Today we visited three different wineries in Santorini, Greece. The first winery was actually a wine museum and they had a cellar-like tunnel that we got to go in, to see how wine was produced years ago. It took them 21 years to make the museum. After walking through the cellar, we got to try three of their most popular wines. The first was a dry white wine, the second was a famous red wine, and the third was a dessert wine. We all liked the first two wines that we tried but the last one was not very popular among the group.
After finishing up at the museum, we got back on the bus and went to the next winery. It was here that they explained how wine is made now. We got to see the cellar underneath the building and they explained how it was a dark area for the success of making wine.
The last winery we visited was by far the best of the three. Not only was it the biggest winery in Santorini, but it is sitting on the cliff looking over the other islands. They had some amazing traditional Greek food prepared for us. We got to visit their gift shop and several people purchased the wines and other products.
Today was an amazing experience. We were so glad to get to see and taste the best wines produced right here in Greece. That is an opportunity that only very few people get to do and we were lucky enough to do it.
After the tours of the wineries, we all came back to the hotel for a relaxing day before traveling back to Glyfada tomorrow. Today has been great and we can’t wait to enjoy the last 4 days we have in Greece before we have to go home!
-Maria Pearson & Shannon Twilley
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