Domaine Glinavos

Lefteris Glinavos was part of the wave of boutique vintners that were instrumental in changing the entire face of Greek wine‐making during the 1970s. At the turn of the 19th century Greek wine was dominated by large scale bulk‐wine companies who purchased fruit from local growers without much care for quality. This state of affairs held steady until the late 60’s and into the 70’s as group of young wine‐makers started to travel abroad for their vinicultural education and return to Greece to begin small scale operations whose whole purpose was to explore the furthest reaches of quality in their respective areas.

Lefteris chose Bordeaux as his educational destination and after completing his studies, traveled back to his native Epirus in 1978 to begin Domaine Glinavos. 37 years later Domaine Glinavos is now under the supervision of Lefteris’ son, Thomas Glinavos. They own 20 hectares of vines in multiple plots sprinkled among the high perches of the appellation of Zitsa in Epirus. 

Working with the indigenous varieties of Debina, Vlahiko, and Bekari, the Domaine’s objective continues to this day to be to showcase the best of what these specific varieties can achieve when handled with the care and attention.