Stelios Kechris

Career Family continuity and winemaking practice meet in Stelios Kechris’s work at Kechris Winery in Kalochori, Greece. The thread is consistent through each stage, with the vineyard, cellar, and wider business of the family-named winery all part of the same remit.

Coming Up

Training at University of Thessaloniki and University of Dijon gave Stelios Kechris a base that joined local knowledge to a wider vinous outlook. Those years of study point to a formation shaped by discipline and range, with one school rooted in home ground and the other adding another layer of technical curiosity. For a winemaker, that kind of grounding matters: it is where method is absorbed, taste is trained, and a career begins to take shape around the work of the cellar.

Where They Are Now

Winemaking at the Kalochori winery places Stelios Kechris in a role that sits between production and direction. His company-director background means the work is not limited to the cellar; it also reaches into the broader running of the winery. That combination gives the position real weight, joining sensory decisions with managerial ones. In a family-named business, that kind of remit sits close to the center of operations. A career centered on Greek wine has given Stelios Kechris a clear professional line. Rather than dispersing his attention, he has stayed with a field where place, tradition, and technique remain tightly linked. The result is a body of work defined by continuity and purpose, with style built through steady refinement rather than reset.

Signature

The named wines tied to Stelios Kechris are KECHRIBARI, Tear of the Pine, Kechribari Retsina, The Tear Of The Pine, and T by Kechris (The Fourth Dimension). Taken as a group, they show a house voice with enough range to hold distinct labels while remaining tied to the same winemaking identity. For a producer, that kind of portfolio functions as public craft language: each name carries the winery’s imprint and helps define the place of the work in the market.

Honors

Stelios Kechris has received Sommeliers Choice Awards 2026, Gold Medal / Wine Of The Year Greece (2026). Recognition for Stelios Kechris includes Gold Medal / Wine Of The Year Greece (2026), Gold (2013), Silver (2013), and Bronze. The spread of awards maps a career acknowledged at different points and in different forms, from the most recent distinction back to earlier medals in 2013. In a trade built on repetition, consistency, and reputation, those honors become part of the record and a straightforward marker of standing in Greek wine.