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Wine Experts from European Michelin Restaurants Visit Crete

2023-06-12 by Phil Butler

Michelin wine experts visit Crete

Twenty-five wine experts were invited by the Network of Winemakers of Crete, “Wines of Crete” and the Region of Crete to experience the bounty of Greece’s big island.

Tags: Cretan varieties, Crete Region, Crete vineyards, Crete wines, Hellenic Wine Association, HWO, Irini Houdetsanaki-Giakoumaki, Michelin, Nikos Alexakis, Winemakers' Network of Crete, wines of Crete, Yannis Vogiatzis

Alexandra Manousakis Launches New Art & Wine Labeling Campaign

2020-08-30 by Phil Butler

Alexandra Manousakis

Manousakis Wineries will launch a stunning artistic labeling campaign for the Nostos Alexandra’s wines in the coming weeks.

Tags: Alexandra Manousakis, branding, Chania wines, Crete wines, dry wine, European wines, labeling, Manousakis art, Manousakis Winery, Nostos wines, red wine, Terroir, wines of Crete

What’s Happening On Crete: The Weekend of August 23, 2020

2020-08-27 by Phil Butler

south of crete

August is coming to a close as is a totally failed tourism season on Crete, but the locals show no sign of giving up on paradise.

Tags: Beachcomber, crete, Crete beaches, Crete Instagram, Crete weekends, Ioannis Stillianou, Lyttos Beach Hotel, Savvidakis family, Sofi Savvidaki, Stillianou Wines, wines of Crete

Hello August Alert: Crete Island Is Officially Hot As Hell!

2020-08-01 by Phil Butler

Almyra Seaside Food & Cocktails, Agia Pelagia

Just in from the seaside villages of Ierapetra, Sitia, Elounda, in the east, and Platanias or Falasarna in the far-west of Crete. A tourism advisory warns that Cretans have taken over paradise in the absence of millions of tourists. This Hello August travel advisory is brought to you by Argophilia Travel, a not for profit […]

Tags: Daios Cove, Elafonisi Beach, Koufeto, Lemonokipos Restaurant, Lemonokipos Restaurant in Rethymno, MareCrete Ltd, Rebecca Shevaki, Rethymno, Royal Marmin Bay Boutique & Art Hotel, Silia Pikoula, Sofia Andreadaki, Vasilis Fasoulakis, wines of Crete

Heraklion MP Nikos Egoumenidou Seeks Help for Crete Wine Growers

2020-05-14 by Phil Butler

Gavalas harvest

Nikos Egoumenidou, Socrates Vardakis, and Harry Mamoulaki are asking help from Greece’s Minister of Agriculture for Crete winegrowers.

Tags: Crete winemaking, Crete wines, Giannis Stillianou, Greek wines, Harry Mamoulaki, Heraklion Winemakers Association, Heraklion wines, Nikos Egoumenidou, Nikos Gavalas, Socrates Vardakis, wines of Crete

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Tourists in Crete can experience the 5th Crete Festival opening in Eleutherna with a free Stavros Xarchakos concert on June 27, 2025.

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