Wine and Olive Oil tasting one day private tour in Crete

Wine and Olive Oil tasting one day private tour in Crete

Drive through the beautiful Cretan mainland scenery to the Kydonia Mountain.

We will visit a traditional winery. They will sit in a beautiful olive grove and sample a fleet of local wines including Vidiano and Muscat of Spinas as well as some international wines such as Grenache Rouge, Syrah and Mouverde.

We will visit the Olive Tree Museum.
They will see the oldest olive tree in the world, one of 14 classified as Monumental Olive Trees in Crete, aged an estimated 3,000 years.

We will drive to a different winery in Kissavos Mountain, where their Cretan wine tasting experience continues. They will taste a new fleet of wines consisting of local varieties including Vilana, Vidiano and Asyrtiko, accompanied with food comprising local products. Then they will visit an olive oil factory owned by the same family, where they will learn about extra virgin olive oil production.

Finally return back and we will toast with some Tsikoudia and say goodbye – Cretan style!

Itinerary

We will pick up the guests and drive through the beautiful Cretan mainland scenery to the Kydonia Mountain.

We will visit a traditional winery, where they will learn about modern viniculture and wine production. They will sit in a beautiful olive grove and sample a fleet of local wines including Vidiano and Muscat of Spinas as well as some international wines such as Grenache Rouge, Syrah and Mouverde.

Next on the wine and olive oil tour, we will visit the Olive Tree Museum in Vouves and learn the cultivation, pruning, harvesting and everything else related to the olive tree. Then, they will see the oldest olive tree in the world, one of 14 classified as Monumental Olive Trees in Crete, aged an estimated 3,000 years.

ChaniaFor our next stop, we will drive to a different winery in Kissavos Mountain, where their Cretan wine tasting experience continues. They will taste a new fleet of wines consisting of local varieties including Vilana, Vidiano and Asyrtiko, accompanied with food comprising local products. Then they will visit an olive oil factory owned by the same family, where they will learn about extra virgin olive oil production.

Finally return back in Chania.