Wine region
Santorini
Santorini is a wine region in Greece, home to 20 wineries, known for Assyrtiko.
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Characteristic grapes
Santorini is best known for Assyrtiko.
Wine profile
91 distinct Santorini wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
Representative Santorini wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Acroterra — Skafida
- Akra Chryssos — Santorini
- ALS — Extreme Terroir
- Anhydrous — Afoura
- Anhydrous — Icon
- Anhydrous — Santorini
- Argyros — Aidani
- Argyros — Assyrtiko
Greece wine designations
- IGP
- IGP denotes the EU protected geographical indication scheme for food and wine, linking a product’s quality, reputation or other characteristic to geographical origin.
- PDO
- PDO is the European Union protected designation of origin category.
- PGI
- PGI is the European Union protected geographical indication category.
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
FAQs
- Where is Santorini?
- Santorini is a Greek wine region located on the archipelago of Santorini in the southern Cyclades islands of Greece .
- Which grapes are associated with Santorini?
- Santorini is represented in the WhatDrink region dataset by Assyrtiko. Grape coverage reflects the products currently linked to the region and is not a complete legal planting register.
- What do the designation terms on Santorini wines mean?
- PDO: PDO is the European Union protected designation of origin category. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
- How are wineries and producers selected for Santorini?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative Santorini wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Santorini?
- The current regional catalogue contains 91 linked wines from 20 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.