Mikra Thira is the name of the new winery founded by three collaborative well-known Greek winemakers, Vangelis Gerovassiliou, Vassilis Tsaktsarlis and Ioanna Vamvakouri.
It is the first winery of Therassia, the island that formed part of Santorini until the great volcanic eruption of 1600 BC. The name Mikra Thira (meaning: Small Thira) comes from a literature reference to Therassia of the 10th century AD.
In 1990, Christos Kokkalis, a pharmacist by profession and true lover of good wine, planted a small vineyard with Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah varieties in the area of Agios Andreas in Ilia.
At the foot of the Paiko mountain range in the area of Goumenissa, surrounded by age-old oaks, lies the Mikro Ktima Titos (meaning: Small Titos Estate). It is here, along the banks of the river Sirius, that Titos Eftychidis planted a 4-ha vineyard in 1972 with the varieties Xinomavro, Negoska, Cabernet Sauvignon and Viognier.
