Chontrádi

The last couple days we have done lots of relaxing (of course), but have also gotten to see how some of the local goods are made - wine and olive oil!

Wine of course follows the standard wine making process. Here they have to grow grapes that are warm weather tolerant and can withstand the heat, quite the opposite of our Wisco vines. The wines we had at Manousakis Winery were quite good - some of my favorite from the trip! They had some deep reds and a really full bodied white that tasted wonderful.

All this wine tasting was combined with a delicious dinner and a lively tour guide who shared her experiences living in Greece and the history of Crete.

Now onto olive oils - the next day we went on a complimentary olive oil making tour courtesy of Ams Marriott status 🙌 it was a bit of a drive but a beautiful view!

This place stone mills their olives, it creates a paste, and then they press out the juice. They let it sit (and don't filter it) before bottling. Really cool process and very delicious. They also mill in orange and lemon for some special oils! Advice to find the best olive oil in the store: Extra virgin olive oil, stone milled (or pressed)Read more