Vineyards of Paros: A Challenge
The meeting with the title: “Vineyards of Paros: A Challenge” took place at Lefkes Village Hotel the weekend 14-16 of June 2008
With an initiative of George Pittas, the municipality of Paros, the prefect’s office, the Agricultural Union of Paros and Moraitis Winery
cooperated and organized this meeting having two goals.
The first was the presentation of vineyards of Paros to the journalists of the magazines that are specialized in gastronomy and wine,
in order to know the wines and vineyards of Paros. The second one was the awakening of the community of Paros for the protection, the
development and recognition of Paros’s vineyards.
George Pittas in his speech questioned if the vineyards of Paros and its management can create a new type of touristic
development that will make the local agricultural products, the cultural inheritance and the singularity of vineyard
landscape worthy. Then he introduced the characteristics of “Wine Tourism” and how this new touristic product may effect
the aspect of globalization of tourism, in order to distinguish and emphasize the singularity of every place
