local wines
If you like your wine, choosing a nice bottle from the local selection can be quite a challenge. While there are many pretty awful wines, there is also a great choice of very drinkable wine from smaller local producers. Below are a few that we personally like.
It's worth noting that Cyprus has its own indigenous grape varieties - which are unfamiliar to most Western Europeans.
For whites, the Xynisteri grape produces a wide selection of great dry to medium dry wines. For reds, we avoid most of the widely available Mavro wines, and prefer either a blend with some Mavro or the more full bodied Maritheftiko.
Wines from the Kolios Winery are very reliable (try the Persefoni white, or St. Fotios or Shiraz/Merlot reds).
We also like wines from the Vouni vineyard - you can spot the distinctive large 'V' on the bottles. Tsangarides is also another notably reliable producer widely available in the supermarkets.
If you're in a restaurant on the resort also try the Petritis Xynisteri - it's by far our favourite white.
We haven't tried all of the award winning wines listed below from the Cyprus Wine Awards 2017, but they're a good bet if you're looking for something reliable.
Gold awarded Red Dry Wines
It's worth noting that Cyprus has its own indigenous grape varieties - which are unfamiliar to most Western Europeans.
For whites, the Xynisteri grape produces a wide selection of great dry to medium dry wines. For reds, we avoid most of the widely available Mavro wines, and prefer either a blend with some Mavro or the more full bodied Maritheftiko.
Wines from the Kolios Winery are very reliable (try the Persefoni white, or St. Fotios or Shiraz/Merlot reds).
We also like wines from the Vouni vineyard - you can spot the distinctive large 'V' on the bottles. Tsangarides is also another notably reliable producer widely available in the supermarkets.
If you're in a restaurant on the resort also try the Petritis Xynisteri - it's by far our favourite white.
We haven't tried all of the award winning wines listed below from the Cyprus Wine Awards 2017, but they're a good bet if you're looking for something reliable.
Gold awarded Red Dry Wines
- Saint Fotios, Maratheftiko 2012, Kolios Winery, Paphos Regional Wine
- Kolios, Shiraz/Merlot blend 2010, Kolios Winery, Paphos Regional Wine
- Tsangarides Xynisteri 2016, Tsangarides Winery, Pafos regional wine
- Grifos 2 Sauvignon blanc 2016, Vlasides Winery – Limassol regional wine
- Ayioklima Xynisteri 2016, Constantinou Winery, Limassol regional wine
- Persefoni Xynisteri 2016 White, Kolios Winery, Pafos regional wine
- Tsangarides Chardonnay 2016, Tsangarides Winery, Pafos regional wine
- Keo Xynisteri 2016, Keo Winery, varietal wine
- Aes Ambelis Rosé 2016, Multivarietal wine
- Mosxatos 2015, Ayia Mavri, Limassol regional wine (gold)
- Aes Ambelis Rosé 2016, Multivarietal wine (gold)
- H Stroumbeli Maratheftiko Rosé 2016 , Sodap Kamanterena (silver)
- Grifos 3 2016, Vlasides Winery – (silver)
- Kthma Keo 2014 Rosé, Keo (silver)
- Demetra Dry Cabernet Sauvignon Rosé 2016, Kalamos Winery (silver)
- Kamanterena Lefkada-Shiraz Rosé 2016, Sodap Kamanterena (silver)
- Makkas Rodostafilo Rosé 2016, Makkas Winery (silver)
- Kyperounda Rosé 2016, Kyperounda Winery (silver)
- Gerolemo Muscat 2016, Gerolemo Winery, varietal wine
- Livades 2016 Xynisteri, Kalamos Winery, Paphos regional wine
- Alina Xynisteri, 2016, Vouni Panayia Winery, Paphos regional wine
- Aes Ambelis Xynisteri 2016, Paphos regional wine
- Gerolemo Morokanella 2016, Gerolemo Winery, varietal wine
- Tsiakkas Sauvignon Blanc, 2016, Tsiakkas Winery, Limassol regional wine
- Ezousa Xynisteri 2016, Ezousa Winery, Paphos regional wine
- Xynisteri 2016, Ayia Mavri, Limassol regional wine
- Zambartas Xynisteri 2016, Zambartas Winery, Limassol regional wine
- Keo Altesse 2016, Keo winery, Limassol regional wine
- Vounoplagia Xynisteri, 2016, Santa Irene Winery, Varietal wine
- Promara, 2016, Vouni Panayia Winery, Paphos regional wine
- Rigena Xynisteri 2016 White, Tsalapatis Winery, Paphos regional wine
- Kolios, Shiraz 2010, Kolios Winery, Paphos Regional Wine
- Zambartas Shiraz-Lefkada 2015, Zambartas Winery, Limassol regional wine
- Nikolina 2015, Erimoundes Winery, MultiVarietal
- Skopos Shiraz 2015, Kyperounda Winery, Limassol regional wine
- Constantinou Shiraz 2014, C.G. Constantinou – Limassol Regional Wine
- Andesitis 2015, Kyperounda Winery, MultiVarietal
- Kolios Maratheftiko 2012, Kolios Winery, Paphos Regional Wine
- Laxia Mavro 2015, Santa Irene Winery, Varietal wine
- Mavro: Laxia Mavro 2015, Santa Irene Winery, Varietal wine
- Maratheftiko: Ayios Fotios 2012, Kolios Winery, Paphos regional wine
- Morokanella: Gerolemo Morokanella 2016, Gerolemo Winery, varietal wine
- Promara: Promara, 2016, Vouni Panayia Winery, Paphos regional wine
- Xynisteri: Tsangarides Xynisteri 2016, Tsangarides Winery, Paphos regional wine