Rhodes
offers countless opportunities for food and drink, from fish specialities
to grilled meat, without forgetting the traditional environment inherent
in its taverns.
You
must try out the mezedes, a variety of small Greek dishes often
accompanied by the local aperitif, ouzo. The ones that most tickled
our taste buds in order of preference were dolmades, vine leaves filled
with lamb and rice, fried in oil and then served cold. Silke could not
get enough of them! You can also try out the kalamaraki (grilled
squid), the tiropitta with goat's cheese, and choriatiki salata,
feta-based traditional Greek salads.
Winery
in Rodos
Winery
in Rodos follows a tradition of 2,400 years!
A
story from those early days tells how the Cretans, jealous of Rodos' fame
for high quality wine, copied Rodian amphorae in an attempt to pass off
their own wine as Rodian.
Rodians
to eliminate poorer quality grapes, vineyards on the Lindos side of the
island, where the climate is too hot and dry, were destroyed and growing
is now concentrated on the western side, around the village of Embona.
Here many small vineyards are located in specific cooler microclimates
where granite stones in the soil help by increasing humidity which in turn
improves the flavour. Athiri, a very old local variety of white grape,
is grown in vineyards on lower slopes below Embonas while mountain regions
produce a better quality of red grape.
Along
with the small wine producers, there are two major wineries on the island:
CAIR and EMERY. Both of them offer wine tasting for groups:
The
CAIR Winery
The
Company Agricultural Industry of Rodos was started by the Italians in 1928,
although the island has just celebrated 2,400 years of wine making. Now
Greek owned and operated, the company produced a special white wine, Rodos
2400, to celebrate that milestone in history. Vineyards are specially selected
for the quality of grapes used under each specific label and are constantly
monitored.
CAIR's
wine is produced on two sites. The original site, in Rodos city, produces
Chevalier, llios and Retsina while the remaining labels now come from the
new plant near just outside the city, where the latest technology is employed. |
