Crete Wine Discovery Tour: Exploring Culture, Traditions, Flavors
Crete Wine Discovery Tour: Exploring Culture, Traditions, Flavors
Crete Wine Discovery Tour: Exploring Culture, Traditions, Flavors
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In regions like Crete, Wine doesn't only reflect climate and nature of a land, but also a story of this region, people and traditions.
During this excursion we will visit 2 wineries and have tastings.
We will have a walk through the wineyards and have the opportunity to discuss topics like grape varieties – autochthonous and international – and the ways in which this amazing intellectual plant is locally cultivated and processed.
We will vist production sites and wine cellars, and if it is technically possible, you can taste wine in it´s different phases.
The wine tasting will give you insights into it´s classical rules that will drive your awarness and provide a better understanding of organoleptic characteristics of wine.
We close our wine excursion day feasting like Ancient Greeks at a symposium ––you will enjoy the rustic cuisine and the authentic Cretan hospitality in a traditional tavern!
Tour duration 5-6 hours including transfers (depending on the location of your hotel)
Itinerary
Digenakis Winery
2 hoursAdmission Ticket Not IncludedDigenakis is a young stylish winery with their personal perspective of modern Greek wine-making. There we will have a tour in wine cellar and production and depending on a season we will try wine during its vinification. Following tasting will inluce refreshing white wines and deep reds accompanied with fantastic view on vineyards. Besides all that Digenakis winery is also art and exhibitional space where you can get to know modern Greek art better. And of course sabrage!!! You will have the chance to learn the elegant art of opening a bottle of Champagne with a sabre!Lyrarakis Winery
1 hours 30 minsAdmission Ticket IncludedLyrarakis is one of the biggest wineries not even in Crete but in whole Greece. Patriots of Greek wine. They work mostly with aboriginal varieties and get amazing results with aged wines. It is big, dynamically developing, following trends but deeply respective to traditions winery. Wine tasting list includes a lot of single variety wines, each one with its own history. Wine tasting at Lyrarakis winery will definitely create a whole picture of nowadays Cretan wine-making for you.Heraklion Prefecture
1 hours 30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeTaverns in Greece are not only a public dining space. Tavern is Greek cultural phenomenon. Tavern is a place where Greeks warmly welcome their guests showing them authentic Greek hospitality and the high standarts of quality of food they are offering. Fruits and vegetables grown on fertile Cretan highlands, meat and cheese all just brought by shepard from the moutains, cooked by hardworking and loving hands. There we invite you to feast after winetasting!
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USD 789.05
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