Our farm is verdant and full of cherry pear, peach, apricot, fig, kumquat, vanilla and olive trees, many ornamental and aromatic trees and flowers, waiting for you at the right time to cut and taste them.

The title deeds of the estate belong to our family (Katsounis) and are deeply rooted in local history. The name William/Goulielmos – a tradition for us – is found from grandfather to grandfather and reaches up to the Patriarch of the family where he came from the neighbouring Peloponnesus, and has his own prehistory. In the Byzantine Middle Ages, Frankish Crusaders with Geoffrey Villehardouin founded the Principality of Achaia. Two of his successors bore the name William, the most important of whom was William II Villehardouin. From there, and guided by our local tradition and genealogical tree, we inspired the name of Villehardouin Farm Estate.

The estate overlooks the blue Ionian Sea. It took its name from the beautiful princess Io, who fell in love with Zeus and in order to protect her from Hera’s jealousy he transformed her into a cow. But chased by Hera, she swam the sea, which took her name.

Kefalonia took its name from the hero Kefalos. He took part in the Trojan War led by Odysseus. In classical times (5th-4th century BC) it was divided into four states cities: Krani, Pali, Sami Pronnoi. In Byzantine times, for reasons of defence of the borders of Byzantium, it was the administrative region, subject of Kefallinia, and from 1185 it passed to the power of Normans, Franks and Venetians with its capital the castle of Agios Georgios (Palatine County of Kefallinia). From 1797 until 1864, when it was united with Greece, the island met many conquerors: French, Russians, Turks and English.