Domaine Avantis

The charming village of Mytikas, or Ambelia, is located in the centre of Greece, in the heart of Evia and among the Lilantio Plain vineyards. That is where economist Apostolos Mountrichas decided to establish his winery in 1994, naming his wines ?Avantis,? the ancient name for Evia.

The privately owned vineyards of the estate (covering about 20 hectares) are located in a magical, semi-mountainous area in central Evia, around Afrati, which is literally just a breath away from Mount Dirfys. The impressive vines grow along steep slopes reminiscent of the C?te-R?tie in the northern Rh?ne region, making manual cultivation imperative. One of the vineyard?s slopes is planted with six different strains of the versatile Syrah variety. The remaining varieties under cultivation include Malagousia, Assyrtiko, Muscat, Sauvignon Blanc, Gew?rztraminer, Viognier, Black Kountoura, Grenache Rouge and Merlot.

The first vinification by Apostolos occured in 1994. He produced 3652 bottles while four years later he had his first worldwide success. Avantis Dryos became the first Greek wine to have ever been registrated in theGuinness Book of Records (edition 1998). That was because of Apostolos 's brother Spiros, an architect, made 1500 different drawings for thelabels of equivalent number of bottles.

Touring-Wine tasting

Saturday 10:00 - 15:00
Sunday: 11:00 - 15:00.
Your visit in Avantis Estate only 85 km. from athens city center includes winery touring at the underground cellar, at our vineyard and also wine tasting.
Shopping
You can shop your favorite wines from our Wine Retail shop. Also you can get Lenga Wine Spa, the first natural cosmetics from the grapes of the winery.