MAP ILLUSTRATION: KATE SUTTON
Savour the many flavours of Greece on Lesvos, from olive oil to ouzo and orange wine
OUTSIDE HIS TUMBLEDOWN TIN-ROOFED cottage, in the mountains above the town of Plomari on Lesvos' southern coastline, Giorgios Eletheriou is serving breakfast. Plates of goat's cheese, figs, walnuts, tomatoes and grapes appear on the table under a pergola of climbing vines, and a pot of coffee bubbles away on an iron range. Below the cottage, olive trees cover the stony slopes as far as the eye can see, each encircled by a hand-built, drystone wall - an ancient cultivation method for retaining water. Under the shade of the trees, two horses stamp their hooves, impatient for their own breakfast.