The 12th Cretan Wine Fair OiNotika Comes to Platanias

Two days of amazing Cretan wine comes to Chania with the OiNotika Cretan wine fair, on Saturday 16^th and Sunday 17^th of February.

The 12^th Cretan Wine fair OiNotika is set to take place this weekend in Chania featuring 33 winemakers and over 250 wine labels. The fest will begin on Saturday the 16th and continue through Sunday the 17th of February at the Minoa Palace Resort in Platanias, Chania Prefecture.

The schedule of times for the two-day event starts Saturday at noon until 21:00, and continues on Sunday from noon until 20:00 with the admittance of €7 euro for each day. Saturday, 16th of February | Since 12:00 to 21:00 (entrance fee 7€)

Free passes will be distributed for the staff and owners of hotels, resturants, wine bars, and wine cellars on the presentation of personalized business cards at the registration booth of OiNotika. The following is the list of wineries participating this weekend:

1. Agelakis winery  
2. Alexakis winery
3. Anoskeli winery 
4. Boutari   
5. Diamantakis winery
6. Digenakis wines
7. Douloufakis winery 
8. Dourakis winery  
9. Efrosini winery  
10. Gavalas Crete wines
11. Haralabakis winery   
12. Holy monastery of Tsagarolon – Vinolio  
13. Idaia winery  
14. Karavitakis wines  
15. Klados winery  
16. Kourkoulou winery  
17. Louloudis winery  
18. Lyrarakis winery  
19. Manousakis winery  
20. Maragkakis winery  
21. Michalakis estate  
22. Minos – Miliarakis winery  
23. Paraskevas winery 
24. Paterianakis Domaine  
25. Pnevmatikakis winery  
26. Silva winery  
27. Stilianou wines  
28. Strataridakis Bros winery  
29. Titakis wine
30. Toplou Estate
31. Zacharioudakis Domaine
32. Zazazu  
33. Zouberakis wines    
34. Titakis wines
35. Toplou Estate
36. Zacharioudakis Domaine  
37. Zazazu   
38. Zouberakis wines     

Workshops & seminars (Please note that all sessions will be conducted in Greek language)

Α) Saturday 16th of February

2 Workshops by George Loukas (Genius in Gastronomy) (Certified by Staregister, certification body for professionals and training courses providers, member of the IPC – International Personnel Certification Association)

• Workshop: How to uprise Crete’s indigenous wines via the proper wine glass, by Riedel |Time schedule 12:30-14:30 |Ticket 8,00€
• Crete’s indigenous wines & Crand Cru chocolate (valrhona)|Timeschedule 17:30-19:30 |Ticket  8,00€

Β) Sunday 17th of February

• Flaws in wine & how to recognize them, by sommelier Iro Koliakoudakis | Timeschedule 17:30-18:30 | Entrance is free
• Seminar by Astron Chemicals S.A. Speaker: Barbara SCOTTI, Τechnical Μarketing Μanager, Enartis – Esseco SRL |Subject: «Wines with reduced or zero sulfites. Enartis Zenith®: review after the first year in tartrate stabilization»| Time schedule 10:00-12:00 | Entrance is free

On Saturday the 16^th, there will be a free mini bus in Kyriakakis travel – Giannari Chatzimihali 78) at 16.30 to Minoa Palace and returning from Minoa Palace to  Chania at 20:30. On Sunday the 17^th there will be also a free mini bus from Kyriakakis travel at 12.30 to Minoa Palace and returning to Chania at 19.30.

Don’t miss a chance to taste the new vintages of the Cretan wines!