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A Cretan feast – part 1

Julia Harding
Julia Harding MW
Thursday 21 September 2023
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...