Samos

The island of Samos is located to the east of Greece in Aegian Sea, facing the coast of Asia Minor. It is mountainous and rugged in places, and it is famed for its steep, terraced vineyards, as well as for its complex, internationally acclaimed sweet wines, made from the Moschato Aspro grape (Muscat a Petit Grains) that dominates the vineyard area.

The Samos Cooperative is the leading light in the local wine scene. It is one of Greece's oldest co-operatives, yet highly regarded force of modernity and innovation on the Greek wine scene. The cooperative has contributed the outmost in the renaissance of an industry that was a shadow of its formal self at the time of the cooperative's foundation in 1934. The cooperative also champions local red varieties, the rare Fokianó and Ritinó, which are used for rosé wines.