Viticultural activities on Santorini island date back before the island’s volcanic explosion around 1500 B.C. The vines are 40-60 years οld.
The most striking feature of the island’s vineyards is the way the vines are cultivated. The vineyards lie close to the ground, pruned in a shape of basket to protect the grapes, which grow in the center of the basket. The vines absorb and maintain humidity from the dense night fog. With this cultivation method, called Kouloura,
​the grapes are protected from the intense sunlight of the summer and the fierce winds of the Aegean sea that blow throughout the year. 
The cultivation method of the vineyards on Santorini island is unique in the world!