From Stomp to Sip!! Vineyard and Harvest Experience
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Tour snapshot
Love wine? Want to be a farmer for a day and get hands-on experience in
a vineyard? Willing to get your feet wet and red in a roll-up-your-pants grape
stomp?! Even if you don’t like physical labour, you can still enjoy the fruits
of the grape harvest! Grab this opportunity for a once-in-a-lifetime
experience, off the beaten path on Crete.
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Highlights
o Learn about the traditional way of life on Crete
o Help make wine during harvest season, from picking the
grapes to stomping them!
o Tantalise your tastebuds with local recipes based on
wine
o Enjoy a glass or more of local wines and learn about
the local varieties from harvest to bottling
o Participate in a hands-on cooking class in a
picturesque mountaintop village
Local
Impact: How you will help the local community by joining this tour:
o Your tour promotes rural tourism, which supports
deep-rooted traditions and local economies that don’t generally benefit from
tourism.
o On your tour you will also join a local familly at
their vineyard where you’ll practice traditional wine-making methods.
o As part of your tour you will enjoy a farm-to-table
organic meal made from fresh, seasonal products following traditional recipes
and old ways of cooking.
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Schedule details
o Duration:
8 hours
o Meeting
point:
There are 2
meeting points — please double check the meeting point in your departure
city.
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Chania:
Chania Municipal Market at 8:15 AM
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Rethymnon:
Square of the Four Martyrs in the centre of Rethymnon at 9:30 AM
o Starting
time: 8.15 AM
o Ending
point:
Chania
Municipal Market. Alternately, we can drop off any tour participants whose
hotels are along the route from Rethymnon back to the Chania Municipal Market.