The project of developing and rehabilitating viticulture in Patmos is in accordance with the revival of Greek viticulture. Rich with a hundred grape varieties completely unknown in Western Europe, Greece has devoted the last twenty years to the modernization of its winemaking, and to the development of small properties held by wine-growers concerned with preserving the national wine heritage. This evolution towards quality has come later than in other countries in Southern Europe. Nowadays, Greek viticulture is making itself known otherwise than by standardised wines coming from large wine estates of international proportions. The respect and the conservation of  Greek legendary grape varieties will be its main asset in the future.