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Region: Chania
A boutique winery in Chania, Crete producing organic wines from local and international grape varieties. Book a tour or tasting all year long! Eat a traditional Cretan meal on our tasting terrace and enjoy live music during the summer months! Visit us to taste our organic Nostos Wines on our tasting terrace, see our beautiful vineyards, eat lunch or dinner Read more…
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Region: Chania
Andreas Dourakis had a vision – a vision inspired by his childhood memories that one day he could own a winery that would produce multiple varieties of wine, mainly inspired and cultivated by the Cretan land. He was hopeful that after studying wine in Germany and working on several wineries across Greece, the knowledge that he had learned could someday Read more…
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Region: Heraklion
Price Range: $$
Technology and knowledge in oenology easily create good wine. However, when your goal is the best quality, then the winning factor is for the wine to originate from the best vineyard. That is why the Zacharioudakis family happily invested in a Cretan organically cultivated vineyard that was planted on the hill Orthi Petra in South Crete, a location that can Read more…
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Region: Heraklion
The DIAMANTAKIS winery was founded in 2007 by the family members of Nicholaos G. Diamantakis: Ioannis, Michalis and Zacharias. The first two are third-generation vine-growers who have extensive experience in viticulture and are in charge of the winery’s vineyards; whereas Zacharias, having studied oenology, is involved in the process of winemaking and promoting the wine. The winery is a modern Read more…
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Region: Heraklion
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WINEMAKING AND BOTTLING PIONEERS The story of the renowned MINOS Cretan wines starts unravelling in the mid 19th century, when Antonis Miliarakis left the village of Miliarado in the province of Viannos, in Crete, and settled in the region of Peza, 17 km south of Heraklion. Peza was a riders’ resting area, where horses were fed and riders relaxed and Read more…