point of view, is one of the most beautiful in the world, as it climbs the soft northern slopes and receives the cool sea winds that protect the fruits from the summer heat. It is a unique wine-growing bio-climate in the world.”
The vineyard of Aigialeia with its rare properties (northern orientation, special microclimate, ideal altitude and slope, protection from hot African south winds) creates many quality wines, recognized as PGI Protected Geographical Indication wines. Slopes of Aigialeia. Almost every year the winemakers of the region win world-wide important awards and firsts.
Basic characteristics of the local vineyards:
- It has a northern exposure, taking advantage of the rains of Western Greece, as well as the geological configuration of Corinthia.
- They are protected from the warm south winds from Africa as the mountains at south Aigialeia form a protecting shield.
- They are located at high altitude (500 – 1100 m), very important for the quality of the final product.
- The soil is very rich due to old geological alluvions with good drainage due to the slope of the hillsides.
- Age-old tradition in the viniculture due to the distinctiveness of the local currants.
- It is a beautiful landscape, characterized as Tuscany of Greece.
