Applicants:
Community Councils of the Commandaria villages region (Agios Georgios Sylikou, Agios Constantinos, Agios Mamas, Agios Pavlos, Apsiou, Gerasa, Doros, Zoopigi, Kalo Chorio, Kapilio, Lania, Louvaras, Monagri and Sylikou)
Agricultural Associations of Cyprus (Union of Cypriot Farmers, Pan-Cyprian Farmers Union, Pan-Agricultural Association of Cyprus, New Agricultural Movement and Euro-Agricultural Association)
Cyprus Wineries Association
Department of Agriculture — Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment
Association of Graduate Oenologists
Pan-Cyprian Association of Sommeliers
Cyprus Oenophiles Association
Oenophiles Association of Famagusta
Date of inscription:
2020
Brief description:
Commandaria, the famous sweet wine of the defined geographical area of Commandaria villages (Agios Georgios Sylikou, Agios Constantinos, Agios Mamas, Agios Pavlos, Apsiou, Gerasa, Doros, Zoopigi, Kalo Chorio, Kapilio, Lania, Louvaras, Monagri and Sylikou) is a traditional product of a protected designation of origin. It takes its name from the Medieval Latin word commendaria, a name given to the central command of the Religious Military Order of the Templars, which had its headquarters in the fortress in the area of the present-day village of Kolossi in Limassol district during the Frankish Rule. The knowledge and practices of the production of Koumandaria relate to a centuries-old tradition, which uniquely incorporates the characteristics of the Cypriot land and the aromas and flavours of the indigenous Cypriot vine varieties.