Nicosia and the Northern Troodos
The Nicosia district's wineries sit mostly in the villages climbing toward the northern and eastern Troodos — an area that sees far fewer wine visitors than the south of the island, and which has gained several new producers over the past decade.
A newer wine landscape
Where the Krasochoria trade on centuries of continuity, much of the Nicosia scene is recent. Several of the wineries here were established since 2015, built with modern equipment from the outset.
That makes it an interesting counterpoint: the same indigenous varieties and similar altitudes, approached by people without inherited assumptions about how the wines should be made.
The villages
Farmakas, Lythrodontas, Xyliatos, Pera Orinis and Agios Epifanios Orinis lie in the foothills south and west of the capital, generally between 700 and 1,100 metres. Further west, Oikos and Spilia sit high in the Troodos proper.
The landscape is drier and more open than the southern slopes, with wide views across the Mesaoria plain toward the Pentadaktylos range.
What to look for
Xynisteri and Maratheftiko again form the backbone, with several producers working organically or with explicitly sustainable methods.
There is also work here on rarer indigenous material, including old-vine plantings that had been overlooked when the focus was on international varieties.
Combining with Nicosia
The proximity to the capital makes this the easiest wine region to visit from a city base — most of these villages are within an hour's drive of central Nicosia.
That makes a half-day trip realistic in a way it rarely is elsewhere on the island, though the usual advice applies: contact producers before you go.
Wineries mentioned
Contact details and locations for each are on their page.
