Evharis Estate - Winery Visit - Megara

1st May 2009

NOTE: This winery holds a festival every 1st May and every September.
Due to the holiday traffic on the 1st May, if traveling late morning
the Kifissias Ave > Attiki Odos > National Road > Megara trip takes about 1 1/2 hours.
Taking the National Road from the centre of Athens takes about 3 hours.

Map from the winery website: http://www.evharis.gr

GPS/Google Earth Location: 38 02' 22.99'' N, 23 14' 07.69'' E

 

Satellite image of the Evharis Estate

 

 

Hours of opening: Monday - Friday 9-5pm
Saturday-Sunday - by arrangement only

 

View when entering the Estate from the car park

 

Wine storage vats
(Coke Dealer & Doggie Style sampling)

 

Cook The Fook checks out the oak barrels

 

View inside a stainless steel vat - looking upwards
(it was a bit of a squeeze getting inside)

 

Wine Bottling Machine

 

Doggie Style & Coke Dealer demonstrate "treading grapes" in the grape treading area
(Visitors can tread grapes here at the festival in September)

 

Panoramic view of the picturesque courtyard

 

Country-style oven

 

Panoramic photo of the vineyards

 

The vineyard's wine on display - for sale

 

Coke Dealer & Doggie Style (+ Mad Dog) starting early

 

Soon joined by Cook The Fook & Bride of Derekula

 

Lunch time - Souvlaki & sausage about to be served.

 

Lunch plate

 

Later, on the upper balcony ...still drinking wine

 

Panoramic view from the upper balcony - mountains in the distance

 

Looking down into the courtyard

 

Mad Dog... sampling more wine

 

Cheers! Cheers!

 

A spring fairy

 

Enhanced headgear fairy

 

Fairy Queen

 

Is that Hamish McTavish Esq or an alien deity?

 

A nice pose from Doggie Style

 

Group photo with winery owner Eva