Marking World Wine Tourism Day, Greek Deputy Tourism Minister Sofia Zacharaki visited wineries in the Attica region which were open to visitors free of charge.
The recent 3rd Wine Tourism Conference in Nemea, Peloponnese, cast the spotlight on the younger generation of Greek winemakers who are bringing fresh knowhow and new technologies into wine production.
Western Macedonia, its wineries and wines are spearheading a far-reaching Tourism Ministry campaign to establish Greece as a leading wine tourism destination.
Greece’s wine tourism strategy was presented to a wide range of experts by Deputy Tourism Minister Sofia Zacharaki at the 5th UNWTO Global Conference on Wine Tourism in Portugal.
Set to become one of the world’s fine wine tourism destinations, the Greek island of Santorini will host the 1st Wine Tourism Congress (IMIC 2016) on October 14-16 at the Petros M Nomikos Conference Center in Firostefani.
