Drama, 10 famous local products worth trying

Greece Thrace 24 November 2022 1

Drama like "Hydrama", the city of waters

1.Cold cuts politics or Caramanlidika, (cured beef, suzukas, sausages, salami, kavourmas etc.)

"Cold cuts SARY», Sariboya family from 1938 in Drama. Dnsi : NR. Drama – Kato Nevrokopi, VIPA of the Municipality of Prosotsani Drama, https://www.sary.gr, tel. : 25220 21031. You will find products in the factory (visitable), in the Cyprus branch 1 Drama Square, in Athens etc.
Butchery "North Greece", Bengas from 1916, https://www.voreioshellas.gr, tel. : 25210 33689, store selling Dragoumi 17, city of Drama.
Sausages Bullshit, you will find fresh in all its butchers Volaka village (36 km from Drama) of the Municipality of Kato Nevrokopi

2. Dairy Products, from goat & goat milk (cheese, milk, yoghurt, butter)

The farms of Drama :

"MENOKIO", dairy plant, Kokkinogeia of Prosotsani Drama Municipality, 12 km from Prosotsani, https://www.menikio.gr. The farm animals graze freely on the acreage 90 acres under the Rent term, (visitable 8 a.m.- 4 p.m.). They produce feta, cream cheese, gruyere, fresh goat milk, yoghurt, butter, kefir, Ariani (and biologically). They give standardized products to all the big super markets of the country, in organic products stores (in many cities and in Athens), in the Ountzidis super market of Drama and export products to many countries.
Cheeses of Miliou, Petrousa, Municipality of Prosotsani, standardized products in the super markets of the area
Papamarinou Farm, Petrousa Prosotsanis, from 1951, only organic products, https://papamarinoufarm.gr
NEOGAL, Drama Milk Industry, https://neogal.gr

3. Dramatic wine (P.G.E.) – moonshine

The vineyards of Drama cover an area 4.000 acres in which the Greek Assyrtiko varieties are mainly grown, Limnio, Rhodite, Malagouzia, Muscat of Alexandria, Ahiorgitiko. OR Dragon knowledge is a wine festival held in May in Drama, with plenty of wine, song and dance. OR Feast Tsipourou becomes the 1^The Saturday in November, in Good Faucet of the Municipality of Prosotsani Drama.

The wineries to visit in Drama are :

Estate Pavlidis, Kokkinogeia of Prosotsani Drama Municipality, http://pavlidis.apogee.gr, tel. : 25210 58300, 10 a.m. – 2 pm.
OENOPS Wines, Kokkinogeia of the Municipality of Prosotsani, 3^The km Eparch. GS. Prosotsanis-K. Thunder Drama, http://www.oenopswines.gr, tel. : 25220 60000
Wine Art Estate, Mikrochori area of the Municipality of Drama, https://wineartestate.com, tel. : 25210 83626
Michaelidis estate, Agios Athanasios of Doxatos Drama Municipality, https://domaine-michaelidi.gr, tel. 25310 6839
Estate of Kostas Lazaridis – Wine Museum, Adriani, Municipality of Paranesti, Drama, https://www.domaine-lazaridi.gr, tel. : 25210 82231, 25210 823448, daily 9 a.m.-3 p.m (SC closed)

Oinogenesis Estate, Eparch. GS. Doxato- of Hadrian Drama, https://www.oenogenesis.gr, tel. : 25213 01048
Estate of Birth of Psychis Manolesakis, Adriani, Paranesti Municipality, https://www.manolesakis.gr, tel. : 25210 82010
NICO LAZARIDI, community Agora Dimos Doxatos, https://www.chateau-lazaridi.com, tel. : 25210 85049-51

4. Pasta, frumenty, pies, all handmade, made with pure ingredients and according to recipes inherited from refugee grandparents.

For example, the Women's Cooperatives of Drama :

"Sunflowers", Kalamaki area of Doxato Drama, Social Cooperative Enterprise, Valaoritou 2 & Water dam, https://www.iliodora.gr, tel. : 2521 106232, 6974 042089, (visitable). Famous it handmade couscous, the pasta and fluffy buns. Products are sold at the local store, via e-shop, and in grocery stores in the city of Drama. In many cafes of the city they serve bun with chestnut filling (in piece). In "Sunflowers» they also make cosmetics with traditional recipes from the refugees , 100% of course, with the deodorant to be first in sales.
«OR Good farmer», Women's Agricultural Cooperative, region Kalou Agro Municipality of Drama, 8 km SW. of the city of Drama. You will find Little Asia Trahana (recipe from refugee grandparents), handmade pies (frozen) such as rice cakes, homemade jams, sweets, liqueur, http://www.kaloagritissa.gr, tel. : 25210 96500, 8 a.m. – 8 pm.
Women's Agricultural Cooperative of Kokkinogei Drama, tel. : 25220 60456, 8 a.m.- 2 pm. stand out handmade pies (frozen) like spinach, porcini mushrooms, manager, the sweets and liqueur helmets (from Greek helmet produced in Drama). You will also find the products at the super market of Ountzidis, Drama.

5. Dried fruit & vegetables, dried tomato

"Whimsical", Kokkinogeia Prosotsani, 3^The km Eparch. GS. Prosotsanis-K. Thunder Drama, http://www.idiotropa.gr, tel. : 25220 60430, visitable, 8 am-4 pm. (SK upon consultation). You will find products in the business, at the Polykarpos organic products store (city of Drama), and at the Ountzidis super market.

