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Greece 2019 Santorini

Santorini’s other active volcano

Julia Harding
Julia Harding MW
Tuesday 3 September 2019
Santorini caldera from Fira

A look at the most pressing issues on the island today. See also Santorini tasting notes part 1 and part 2. For a chance to taste great wines from Santorini and all over Greece, see Greek Wine Night.

Santorini’s famous and fabulous caldera, pictured here during my first visit to the island in May this year and seen in satellite image at the end of the article, formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history, is still a centre of volcanic activity but the present-day threats to the island’s production of gloriously steely whites and intensely sweet Vinsanto...