Navitas

Navitas takes its name from the Latin for energy, birth and creation, a fitting word for one of northern Greece's most exciting young estates. The winery sits at Litochoro in Pieria, on the lower slopes of Mount Olympus, mythical home of the gods and, at nearly 2,920 metres, the country's highest peak. The land had belonged to Maria Dimitriadis's father for more than twenty years before she launched Navitas and its first wines in 2021. Raised in Thessaloniki, with both sides of her family in the wine trade "since forever," Maria works alongside oenologist Grigoris Sotiriadis, whose own roots run back to the vineyards of Naoussa and Drama.

The estate farms 16 hectares across three separate parcels, a mosaic of soils and altitudes that climbs to 400 metres. Olympus shelters the vines to the west while breezes off the Aegean temper the Mediterranean warmth. Yields are kept low, grapes are picked by hand and sorted twice, and every wine has carried EU organic certification since the 2021 vintage, along with vegan certification. Solar panels supply most of the winery's power, and pruning cuttings and grape pomace are composted back into the vines.

Terre de Zeus, the "land of Zeus," is the estate's single-vineyard, single-variety range: native Malagousia, Assyrtiko and Xinomavro, each fermented with indigenous yeasts under the PGI Pieria designation. Navitas sums up its approach as mindful winemaking for meaningful wines, and these small-production bottles speak clearly of their mountain.

Please note: Coupon codes or further discounts will not be honoured for products already on sale.