Our Team

Vassilis Marinos is a graduate of the Department of Chemistry of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.In 1989 he started his postgraduate studies at the University of Adelaide, Australia, studying with his PhD thesis the “Application of mass spectroscopy by ionization with mobile atoms in the analysis of aromatic precursors in must and wine”. In 1991 he became a member of the Australian Society for Viticulture and Oenology and in this capacity he participated in various oenological and tasting seminars. He was head of the research department of the Society ‘I. Boutaris & Son Oenology’ until 1996 when he became a founding member of AMPELONIKIS.

Georgia Papadopoulou started her studies in 2000 at the Faculty of Agriculture of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, choosing the direction of horticulture and vineyards. Then she did a postgraduate degree in the faculty in the field of viticulture and oenology. After finishing her studies in Greece she went to Australia and did a second postgraduate degree in NMIT viticulture-winemaking.

Tasos Thomaidis Tasos studied at the gymnastics academy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, won the world championship in take won do and when he decided to start a family at the age of 25 he returned back to the village and took over the family vineyards. Together with his wife Giamalidou Eleni in 1999 they founded the traditional distillery. Over time and with many hours of vineyard work and study he is now an excellent connoisseur of the subject.