We have started our harvest season for 2024. Ahead of us we have 10 intense weeks of harvesting our grapes, processing them at the winery and fermenting them into wines. A busy and exciting period with lots of new opportunities and challenges to tackle. Our vineyard and winemaking team are rolling up their sleeves and will be dedicated to make the best wines possible. We have experienced two very dry winters in a row, which
Ceramics Workshop & Wine Tasting Wine and ceramics both date back to the beginning of civilization and early humankind. Come discover your own primary self and connect with history, nature, clay and wine. Make n’ Create and Zambartas Wineries invite you for a memorable experience, in which you will start with a ceramics workshop, followed by a wine-tasting in the hills of Limassol. Get in touch with us to organise your creative birthday party, family gathering or
Today on November 1st, we finally finished our harvest of 2023. It was a long harvest, to be exact, it was the longest harvest we ever did at Zambartas Wineries. Starting in early August with the French varieties, which ripened early due to the heat, we continued throughout all of August, September and finally harvested our last Xynisteri on 31 October. It hasn’t been an easy harvest this year, with the unusual weather patterns affecting
Marleen's childhood recipe paired with Commandaria Melusine 2011 I would love to share a classic Dutch recipe with you that I have grown up with; classic apple pie. Both my grandmothers and my mom made this pie when I was little and it is an intrinsic part of my childhood memories. It filled our house with a lovely smell and it was a real comfort to eat on rainy Autumn days. I know the recipe
Birds in the Vineyard, a sign of a healthy environment. Bird count in our vineyards by Birdlife Cyprus When an ecosystem is healthy, it thrives. This is beneficial for all plants, trees, insects, reptiles, birds and other living creatures that are part of it. In the vineyard this means also that the vines can thrive. Thriving vines are the best start of a beautiful wine. We decided to shift away from monoculture, based on endless plowing and
As we often get the question where is a good place to stay in the area of the winery, we would like to share with you our suggestions for accomodation in the wine villages of Limassol. We recommend a mix of high-end luxury accomodation to lovely traditional guesthouses for those on a smaller budget. There is something for everyone, and, rest assured, you will be received everywhere with the hospitality that the island is
Winter at Zambartas Wineries. Pruning season Beating the weather Winter might seem a quiet period at the winery, and this year is definitely quieter than others. Marcos spends time in the cellar, working on the blends and preparing new wines for bottling. The hospitality team is having a small break and the office catches up with paperwork. And although seemingly quiet, it is also a period in which crucial work in the vineyard takes place, ensuring
Organic Viticulture. A step towards sustainability In 2019 our Xynisteri vineyard in Mandria, from which we produce the Zambartas Xynisteri Single Vineyard and our Margelina vineyard in Agios Nikolaos, were the first two vineyards which received official organic certification. The certification process took 3 years and was closely monitored by LACON, a certifying company for organic produce, complying with the Cyprus government's and EU regulations. Turning from conventional to organic viticulture takes a lot of effort
This blog post was published by Cyprus Mail in their Sunday Newspaper on 17 May 2020 in the 'Opinion' section, see article here Our Island is abundant. Now is the time to support local producers In a time of crisis our first reflex is our safety and wellbeing. Our family, our friends and our direct community are the most precious. We want to make sure we are all healthy, keep our jobs and maintain a lifestyle
How to avoid too much of that evil word ‘screen time’. Not so easy these days with two little kids demanding your attention 24/7, while being confined to our own house. We are lucky to be able to walk in the fields around our house without breaking our ‘social distancing’ commitment. We are also lucky to have very friendly neighbours with lots of fruit trees in their garden. The only one left with an
Yes it is the ‘art of winemaking’, that makes a good wine, we all know that. But that is not the type of art that I want to share with you in this story. I would like to write about ‘art’ as we know it; fine arts, paintings, drawings, expressions of creativity and philosophy. Does being surrounded by those during wine production help make a better wine? Nobody knows, but it certainly creates an
Sometimes people ask me: ‘Is it not boring to live in a small village in Cyprus as a young and dynamic person? Doesn’t your world become so small?’ I am very happy that I can give them a fully convinced “NO” for an answer. The truth is, at first I did not expect to find a lot of excitement in a rural life and being away from the city. I was afraid to miss out on