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A Cretan feast – part 1

Antonis Dourakis

Following up on Julia's overview of Crete's exciting wine scene, here are tasting notes for wineries A–I. Come back tomorrow for the rest of them. Pictured here at a restaurant in Chania, winegrower Antonis Dourakis. 

The 68 wines below are grouped by producer, with a little background for each producer, as follows:

Agricultural Union of Heraklion, Heraklion

The wines were presented by the new young assistant winemaker Irini Daskalaki, who works with winemaker Giannis Chartsis. The co-operative, founded in...