🏨 Crete Wine Discovery Tour: Exploring Culture, Traditions, Flavors Activity

Crete Wine Discovery Tour: Exploring Culture, Traditions, Flavors

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Departs: Heraklion, Heraklion

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

Overview

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)

What's Included

Accompaniment by a professional Sommelier.

All Fees and Taxes.

Comfortable Vehicle with a professional driver.

Pick-up / Drop-off at your hotel.

Wi-fi on board and Water from the springs of the White Mountains “Samaria”, in bottles.

What's Not Included

Customary tips to your drivers, guides and escorts.

Personal expenses, drinks, lunch / dinner.

Wine tasting at the Digenis winery - 12€ per person (6 types of wine).

Wine tasting at the Lyrarakis winery - 18€ per person (7 types of wine).

Traveler Information

TRAVELER: Age: 0 - 120

Additional Info

Health issues: If any participant suffers from any severe allergy (e.g. to bee stings, food allergies/intolerances) or has medical/health issues we need to be aware of, it is important to let us know in advance. This is clearly a safety measure, personal
Specialized infant seats are available

Health issues: If any participant suffers from any severe allergy (e.g. to bee stings, food allergies/intolerances) or has medical/health issues we need to be aware of, it is important to let us know in advance. This is clearly a safety measure, personal
Specialized infant seats are available

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What To Expect

Digenakis Winery

Digenakis 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!

2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included

Lyrarakis Winery

Lyrarakis 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.

1 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Heraklion Prefecture

Taverns 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!

1 hours • Admission Ticket Free

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