The Union of Santorini Cooperatives was founded in 1947 in order to protect the financial interests of Santorini producers of agricultural products. Parallel to its winemaking activities, the cooperative also specializes in the production of some of Santorini’s most celebrated products. Capers, caper leaves, fava beans, and cherry tomatoes are some of the island’s most representative products.
Santorini capers are as famous as the island of Santorini itself. From their caper bushes growing wild in-between the fieldstone retaining walls separating the island’s celebrated vineyards they come to...
Fava Santorinis (Santorini yellow split peas) Dried, husked and crushed cotyledons of the plant Lathyrus clymenum L. (family: Fabaceae), yellowish in colour, shaped like flattened disks, approximately 2 mm in...
Wild caper is a bush born in the steep slopes of Santorini caldera and the volcanic stone-built walls between the vineyards of the island. Carefully collected wild caper leaves ready...
