Aióra, which means hammock in Greek, was the ancient Greek festivity dedicated to God Dionysus and to celebrating the revelation of the annual wine. It was part of the three-day festival of the Anthesteria, where in a ceremonial way, on the first day, the villagers would open the pithoi (clay jars) containing the wine of the year and the first tastings would take place. On the second day the amphoras were filled and the aióra festivities would start, where, amidst wine pouring and rich dinners, young ladies would sing on swings and hammocks, hanging on tree branches.

The red wine aióra (swing) xinomavro amphora is a natural minimal intervention wine made of the grape variety Xinomavro (100%), which is a native Greek variety, originating from the interior hillside of central and west Macedonia. In this wine we have followed natural wine vinification method, without the use of machinery, where the wine fermented in the amphora with the grapes and remained in the amphoras for about 12 months. The wine ferments with natural native yeast from the vine in traditional Cretan amphoras, while it is bottled unfiltered and with no addition of sulfites after 12 months of maturation in the amphora.

It has a very expressive aromatic character with cherries and red berries, fresh leather, black olives and little tomatoes, but also herbs like thyme, while notes of fresh-wet soil will arise because of the use of the clay amphora. The mouth is moderate in volume, with balanced acidity and silky tannins. In the mouth it is juicy with cherries, raspberries, cranberries, pink pepper and leather filling the palate.