Limassol Wine Festival

 

Limassol is the wine-growing capital of Cyprus, which celebrates the country's rich viticulture with the annual grape harvest festival. the local community and visitors alike celebrate the island's best wineries and vineyards and converge on the town's stately Municipal Gardens to share some of the fruits of their labors.

Wine Tasters rejoice in the opportunity to sample some of the island's gastronomic specialties featuring Muscats, pine-flavoured Retsinas in addition to some of the island's renowned dessert wine, Commanderia. The Festival occurs withing am exciting ambiance of music and dancing at the Gardens' open-air theatre.

The Island of Cyprus has been making wine for around 6000 years (from 4500-3900 BC), subseqquently Cypriots have had generations of experience and considerable practice with the harvest celebrations.

One of the highlights of this annual event is to witness the traditional pressing of the grapes that signals the beginning of the festivities.

For more information visit: http://www.limassolmunicipal.com.cy/wine/