Colección: Jason Ligas & UWC Samos

Jason Ligas & UWC Samos is best understood as a meeting point between two very different sides of Greek wine. On one side is Jason Ligas, one of the key names in Greek natural wine, who grew up at Domaine Ligas, studied in Montpellier, and later worked on projects across Greece, including Samos. On the other is UWC Samos, the historic island cooperative founded in 1934, which still connects thousands of local growers and has played a major role in protecting viticulture on Samos.

What makes this collaboration interesting is its focus on showing another face of Samos Muscat. Instead of the sweet style many people know, the work here looks toward dry, textured and more raw expressions of the grape. The fruit comes from high-altitude old bush vines, often 30 to 70 years old, grown by hand on poor schist soils. In the cellar, the approach is low-intervention: spontaneous fermentation, little or no additives, and ageing in vessels such as oak, amphora or concrete to keep the wine lively and honest.

There is also a clear idea behind it: to protect old vineyards, respect traditional work on the island, and give value to small plots and local growers. That balance between Jason Ligas’s natural-wine mindset and the long history of UWC Samos gives these wines a strong sense of place: salty, mineral, Mediterranean, and deeply linked to the terraces of Samos.