It was with a bottle of Katogi Averoff’s sparkling Floara di Munte that Natalia Averoff-Tossizza, the daughter of the Greek politician Evangelos Averoff-Tossizza, named the “Diamantina”, the newest addition to the Neda Maritime Agency Co. Ltd. fleet.

The ceremony took place on Sunday January 10, 2010 in the port of Zhoushan, China, and was a singularly celebratory affair. The event’s sponsor, the Katogi-Averoff winery, provided the Floara di Munte along with the wines for the official receptions.

Katogi Averoff, a wine-maker based in the mountain village of Metsovo, Greece, which produces a wide range of wines, is very much focused on the world market.
The Katogi Averoff winery-hotel is very much a trailblazer in the Greek wine tourism sector. The company’s vineyards cling to the slopes of the Pindus mountains at 1000 metres above sea level and grow both Greek and international grape varieties, while its cellars house upwards of 1200 oak barrels in which its reds mature. A guided tour of the winery employs a range of audio-visual media to offer the visitor an original introduction to wine production and the history of the winery. The winery, and the adjoining Katogi Averoff hotel, aspire to combine the world of wine with art and warm hospitality in a magical setting.

Katogi Averoff wines are available in most of Europe as well as in Canada, the US, Japan, Australia and China.