LOCAL PRODUCTS
Limnos is one of the most beautiful islands of the Northern Aegean Sea.
Full of plains and fertile with unexploited seas, rich fisheries, small, natural ports and long sandy beaches, life on the island is peaceful.
It was named after a great
Goddess who was worshipped there, a goddess whom Homer called "Anemoessa".
The local products have been famed since antiquity.
Cheese products from goat/sheep milk are still made using traditional methods. When the
whey is ready, it is put into small baskets so the stripes mark it, thus giving the cheese its distinctive name
"Kalathaki" which means small basket in Greek.
The fame of the island's wines has spread around the world. At the volcanic soils of its shallow valleys flourishes the white aromatic variety
"Moshato Alexandrias" and in smaller extent the red variety of
"Limnio".
From the white "Moshato Alexandrias" variety are produced the white dry wine VSOP
"Limnos" and different types of exceptional sweet wines that are very popular countrywide and abroad.
From the red variety "Limnio", that it is locally known as
"Kalampaki" and has been mentioned by Aristophanes as "Limnia
Ampelos", comes the excellent Red VSOP "Limnio".
Lemnos is also famous for its pottery, hand-woven items, popular art items and its excellent honey with the remote Skandali it produces, at general consent, the best of all.
