Gaia Winery

The second generation with Theodoros Moraitis continued the vine growing and the wine making. In 1967 he did his first wine bottling and started a new era. In 1980 the third generation took over, represented by Manolis Moraitis jr who put his own mark in the Winery's Historical Course. He renovated and modernized the Winery, extended the vine growing, planted and cultivated Indigenous varieties. He struggles to save the historic vineyard of Paros from the Tourism Development. Traditional ways of the vine growing is combined with modern techniques of winemaking. Manolis Moraitis is married to Maria Sifnaiou in Paros and lives with their two sons. Their older son, Theodore, studied Oenology, with postgraduate studies in food and agriculture business management, while the younger son, Savvas, is a senior in the department of Economics in the University of Piraeus.Their vision is to continue the wine making tradition of their family in Paros.