24 Wednesday May 2017
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In the framework of the annual “Open Doors“, Merkouri Estate will be open on Saturday and Sunday 27th and 28th May 2017 from 11am to 7pm in the afternoon to welcome friends of wine.
On Sunday May 28, at 12 noon, the International Olympia Film Festival for Children and Young People will be organizing, in cooperation with the Merkouri Estate, an event at the winery where the first volume of the series on the folk song by Pantelis Boukala, a reputable journalist and writer, will be presented.
16 Monday Jun 2014
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currants, demeter, exhibition, extra virgin olive oil, food, greece, herbs, honey, ilias, katakolon, ktima adamopoulos, ktima brintzikis, ktima fuga, ktima stavropoulos, ktima varotsos, lambropoulou a, lefkaditi karagianni c, mercouri, mitropoulou t, olive oil, olive oil soap, olives, olympia, organic farmers, organic farmers association of ilia, organic products, tea, vlachou s, wine
DEMETER the ancient Greek goddess of agriculture and harvest
Welcome to the quaint seaside town of Katakolon, not far from Olympia the birthplace of the Olympic Games.
Today our prefecture of Ilia is blessed with rich vineyards, olive trees and plenty of rich vegetable farmland and fruit trees, as in the past.
Our products are cultivated with love of and respect for nature, without the use of synthetic pesticides or fertilizers, symbolizing the Olympic Ideal of moral nobility and purity, as well as physical endurance and energy.
These certified organic products include olives, extra virgin olive oil, wines, honey, dried black currants, herbs, teas and soaps with a unique natural flavor and aroma.
We invite you to vitalize your senses and experience each product’s special quality.
Come join us and who knows, you may find yourself wreathed with a wild olive branch from the tree that Hercules himself planted in Ancient Olympia.
ADAMOPOULOS ktima/ Olives and Extra Virgin Olive Oil
email: gisergonoil@yahoo.com
website: www.gisergonoil.gr
BRINTZIKIS ktima/ Wines
email: kbrintzi@otenet.gr
website: www.brintzikis.gr
LAMBROPOULOU Athanasia/ Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Asparagus pickles and Balsamic Vinegar
email: dimlampprop5@gmail.com
LEFKADITI – KARAGIANNI Christine/ Soaps
email: lefkaditi@hotmail.com
website: www.iliosbiosoap.com
MERCOURI Olive Groves/ Extra Virgin Olive Oil
email: chrmerc@hotmail.com
website: www.mercouriolivegroves.gr
MITROPOULOU Theodosia/ Herbs and Teas
email: thmitropoulou@yahoo.gr
website: www.aromafarms.gr
FUGA ktima/ Honey
email: info@ktimafuga.gr
website: www.ktimafuga.gr
STAVROPOULOS ktima/ Wines
email: info@ktimastavropoulos.com
email: ergogen1@otenet.gr
website: www.ktimastavropoulos.com
VAROTSOS ktima/ Dried black currants and Extra Virgin Olive Oil
email: ktimavarotsou@gmail.com
VLACHOU Sophia/ Honey, Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Herbs
email: sofiasakis@hotmail.com
10 Saturday May 2014
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Domaine Mercouri, greece, guided tours, katakolon, mercouri, Mercouri Estate, sights, wine, wineries
(3 km – approx. 7 mins from Katakalon)
The setting of this boutique winery is incredible; near the sea in a setting which has been officially recognized by the Greek government as an area of outstanding beauty. Take your time to stroll around.
Domaine Mercouri
The old family house is a little spooky and is inhabited by a 95-year-old woman and her housekeeper. You can visit the old stables, which are filled with antique farm equipment and the wine cellars with the French oak barrels.
old family house
Take a picture of the very small family church and pet the dogs (the huge St Bernard dog is Lara, she’s very drooly and that’s why she is behind a fence). It is part vineyard and part zoo since there are numerous peacocks, turtles, cats and their most recent acquisitions are the little Skyrian horses, a Greek breed.
Skyrian horses
The estate grows more than 15 varieties of grape of both Greek and international origin, from which the wines are produced.
In addition to the production of wines and olive oil, the Mercouri Estate also welcomes large and small parties of friends of nature and wine. Tours allow for the possibility to visit the wine production facilities, vineyards and olive groves of the estate, as well as the small folklore museum which houses a collection of old rural tools and instruments. Guests are also permitted to walk among the trees and to the beach and come into contact with the beautiful nature that surrounds the estate. Tours end with a sampling of products from the estate under old pine trees, with a view of the Ionian Sea and the island of Zante and the possibility for guests to purchase Mercury estate products.
The Mercouri Estate is open daily (except Sundays) between the hours of 09.00 and 15.00
peacocks on the estate
katakolon insights 