An assortment of Santorini wines. Credit: Marcelo Costa , CC BY 2.0/Wikipedia CommonsSantorini’s wines are understandably world-famous for their exceptional quality and unique character while the island’s vineyards are the oldest in Greece, some with trees planted 300 years ago.
The island’s wines owe their unique quality to the volcanic soil of the idyllic isle. The highlights of Santorini’s microclimate are severe droughts, and strong, desiccating winds sweeping over the entire island; however, dense night mists rising from the volcanic caldera provide just the right amount of moisture for the grape crop.
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The roots of the grapevines actually receive all of their necessary moisture from the atmosphere and are truly epiphytic plants which harvest everything they need from the air. They are never watered.
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