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Region: Heraklion
Alexakis –a family-owned-and-run winery– is the largest winery on the island of Crete. The company is managed by enologist-chemical engineer Stelios Alexakis (founder of the business in the 70’s), Sofia, his wife, and their sons, Lazaros and Apostolos. Both Lazaros and Apostolos are enologists, with degrees from the Universities of Florence, Italy and Fresno, California respectively and are responsible for Read more…
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Region: Heraklion
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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
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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…
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Region: Heraklion
The Lyrarakis Estate is a family winery which has been producing high quality wines since 1966 with a strong focus on rare local varieties and producing single variety wines. Surrounded by the idyllic setting of the vineyards and the Lassithi mountains we offer you the opportunity to enjoy nature and discover local varieties abd wines distinguished by the uniqueness of Read more…
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Region: Heraklion
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Wines Sinadinakis in Archanes, Crete * Protected Geographical Indication Crete. * Product of Organic Farming * Family Company The Sinadinakis Winery is located in the region of Archanes, Heraklion Crete (Greece). The producer is the enologist Evagelos Sinadinakis. In 1991, he began to cultivate with organic methods the family vineyards, which created the raw material for our exceptional wines. All Read more…