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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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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…
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The Amargiotakis Winery is located in Dafnes, Heraklion, Crete, in the viticultural zone of Dafnes, where several of the indigenous varieties of Crete are cultivated in privately owned and cooperating vineyards, with emphasis on the Liatiko variety, which is a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) The history of our Winery begins in the distant 1965 where grandfather Amargiotakis started the Read more…
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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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In one of the largest single vineyards of Crete, covering an area of 200 hectares, oriented north and northwest, the native varieties of the island – Kotsifali, Mandilari, Vidiano, Muscat of Spina, Vilana, Thrapsathiri and foreign varieties such as Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot, Syrah – are cultivated with organic methods, The Paterianaki Estate is located in the Peza Designation of Read more…