A day,with a special local guide throuth the Labyringh combined with an amazing  wine experience, traditional -family style- lunch. ! A walk with inside the masterpiece of the Minoan Palace with its 2200 rooms ! Admire the frescoes and the hydravlic systems, learn all about this inteligent civilizasion with your own guide. How they lived what was their daily life and their connection with wine!

Walk through an amazing small canyon of Ayia Irini of Spilia.

Thanks to endless winter sunshine, cool water trickling down from the island’s towering snow-capped peaks, and the (for now) perfect Mediterranean climate, Cretan vines are continuing to thrive.The first civilization in Europe to domesticate grapevines, produce and trade wines and keep records of production and trade.

Wine is deeply woven into the fabric of Cretan life, an essential and enduring part of its history, exerting a profound influence on social life and trade for over 3,500 years. This deep-rooted connection was revealed decades ago by excavations at Vathypetro, which uncovered a Minoan wine press dating back to around 1580 B.C. Later in its history, during the rule of the Republic of Venice, which lasted from 1211 to 1669, more than 100,000 containers of Malvasia wine were exported overseas from Candia (modern-day Iraklio).

We will try Melissinos, an unusual blend of Thrapsathiri and Sauvignon Blanc, crafted by the Paterianakis organic domain.

 The Paterianakis family, who established Crete’s first organic winery in 1996, was initially run by Giorgos and Popi Paterianakis; now their daughters, Emmanuela and Niki, have taken the helm. One of their labels, 3.14, is a natural wine, and their latest release is an Assyrtiko from the 2021 vintage, aged for a year in barrels and presented in magnum bottles. The Paterianakis sisters are also producing bottled tsikoudia, a strong spirit, releasing two single-varietal versions made from Kotsifali and Vidiano respectively

Taste of  indigenous grape varieties like , Vilana, along with several others like Dafni, Thrapsathiri, Muscat of Spina, and Plyto.

 Learn all about Zeus's sacred mount and Fourni pyramid, the colorfull antique village of Archanes while we enjoy mama's family style mezes in the village square as the Greek citizens join for so many years winter or summer.

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