The 7 Best Wineries & Vineyards in Cephalonia, Ionian Islands

Gentilini is a small, boutique, family run winery that produces top quality, exciting and unique wines while promoting the unique flavours and aromas of the local Kefalonian varieties. We are open every year from Easter to October for tours and tastings in the relaxed, natural setting of our garden. Our aim is to focus on your enjoyment, and we want you to leave us feeling that you have experienced something very special. Our friendly, knowledgeable staff, who speak excellent English will welcome and guide you through the wines, answering any questions you may have. All our tastings include a complimentary plate with our own organic extra virgin olive oil, local cheese, grape tomatoes and fresh bread. We also offer light snacks for those who wish to linger further over a glass of wine, and bottles may be purchased in our shop.

Sarris Winery is located in the south-west part of Kefalonia, very close to Avithos beach in the area of Svoronata, 10 km from the island’s capital, Argostoli and close to the island’s Airport. The area has picturesque villages like Svoronata, Kaligata and Kourkoumelata, where you can find traditional houses with fragrant, inlaid gardens, olive and orange groves; a very peaceful place! Sarris Winery is open to all oenophiles and anyone wishing to get to know the world of natural wine and viticulture. We are waiting for you at the bistrot of the winery to relax with our white wines, flirting with our rosy creations and exploring our complex red labels, while enjoying our spectacular view.

Our winery continues a centure long family tradition in Thiramona, a small village in the southern hills of Kefalonia island, where viticulture can be traced back to Ulysses times. Driven by our passion and love for traditional winemaking we promote the unique and precious grape varieties of the island and produce high quality wines in a limited number of bottles. Our main philosophy is organic-biodynamic farming and the least possible interference in winemaking.

Foivos Winery is the oldest greek winery in operation;it produces wines from the native unique kefalonian grape varieties; you can taste its white, rose,red and also Amphora wines, visit a Wine Museum of copies & photos of ancient greek vases; From 2015, Foivos is a umique Underwater Winery(Cellar)in Greece and one of other three in the World.

We are proud to be able to handle some of the noblest Greek grape varieties. We aim to produce wines that reflect the uniqueness of the Robola and the other local varieties. We are quite happy to watch over the wines during their formative stage and intervene only when necessary.