Achaia Cellars (also known as Achaia Clauss winery) is a historic Greek winery located in Patras in the Peloponnese region, famous for its sweet red Mavrodaphne wine. The winery, founded in 1861 by Bavarian German Gustav Clauss. The first years of Achaia Clauss were extremely difficult since the property was attacked almost daily by gangs of brigands. The new venture nevertheless managed to survive and to establish itself in the region through its links with the central government of the Bavarian King Otto. From 1908 the company specialised in production of the Mavrodaphne and Demestica wines. Clauss died shortly after, and the company passed into the hands of a German named Gudert from whom on the outbreak of World War I the Greek government confiscated the winery as an enemy alien asset. In 1920 it passed into the ownership of Vlassis Antonopoulos, and from then on, with a slight pause during the German occupation in World War II, the company developed rapidly. A major landmark was in 1955 when the company took on Konstantinos Antonopoulos, who installed new machines in the winery and recruited a team of specialists. In 1983 the company launched their new bottling plant. In 1997 the position of chairman and chief executive was taken by Nikos Karapanos. The winery is situated on a verdant hill in Petroto, near the city of Patras, in the Achaia region of the northwest Peloponnese peninsula, Greece. Winemaker is Leonidas Nassiakos.

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