Cyprus: Wine Tasting Holiday

Cyprus has been making wine for over 4000 years and other than Chile, is the only country that does not taint its wines with phylloxera, giving them an authentic organic flavour. The Limassol wine festival and the Amafia wine festival are the only two events specifically catering for wine tasting in Cyprus, though there are a number of wineries in delightful setting scattered around the island. The warm climate is ideal for winemaking and with over 100 varieties of grape grown on the island there is plenty of wine to choose from. Cyprus has a strong tradition in winemaking traditions and there are plenty of tours to indulge to make your wine tasting holiday in Cyprus an extremely pleasant, yet forgettable one.