Belidis Vineyards

“Belidis Vineyards” is situated in Melissia, a small and quiet village of Kozani, at 575 metres of altitude. In Vathylakkos, as in the entire region of Macedonia, viniculture has a long tradition. In the previous century it was among the basic cultivations which covered large areas, according to stories told by our grandparents but also by several travelers that have passed from the region.

Slowly in 2000 we started planting our first vineyard in an area of 8 acres (32,000 m2) gradually reaching 25 acres (100,000 m2) at present, with a perspective to expanding it to 50 acres (200,000 m2) in the years to come.

The Belidis family has its own history in wine trading. With the exchange of populations between Greece and Turkey in 1923 they came from Nichori of Constantinople bringing along the sacred family icons and some vines of the ‘Voulgariko’ variety. This variety constituted the basis upon which our vineyards as well as many other vineyards of the region of Kozani were founded.

Our rosé wine is produced nowadays from those same vines based on tradition and the new wine making techniques.