Thecla Wines

Serifos island, with its beautiful vineyards, is a pristine landscape with a rich history of wine production and a record of more than twenty Cycladic indigenous varieties. 

Family owned for more than two centuries, Thecla vineyard located in the Sklavogianni region of Serifos, was producing wine when German explorer Ludwig Ross visited the island in 1837. At the time, the wine was being sold to neighbouring island of Syros and the more distant Hydra, being further sold to international markets of the time from the merchants of these islands.

Self-taught Christos Papanastasiou, decided to revive the breathtaking vertical vineyard in 2016. The Thecla project farms 4ha where traditional techniques meet modern innovation. The vineyard is blessed with more than eight almost extinct, local, own rooted grape varieties such as Serifiotiko, Tsambatos, Platíracho etc., whose age is lost in time, but according to local witnesses, exceeds 110 years.

The steep sloped terraces of the vineyards have been cultivated by traditional methods using horses and donkeys for ploughing. All the rest of the necessary works are done by hand. No tractor has ever entered the vineyard.

Due to the very dry and windy environment, the risk of crop disease is very low, thus helping avoid chemicals for spraying. 

Only sulphur and tiny amounts of copper have been used preemptively.

Harvest is strictly done by hand and grapes are transported by donkeys.