Collection: Dougos Winery

Dougos is a family-run winery based in Thessaly, northern Greece, in the Tempi Valley at the foothills of Mount Olympus. The estate’s roots go back to the early 1980s, when Dimitrios Dougos, originally a vine nurseryman, began making wine driven by a deep respect for Greek varieties and local terroir. A small winery followed in the early 1990s, laying the foundations for what is now one of the region’s most respected producers.

Today, the domaine is run by the second generation: Thanos Dougos, an agronomist and highly regarded viticulturist, and his sister Louiza Dougos, a trained chemist and oenologist. Thanos has also played a wider role in Greek wine, serving as president of the Association of Artisanal Winemakers of Greece.

The vineyards lie at 450–700 metres altitude on iron-rich schist soils and are organically farmed, dry-grown and low-yielding. Dougos works primarily with indigenous varieties such as Xinomavro, Krassato, Stavroto and Limniona, alongside a handful of international grapes. Fermentations use native yeasts, oak is handled with restraint, and the overall approach is one of minimal intervention.