Combine your browsing at Kokkinogeia with one visit to Kokkinogeia Women's Cooperative, for pasta, at Farm «APARTMENT», for dairy products, in the wineries Pavlidis estate and OENOPS Wines, for a guided tour and tasting at "Quirky", for dried foods.

6. Drama halva

"Kyrgian halva", Asia Minor recipe from 1924, Apostolos Papadopoulos, Kyrgia area of Doxatos Drama Municipality, 1^The km of Agios Athanasios-Kyrgia Dramas, www.halvaskirgion.gr, tel. : 25210 68100, 8 am-4 pm. Traditional handmade halva (grandfather's recipe from Eski Sehir by D. Turkey), marshmallows, sweets, sweet vanilla «submarine" and tahini. The products are sold at the Kyrgios laboratory, in stores in Drama and in the Ountzidis super market.
"Eleftheriou Forge", authentic masticated halvah, 14^Thekm National Road. Drama - Kavala, https://www.xalvaseleytheriou.gr

7. Drama olive oil

Indicatively :

Maleas Estate, Doxato Drama, https://maleasestate.gr, tel. : 25220 22502, olive grove-olive mill, with award-winning extra virgin olive oil (shopping and via e-shop).
came out, Eliris-Ktima Efthymiadis, community of Haritomenis, Municipality of Prosotsani, http://www.elirisgreece.com, organic olive grove on the slopes of Mt Menoikios, with award-winning extra virgin olive oil.
Omfakio estate, Micropolis of the Municipality of Prosotsani, olive grove produces organic extra virgin olive oil, https://www.omfakio.com

8. Lima beans & Potatoes Kato Neurokopiou, P.G.E. (Protected Geographical Indication) from 2002

9. Pomegranate juice

Agricultural collaboration Agios Athanasios of Drama (ASOP), Agios Athanasios of the Municipality of Doxatos (not visitable). Greek pomegranate that you grow in 10.000 acres in Agios Athanasios Doxatos. They produce fresh pomegranate juice (awardee), pomegranate juice with aloe vera, blueberry and aronia and pomegranate jams. Products are sold standardized in grocery stores, super market, cafes of Drama (as a refreshment) and in many stores in the country, https://www.e-rodi.gr

10. Honey

«Bear's Honey» apiary, Paranesti of Drama, organic honey from Paranestia Earth, https://www.honeybio.shop, tel. : 697 2851097, can be visited daily by appointment. You will also find products at their branch on Filippou Street 55, city of Drama (with the possibility of a taste test) and in the e-shop.

USEFUL INFORMATION N. DRAMA - DISTRICT. MACEDONIA-THRACE

City of Drama, famous Christmas holiday Dream city» (early December-early January, Public garden, free entrance) and International Short Film Festival Length (September). OR Saint Barbara he is the patron saint of the city and its celebration (4/12) marks the beginning of it Oniropolis. On the eve of the celebration, the children leave improvised boats with light, the "wish boats», in the waters of his lake Agia Varvara Park, in front of the church.

Kokkinogeia, his village Municipality of Prosotsani Drama, 3 Km from Prosotsani and 18 km from the city of Drama. From Kokkinogeia the road leads to Aggitis Cave (23 km ΒΔ. from Drama), which is the longest in length (15 m.) river cave of Greece http://www.caveaggitis.gr.

Good Faucet, his village Municipality of Prosotsani Drama, 23 km ΒΔ. of the city of Drama, known for Sanctuary of Dionysus and for the Dionysian custom of Theophany "Bambugera» (6-8 January).
A cob, his headquarters Municipality of Doxatos, 13 km from the city of Drama. It was inhabited by refugees who came from Kryonero of An. Thrace, the 1922. At 18 January, on the feast of Agios Athanasios, becomes the qurbani (sacrifice),where cooked meat with oatmeal is also offered at the end of July, or Corn Festival, with song, dancing and free corn and popcorn.
Lady or Chairs, his community Doxato Drama, 5 km from Doxato and 18 Km SE. of Drama. Its name is from Turkish «did = dry place' and was inhabited by refugees who came after the Asia Minor disaster, the 1922. It was a capital city as it produced the best variety of tobaccos known as "did–print».
Municipality of Kato Nevrokopi, 42 km from Drama, altitude 560 m., the region with the heaviest winter (-20^The C) and the special Simi Forest

Volakas, village of Kato Nevrokopi Municipality 36 km from Drama at the foot of Falakros. In the distance 12 km from Bullshit located Falakrou Ski Center (http://www.falakro.gr).

Adriani, his semi-mountainous village Municipality of Paranesti, 28 Km SW. from Paranesti, 11 km E.-SE. of Drama, known for its wineries.
Paranesti, his headquarters Municipality of Paranesti, next to the river Nestos (than Nestos), 40 km N.-NE. of Drama.

In the sights the Natural History Museum.

In the Municipality of Paranesti are located National Park Rhodope Mountains, with the Fraktou Virgin Forest.

Mesochori, village of the Municipality of Paranesti, headquarters of the Rhodope Mountain Range Management Agency and the alternative community "Peliti", https://peliti.gr, known for collecting, keep, propagation and exchange of traditional seeds. Every year the Seed Festival and the Olympic Seed Festival are held here, with the participation of many foreign countries.