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Things to do in Cyclades, South Aegean: The Best Wineries & Vineyards
The Cyclades is a group of Greek islands with beautiful, white sandy beaches, rugged mountains and lush valleys. Glamorous Santorini and Mykonos attract the jetset, while lesser-known isles, such as Milos and Naxos, are the perfect places for beach lovers. Ruins, including the 11th-century Dorian settlement and volcanic ash-preserved Ancient Akrotiri in Santorini, amaze those with a bent for ancient history. Sifnos' cuisine wins it admirers. Hydrofoils, ferries and catamarans connect the islands.
Restaurants in Cyclades
1. Artemis Karamolegos Winery
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 216 reviews
Artemis Karamolegos Winery in Exo Gonia, Santorini is among the finest examples of modern viniculture on the island. Here, our love for Santorini’s time-honoured traditions merges with our rich experience to bring forth fine wines that have been acclaimed worldwide for their quality and taste. Join us for a sensuous wine-tasting, an experience not-to-be-missed!
Reviewed By Roving529539
Great wine tasting by a very knowledgeable hostess (who had a masters degree in winemaking!). She explained each wine and gave us a short tour about the property after! Dinner at the restaurant after the tasting was excellent! Service was very good and the food even better. It was very quiet with only a few other couples around which was very enjoyable and relaxing. Highly recommend visiting this winery! We went to a few top rated wineries around santorini and this was one of our favorites for sure!
2. Anhydrous Winery
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 64 reviews
Reviewed By 388adinav - Bucharest, Romania
Greek hospitality at its best! The food and wine pairing is outstanding, I strongly recommend the “Meze and wine experience”, you get to taste 7 great wines paired with lovely delicious traditional meze. The service, staff and location are fantastic! And if you’re lucky to have Nikitas to guide you and present you the wines, you’ll definitely have a super experience!
3. Vassaltis Vineyards
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 221 reviews
Vassaltis is Santorini's newest winery with construction being completed only in April 2016. With the financial crisis hitting Greece, Yannis Valambous decides to return to Santorini to revive the vineyards he inherited from his late father. A year later he decides to pursue a dream the seemed too distant to ever materialize; the creation of a winery. His vision is to create a modern state of the
Reviewed By sergiov07
Very nice winery, great wines varieties, with fantastic food pairing! Nice and quiet location, with view of vineyard and of the Aegean Sea. Food menu is also very good!
4. VSV winery
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 8 reviews
Volcanic Slopes Vineyards winery’s history goes back to the 18th century, as it was originally established as a “canava”. ‘Canava” in the local dialect of Santorini describes the place where the wine was made and stored. Our building was a traditional underground canava that was renovated in 2013, in order to host the VSV winery and our wine Pure.
Reviewed By Explore07837951534
We had a girls trip to Greece and intended to have a day exploring wineries on Santorini. A quick google search will show you there are so many to choose from, but something about the setting and the vibe of VSV stood out to me so we booked 3 afternoon tastings. Showed up apologetically a little late after getting lost, and our host was incredibly gracious and understanding. We discovered that this cave setting is WONDERFUL to cool off in and truly enjoy the flavors of the wines, learn a little history of the area and winemaking of Santorini, and relax. The tastings are all private as well which was a surprise for us upon arrival and made it that much more special and the best way to end our day. Words truly do not do justice to this cozy winery, and we have come back home singing its praises while still enjoying its wines.
5. Ballis
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 5 reviews
Our wine cellar is considered one of the best kept secrets of Tinos and Cyclades. Dating back to 1350 AD, it is a labyrinthic underground complex of unique beauty, while part of it is also an atrium with a unique view of Tinos Town, Mykonos, Delos and Syros. Visitors have the opportunity to explore the cellar, learn about its history, winemaking, and taste our wines from Tinean varieties.
6. Louridis Winery
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
7. Boutari Winery
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4.5 based on 218 reviews
Boutari is one of the most awarded and most historical companies of quality wine making in Greece. It was established in 1879 in Naoussa. Boutari winery Santorini was the first winery on the island to offer tours, tastings and art programs since 1990. Its dazzling white dome was voted as one of the 10 architectural wine wonders of the world. Santorini is a magical place for making wine. Our goal is to share with you our passion for top quality winemaking. We are open every day from 10:00 – 19:00 for wine-tastings, lunch and wine-shopping. We offer everyday 5 different Food and Wine experiences. It will be our pleasure to welcome you at our winery!
8. Santo Winery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 3,949 reviews
Reviewed By 642mariannec
Whilst driving around Santorini, we stumbled across this cool winery, with an amazing view of the caldera, we had a 10 sample wine flight of beautiful Greek wines, alongside some local cheeses, a perfect mix, our waiter Dennis was very informative and friendly. Definitely worth a visit, you will not be disappointed, we had a great day! Thank you ????
9. Moraitis Winery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 197 reviews
Reviewed By Gormans123 - Prestbury, United Kingdom
Visited with the family yesterday. I came 2 years ago and wanted them to experience it. Doesn’t disappoint. Great choices. You can pick from a selection of wines and types. Thanos was very knowledgeable and enhanced the trip. Will go again for a different selection. We bought quite a few bottles but there is no pressure to do so.
10. Domaine Sigalas
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 656 reviews
An award winning winery and restaurant of Santorini that offers Wine Tasting, Menu Degustation, and Private Tours. Domaine Sigalas was included in the 2016, 2018 and 2020 Top 100 Wineries in the World by Wine & Spirits magazine (US).
Reviewed By RyanBJ - Birmingham, United Kingdom
Highly recommend visiting this winery. We chose the €50 tour and tasting, the tour consisted of about 20mins walking through the vineyards talking about the history of the winemaking on the island and of Domaine Sigalas - our guide Pablos, was superb and answered any question I threw at him, really fantastic knowledge. The wine tasting consisted of 8 wines - 6 whites, 1 rose, 1 red and 1 dessert wine. A real great introduction to Santorini wine, providing a broad range and showing the differences achievable with Assyrtiko wine (the main produce of Santorini). At the end we decided we would buy the dessert wine to take home but ended up buying the more expensive one after our host kindly offered us a tasting when we were deciding which to buy (it’s a 4.3 on Vivino and simply glorious). Overall strongly recommend this tour and tasting and give a huge commendation to Pablos for making the whole experience.
