The travelers had the ardent desire to find and visit the birthplace of Homer, his school and tomb. Some believed that he was born in the area producing the Ariousios wine, a wine renowned since antiquity. The Ariousia land “having the best wine in Greece”, according to geographer Strabo, stretches between Pelinaio Mountain and Melaina akra, meaning northwest Chios, with the mountainous range of Amani and the picturesque villages, Volissos being the first among them. 15th travelers place the ‘Omiros’ settlement at “Apanomeria’’ meaning northern Chios – there one could see the vineyards producing the so-called Homeric wine or Homeric nectar. The ariousios wine from Chios was deemed the most expensive wine and it is now considered to have been the first red wine. The people of Chios would offer the travelers this fine wine and they would not neglect stressing the fact that it was the same wine that Homer used to drink.