SantoWines

SantoWines is a cooperative of grower-members on Santorini, founded in its initial form in 1911 as the Santorini Vine & Wine Protection Fund. It became the Union of Santorini Cooperatives - Santo Wines in 1947 and bottled the first PDO Santorini wine under the Santo Wines brand in 1985. In 1993, it opened a new winery in Pyrgos village and the Santo Wines Wine Promotion Center. The cooperative represents the island’s cultivators and has 1,200 active members.

The cooperative’s products are cultivated using dry farming on volcanic terroir. SantoWines also maintains a privately owned organic vineyard of 0.2 hectares. Its wines include single-variety organic Aidani, Athiri and Mavrotragano produced from this vineyard.