Sclavos Wines - Evriviades "Vladis" Sclavos
The Sklavos family, originally from Tomatoes of Livathos, is a family of naval shipwrecks whose branch migrated to Odysseus, Russia in 1700 and deals with the distribution of wheat by their own commercial ships. Around 1860 we find our great-grandfather Evryviadis managing in Odessa a large Vinaria, owned by the family.
In the years that followed, specifically in 1919 after the revolution of 1917 in Russia, grandfather Evryviadis returned to Kefalonia where he planted the first vines on the privately owned estate (50 acres) in the area of Kechrion in Palli on the slopes of Laskaratos Hill.
Beginning in 1990, two generations later, with the care and special care of our father Spyros, we remodeled the old vineyard and cultivate the Mavrodafni Kefallinia and Vostilidi varieties with a biodynamic-homodynamic method . The property is located within the boundaries of the cultivation zone of Mavrodafni Kefallinia in the area of Palli and is certified for 20 years by the control body of DIO. Indicatively, some basic processes of the homodynamic method are mentioned, such as the use of the calendar for the application of cultivation practices and work, the use of homogeneous preparations, the strengthening of the soil-plant-environment system and the opening to the positive universal influences.
Since 2015, the sole proprietorship has been transformed into a limited liability company with the participation of 50% of the Zisimatos S. family and operates under the name SKLAVOS-ZISIMATOS WINERY AND VINEYARDS LTD and is in the final stage of completion of an investment plan based on which the old building has been expanded and upgraded as well as the supply of new modern winemaking equipment.
The production is characterized by the small acreage yields of about 400 kg per acre, the self-rooted vineyard, the cup-shaped configuration and the age of the stems (average age of the vineyards more than 70 years). The above in combination with the organically poor soils that have been created in limestone mother rock create the conditions for the excellent quality of the grapes of the area. However, apart from the above, it is important that the vineyard is not unified but forest areas, olive groves and set-aside areas are inserted. Characteristic for the region is a great diversity of rare Mediterranean plant species with predominant natural aromatics, Mediterranean orchids and other species.