For an introduction to the region and to this series of profiles, see The right road to northern Greece and Greece backs indigenous varieties.
Biblia Chora is a striking joint venture between two oenologists, Evangelos Gerovassiliou, already profiled here, and Vassilis Tsaktsarlis (pictured below with quality control and export manager Annegret Stamos), former winemaker at Costa Lazaridis – striking physically and in its striving towards quality rather than in its size. Chora means ‘region’ and Biblia was the name of an ancient grape variety once grown here. They chose this location after they had seen the consistently...
