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…
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…
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…
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…
Region: Heraklion
Idaia is a family winery whose members have obtained remarkable achievements thanks to their knowledge, experience and love for wine production. Their passion for the wine targets in attracting more and more people in order to initiate them in the charm of wines. The oenologists Laderos Vasilis and Volitaki Calliope aim in creating of high quality wines using all the Read more…
Region: Heraklion
Domaine Gavalas is a family winery located in Vorias Village in Crete, Greece. The first vineyards were planted in 1906. As the years went by, the vineyards were growing and in 2001 became part of the organic cultivation system. In 2004 a modern winery was set up, where every stage of the vinification from the production to the bottling is Read more…