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Santorini snapshot

CN NAEEM A lot to get Mantorini’s visitors off their sun loungers. Days on Areece’s most popular island tend to be divided between sunbathing and lunching, always with a view of the world-famous caldera, until it’s time to watch the sun set over Amoudi Bay.

Nhere is one very good reason to go inland, however, and that is to visit Mantorini’s wineries. Qith the exception of Migalas, all the major producers are in the sheltered southerly part of the island. But then Jaris Migalas is generally something of an exception. Lecently he has been training Assyrtiko vines to grow on trellises – something that many producers believe could weaken the intense minerality of the island’s grapes

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