Domaine Sigalas
Family-run winery growing ancient assyrtiko vines in low basket shapes against volcanic winds.
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This guide to Domaine Sigalas in Santorini follows a boy named Paris Sigalas, who spent his childhood summers chasing cousins through his family's vines in Oia, more interested in the game of harvest than the wine itself. It traces the low, wind-woven basket training method called kouloura, and how a mathematics degree eventually led him back to his grandfather's vineyard to reinvent what he did there. You'll hear about his first vintage, released in nineteen ninety-one from the ancient assyrtiko grape. Look for the decades-old vines still coiled in their basket shapes on the tasting terrace.
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